KP, especially NMDs, are blessed with enormous mineral resources, and this sector alone can drive NMDs and KP out of their socioeconomic uncertainties. Therefore, mineral exploration and mining must be guided and driven by a deliberate and all-encompassing mineral development policy and implementation mechanism.
In the introductory paper (published in the last edition of this magazine), I made an argument that security and development are interdependent and highlighted that the future of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)’s security and development lies in three fields, i.e., minerals and mining, tourism, and trade. In continuation to the brief introduction of each field covered in the previous article, my focus for this writeup will be the potential of mines and minerals in KP and how this potential can be utilized to address the woes of KP’s security and development.
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Lt Gen Hassan Azhar Hayat