No doubt Pakistan is a rich country with gold and minerals but most of its people are living under the line of poverty. This rare situation raise many questions that why these natural capabilities have not converted in the great income resource of the country.
In the previous and recent governments, the high ups have made statement that gold, gems and minerals reserves can change the whole scenario of the country and the peoples those have not capable to earn the two times meals will become richer, like Europe and Singapore but the fact is that all these statements have not yet fulfill this desire of the nation.
Yesterday once again while addressing the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2025 in Islamabad, the Prime Minister said that the forum will lead to an increase in investment in the minerals sector and further increase investor confidence.
He said that there are vast mineral reserves in the mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan, while the land of Sindh and Punjab is also rich in natural resources. Azad Kashmir is also rich in natural resources.
The Prime Minister said that the progress in the Reko Diq project is encouraging, mining in Balochistan will create employment opportunities and socio-economic development. Investment in the minerals sector is beneficial for everyone.
He said that nature has enriched Pakistan with natural resources. Pakistan has the largest coal reserves in the world and the Sindh government is working hard to benefit from the coal reserves. They are saving valuable foreign exchange by relying on local instead of imported coal.
Another hand its good news for the nation that, National Resources Limited (NRL) has announced the discovery of gold and copper deposits in Chagai Balochistan.
NRL Chairman and Lucky Cement CEO Muhammad Ali Tabba made the announcement during his address at the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2025 in the presence of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir.
It should be noted that NRL is a 100 percent privately owned Pakistani company, which is a subsidiary of Fatima Fertilizer, Liberty Mills Limited and Lucky Cement. The company was granted an exploration license in October 2023.
Muhammad Ali Tabba said that 16 potential deposits have been identified in the last 18 months in the licensed area covering 500 kilometers, out of which advanced drilling has been started at Tangkor.
NRL has so far completed 13 diamond drill holes (3517 meters), all of which have revealed mineral deposits. The analytical results of the initial 6 drill holes (1500 meters) confirm strong mineralization zones near the surface.
It’s a good omen but yet again the again the question is that, when will we convert these natural resources in our main income apart from the IMF, loans and mass funding of the international donners. Such question should be answer by the prime minster and his entire team.
Actually it is the right time to practically responds to that challenge, as we knows that in past the governments had wrongly made agreements with the foreign companies and the successor governments reverse these decisions of the previous administration without any planning. Than the nation also observed the case of the Saindak project in which the country lost millions of dollars.
Therefore it is hoped that collation government should not only arrange batter agreement with companies but also will manage these project with great futuristic vision to convert it in the economy boosting projects. If the present government would be successful in using these projects for the betterment of the economy than it will be the great achievement.
So it’s hoped that government will take serious measures to overcome on the economic problems of the country by getting more benefits from the natural resources.
