The JUI-F and the BNP-M members while protesting, said they were not taken into confidence regarding the matter. The government, however, assured the members that their doubts were valid and would be addressed.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 16 (ANI): Pakistani forces allegedly forced several drivers from the ethnic minority areas of Balochistan to abandon their vehicles and march through the desert to their homes in the Chagai district near the border with Afghanistan, local media reported.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): The Pakistan government has approved the tax exemption on the payment of USD 900 million to Chile's firm, Antofagasta, under an exit deed for the settlement of the Reko Diq dispute.
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Barrick Gold Corporation and the governments of Pakistan and Balochistan have reached an agreement on a framework that provides for the reconstitution of the Reko Diq project in the country's Balochistan province, after 10 years of legal battles and negotiations.
Balochistan [Pakistan], January 4 (ANI): Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) chief, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, has said that the people of Balochistan are the owners of the resources of the province.
Balochistan [Pakistan], January 3 (ANI): Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) President Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal on Sunday said that his party would protest along with other parties in the provincial assembly and other forums if 50 per cent profit share from Reko Diq gold project is not ensured to the people of Balochistan.
Balochistan [Pakistan], December 30 (ANI): After the USD 6 billion penalties was announced for not giving a mining lease to the Tethyan Copper Company and the subsequent embarrassment suffered internationally, provincial Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief in Balochistan, Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind on Thursday called for the establishment of a truth commission on the Reko Diq fiasco before closing a new deal on the gold and copper mining project.
Balochistan [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): Balochistan Assembly has passed a resolution demanding an in-camera briefing on any plans of the Imran Khan-led Pakistan government to sign a deal on copper and gold mining at Reko Diq after reports emerged that the federal government was taking "illegal steps" to deprive the people of province of their natural resources.
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