ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Wazir-e-Azam office ne Jumma ko kaha hai ke Barrick Mining Corporation ne Karachi aur Gwadar mein maadniyat ki processing ki sanaton mein sarmayakari mein gehri dilchaspi zahir ki hai. Yeh baat company ke chairman John Thornton ki qiyadat mein aik wafd ki Islamabad mein Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz Sharif se mulaqat ke baad samne aayi.
Yeh mulaqat Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2026 ke doosre aur aakhri roz hui, jahan hukoomat ghair mulki sarmayakaron ko mulk ki maadni daulat ki taraf raghib karti rahi hai. Bayan ke mutabiq wafd ne forum ko Pakistan ke maadni shobe ki taraqqi ki janib aik ahem qadam qarar diya.
Shehbaz Sharif ne kaha ke woh Reko Diq se aage bhi maadni shobe ki taraqqi ke liye Barrick ki maharat se faida uthana chahte hain. Reko Diq Balochistan ke zila Chagai mein taanbe aur sone ka woh mansooba hai jise yeh company tameer kar rahi hai. Unhon ne Reko Diq ko is shobe mein sarmayakari ka aik ahem sang-e-meel qarar dete hue kaha ke is ki kamyab takmeel Pakistan mein mustaqbil ki maadni sarmayakari ke liye aik miyar qaim karegi.
Wazir-e-Azam ne kaha ke hukoomat chahti hai ke Balochistan ke awam maadni mansoobon se barah-e-raast mustafeed hon, maqami naujawanon ke liye rozgar aur hunar ki tarbiyat ke zariye, aur aas paas ki aabadiyon ki taraqqi ke zariye. Bayan ke mutabiq dono fareeqon ne is shobe ke liye darkar policy, regulatory aur infrastructure framework par bhi baat cheet ki.
Sahil tak aik sarak
Jumeraat ko Wafaqi Wazir-e-Mansooba Bandi Ahsan Iqbal ne Barrick ke aik wafd se mulaqat ki aur Chagai ke ilaqe Nokundi ko Gwadar ki bandargah se milane wali mujawwaza sarak rahdari par kaam tez karne par zor diya. Un ki wizarat ke bayan ke mutabiq unhon ne Wizarat-e-Mansooba Bandi, National Highway Authority, Hukoomat-e-Balochistan aur kaan kani ki companiyon par mushtamil aik mushtarka working group banane ki tajweez di, taake is raaste ki technical zaruriyat, feasibility, maali wasail aur amal daramad ke umoor tay kiye ja saken.
Ahsan Iqbal ne is “gumshuda kari” ki feasibility study tez karne ke liye tafseeli topographical data aur 3D mapping talab ki, aur kaan kani ke shobe ko National Economic Transformation Plan 2035 ke tehat baramadat ko 100 arab dollar tak barhane ke hukoomati hadaf se joda. Bayan ke mutabiq Barrick ke wafd ne is tajweez ka khair maqdam kiya.
Reko Diq aur forum
Reko Diq mein nisf hissa Barrick ka hai, jabke baqi hissa wafaqi aur Balochistan hukoomaton ke paas hai. Company ka kehna hai ke yeh kaan apni muddat ke dauran taqreeban 70 arab dollar ka free cash flow paida kar sakti hai.
Is se qabl forum mein Canada ki Ivanhoe Mines ne Mari Energies ke saath Chagai mein taanbe aur sone ki talash ka muahida kiya, jabke Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir ne kaanon, kaan kanon aur sarmayakaron ke tahaffuz ki yaqeen dehani karayi.
