Pakistan sits on $7tr mineral trove, claims planning minister

ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has claimed that Pakistan estimates its mineral endowment at more than $7 trillion. Mr Iqbal made these remarks in a conversation with Farwa Amin, director for South Asian initiatives at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York, as per a statement issued by the planning ministry on Tuesday. The minister said large-scale mining operations required heavy up-front investments and extensive gestation periods, and the country’s volatile political clima...

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