Supreme Court Of Pakistan Has Sought The Agreement

The Supreme Court has sought the principle agreement for the exploration of Reko Diq reserves and issued notices over the plea of 26 Senators to become party in the case.
The SC Tuesday fixed January 26 as hearing date of a plea filed by 26 Senators, majority among them belonging to JUI-F for becoming a party in the ongoing proceedings over award of mining contract of Reko Diq copper and gold mines in Balochistan to Tethyan Copper Company (TCC).
The plea was filed on behalf of senators Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri, Dr. Mohammad Ismail Buladi, Maulana Gul Naseeb, Abdul Ghafoor Qureshi, Eng. Malik Rashid Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Ghufran Khan, Muhammad Talha Mahmood, Abdul Rashid, Ghulam Ali, Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani, Mrs. Semeen Siddique, M. Khalid M. Sumroo, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, Salim Saifullah Khan, Maulana Muhammad Salah Shah, Hafiz Rasheed Ahmed, Naeem Hussain Chattha, Tariq Azeem Khan, Sabeena Rauf, Shahid Hussain Bugti, Professor Sajid Mir, Neelofer Bakhtiar, Sardar Jamal Khan Laghari, Saeed Ahmed Hashmi, Syed Javaid Ali Shah & Engr. Muhammad Hamayun Khan Mandokhel.
Raza Kazim, counsel for Maulana Abdul Haq a petitioner contended that the government of Balochistan in its reply have not provided the requisite exploration company files. As per law the ownership of the reserves could not be changed, he said.
The court also ordered Advocate General Balochistan to bring the record of the license awarded to TCC and summoned Balochistan's former and current chief secretaries along with record of the licenses issued to the company.
As already written in previous posts that the TCC is seeking new agreement on its own conditions, about the of exploration of precious metals that have the largest reserves in the world.