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Mismanaged Mineral Sector in Balochistan Khaleeq Nazar Kiani Companies That Repatriate Road Sepoy martyred Snow leopard killed RAWALPINDI (Agencies): GILGIT (APP): Snow leopard Terrorists from inside Afghanistan killed over 60 cattle in Dastgurben across the International Border, area in Shimshal Valley, Gojal opend fire on a military post in Hunza on Saturday. According to North Waziristan District. Own residents of Shimshal Valley, the troops responded in a befitting incident happened during the tem- manner. During exchange of fire, porary migration of cattle to the Sepoy Umar Daraz, age 32 years, nearest meadow. Villagers resident of Jhang, received a bullet demanded compensation from the injury and embraced shahadat. department concerned. @thefrontierpost First national English daily published from Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore, Quetta, Karachi and Washington D.C www.thefrontierpost.com Vol. XXXVIII No. 130 Regd. No. 241 SHAWWAL 11 1442 -- SUNDAY, MAY 23 2021 PESHAWAR EDITION 12 PAGES Price. 20 Mismanaged mineral sector in Balochistan Khaleeq Nazar Kiani companies that repatriate road. However, it has never crete steps have not been shy and scared Balochistan their profit enjoying tax done the repair work. taken to transfer the project Government. ature has generous- exemptions. Whatever Balochistan is and What SML is doing Balochistan is a water- ly endowed Baloch- Balochistan has three receiving a peanut com- extra, which the provincial scarce province, and what- Nistan with many large-scale mining projects, pared to its partners and company cannot do? ever aquifer is available is resources, but vast land, Saindak, Dudder, and reko- losing the treasure worth The existing regulatory extensively used by the long coastline, and miner- diq. The Saindak and billions of dollars. Federal framework of the mining company without paying a als are God's special ble- Dudder are active projects Government is very smart sector is so relaxed and single paisa. The resource In this photo released on Saturday, May 22, 2021, by Sepahnews of the ssing. According to the operated by a Chinese com- and earned more than $ 2 shabby that there are no mapping is still a dream, Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the Guard’s Commander Gen. Hossein Geological Survey of Pak- pany China Metallurgical billion from the Saindak adequate checks and bal- and the functionality of the Salami, left, and the Guard’s aerospace division commander Gen. Amir Ali istan, Balochistan has m- Construction Corporation project disclosed by Umer ances on the working of big geo-data center can be seen Hajizadeh talk while unveiling a new drone called “Gaza” in an undisclosed ore than eighty mineral (MCC). Riko-diq project Ayub on the floor of the companies. In 2019, a min- by visiting the website, location in Iran. resources with significant fall victim to judicial house. eral policy was launched which the Chief Minister deposits. Some have been activism, and Pakistan lost Saindak and Dudder with much jubilation but inaugurated in 2019 with discovered, while most of $6 Billion. Now new align- projects are declared export still waiting for on-ground high hopes. them remain undiscover- ments are in the field, and processing zones and enjoy implementation. National Council for China’s Mars ed and waiting to be let's see what Balochistan incentives like freedom of The policy is a lengthy Human rights has investi- Saudi, US explored. will get in the presence of import regulations, duty- statement and not reader- gated the Thar Coal proj- rover touches Natural resources can c- influential and powerful free import vehicles, and friendly, lacking few ects and about the rights of ontribute to economic gro- players but with weak insti- free to repatriate capital important/necessary stan- the people. It prepared a ground on wth, employment, and fis- tutions. plus profit. They pay no dards but still have some comprehensive report. Air Force cal revenue but may also c- The Saindak and Dudder sales tax, and only 1% pre- good things. Such a type of probe is also red planet ause controversy if misma- mining projects are the sumptive tax is applicable. The policy requires com- required in Saindak and BEIJING (Agencies): The naged by weak institutions. joint ventures of MCC and The Dudder project earned petitive bidding, environ- Dudder projects. conclude drills Zhurong rover of China's The corruption and weak federal Government entities $30.894 million from the ment impact assessment, A thought process is nec- Tianwen-1 mission to Mars institutions in any Gover- (SML, PMDC). The MCC export in 2019-20, while resource mapping, avail- essary to think about for the RIYADH (Agencies): The the Saudi Press Agency has successfully descended nment is an open invitation shares the 50% profit with the Saindak project made ability of geological data, welfare of the area people Royal Saudi Air Force and (SPA) cited the ministry as from the platform and for various actors to capture Saindak Metal Limited, $55.002 million in 2019-20 and maintaining the record after the post exploration the US Air Force have con- saying. began exploring the plan- the natural wealth. while the same MCC shares as per EPZA. in the geo-data center. phase when all the treasures cluded joint military exer- The exercises helped the et's surface, the China Balochistan, a resource- the 20% profit with It was decided in the There is no action on these will be extracted as taken cises called the Desert two countries’ forces pre- Aerospace Science and rich province, is also facing Pakistan Mineral Aghaz-e Haqooq-e matters. out from the south ore Mirage III, Saudi Arabia’s pare for any possible Technology Corporation such a situation and is tag- Development Corporation. Balochistan that the The east ore body in the body. Should Saindak be Ministry of Defense said on attacks that threaten the (CASC ) said on Saturday. ged with a disappointing g- The logic of different per- Saindak project will be saindak allotted to the abandoned like a ghost Saturday. security and safety of the "According to telemetry rowth rate, widespread po- centages of shareholding is transferred to Balochistan. Chinese company without town with sinking moun- The exercises aimed to region, the ministry said. data, on May 22 at 10:40 verty, and bad governance. hard to comprehend. It is For the last ten years, the competitive bidding is a tains, and people will be improve expertise, raise the The Desert Mirage III Beijing time [02:40 GMT], The challenges in manag- guessed that due to the low- issue is lingering due to the question mark on the trans- left relying on one jerry level of joint combat readi- exercises also showcase the Zhurong rover, devel- ing these resources have profit margin in Dudder, Federal Government's parency envisioned in the cane of smuggled Iranian ness, and deepen the bonds Saudi Arabia and the US’ oped and produced by the changed the natural bless- MCC offered a small share reluctance and the indiffer- policy. Dudder and Saindak oil for their livelihood. of cooperation between air capabilities and opera- CASC safely left the land- ing into the natural resource percentage in the project. ent attitude of the ruling projects have no environ- The mining industry in Saudi and American forces, tional integration. ing platform, reached the curse in Balochistan. The negotiation of agree- elite and provincial bureau- mental impact assessment, the world has paid a lot of surface of Mars and began Small-scale mining is ment is an art, and the cracy. After the expiry of which is alarming. attention to helping com- research," a statement read. more than a century old in Chinese are master in it. the contract period in 2017, Recently, the Kyrgyzstan munities plan and prepare The Tianwen-1 mission, the province and is carried Balochistan gets 30% they allowed the two-time Government took control of for social transition after Blinken to visit consisting of an orbiter, a out by the local people. in the profit from the 50% extension till 2022. In can- the Kumtor mine and closure. There should be an lander, and the rover, was They don't follow the regu- share of the SML plus 5% did and straightforward imposed a three billion dol- economic side to the clo- launched on 23 July 2020, latory laws strictly and royalty and CSR. In the words, it is a betrayal with lars fine on the Centerra sure. Socio-economic tran- Israel & West and successfully entered often cheat the Government Dudder project, the the people of Balochistan. company ( a Canadian- sition begins with assisting Mars' parking orbit in as told by a higher official. Balochistan Development Can any responsible person based company) over safety local people in creating February. On May 15, it Still, the good thing is that Authority receives 10% of from the Government have record, waste management, other business opportuni- Bank on 26-27 made a safe landing in the they spend their income in the profit for maintaining the guts to tell the people of and environmental dam- ties, so they are not solely southern part of the Utopia the country, unlike the big the 100 KM Dudder project Balochistan that why con- ages. It is a lesson for the reliant on mining. WASHINGTON DC effect in the early hours of Plain on the surface of (Agencies): US Secretary Friday, after 11 days of Mars. of State Antony Blinken is cross-border attacks left The mission is aimed at set to meet with Israelis and 248 dead in Gaza, and 13 in studying the atmosphere, Egyptian mediators hold talks to try Palestinians next week as Israel. The Israel Defense surface, geological charac- the IDF and Hamas observe Forces (IDF) started bomb- teristics, and features of the a truce that ended rocket ing multiple targets in Gaza Red Planet's magnetic to secure long-term Israel-Hamas truce attacks on Israeli cities and after Hamas launched vol- field.
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