Tehreek-i-Insaf warns against federal control of KP’s minerals

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PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter on Saturday warned against placing the province’s mineral resources under federal or other external authority or control during the current emergency and governor’s rule, insisting that no such move could be made without the approval or oversight of the elected provincial representatives. In a statement issued here, PTI KP general secretary Ali Asghar Khan said that the province’s mineral wealth was not the property of an “imposed administration to bargain away”. “Major mining concessions, long-term agreements or other arrangements that undermine provincial powers or the rights of local communities are unacceptable. Decisions concerning rare…

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