| Baloch clan blames Musharraf for selling out province's resources to foreign companies |
Sadaat clan representative blames Musharraf
for Reko Diq deal
November 26, 2012 | From dawn.com
ISLAMABAD: Rubina Shah Noahtani, a female representative of Syed Balanoshi Noahtani Sadaat tribe, inhibiting the Chaghi district of Balochistan
province, on Monday vigorously contended before the Supreme Court that former president general (Retd) Pervez Musharraf had played havoc
with the province’s precious resources by reaching unilateral agreements with foreign companies like Reko Diq mining lease.
She was appearing before a three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Sh. Azmat
Saeed on the pending issue of grant of mining lease over exploration of gold and copper reserves in the Reko Diq area.
In response to a permission granted by the bench to hear her brief contentions, she, in her extempore address, said that the foreign company
Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) had caused severe threat to the wild life and created environmental hazards in the last 20 years with usage of
lethal cyanide gas during the chemical process.
Rubina said the Noahtani tribe is consisted 25,000 tribesmen, and shares the precious metal rich area. She demanded they should be given
royalty and compensation.
She said that the tribe has 600-year old documentary record of the land but the Musharraf’s regime had reached the agreement with a foreign
company, ignoring concerns of the local community.
She claimed the TCC have captured 10,000 acre land of their ancestors, adding they were not against the development of the area but the
agreement should be executed by involving the local community.
The foreign companies should also trickle down the benefits of the huge projects to the local populace, she added.
Expressing her confidence in the apex court, she pleaded that the court would protect rights of the people as they were suffering from deprivation
and exploitation.
She also vowed that the residents of the province would not surrender their rights to foreign entities over the natural resources.
The bench adjourned further hearing to Tuesday by advising Khalid Anwar, counsel for TCCP, to conclude his arguments by then.
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Islamabad, Nov. 27 (ANI)
A female representative of Syed Balanoshi Noahtani Sadaat tribe, inhibiting the Chaghi district of Balochistan province, has accused former president General Pervez
Musharraf of having played havoc with the province's resources by reaching unilateral agreements with foreign companies.
Rubina Shah Noahtani said this while appearing before a three-member bench in the Supreme Court on the pending issue of grant of mining lease over exploration of
gold and copper reserves in the Reko Diq area, reports The Dawn.
A female representative of Syed Balanoshi Noahtani Sadaat tribe, inhibiting the Chaghi district of Balochistan province, has accused former president General Pervez
Musharraf of having played havoc with the province's resources by reaching unilateral agreements with foreign companies.
Rubina Shah Noahtani said this while appearing before a three-member bench in the Supreme Court on the pending issue of grant of mining lease over exploration of
gold and copper reserves in the Reko Diq area, reports The Dawn.
Noahtani said that the foreign company Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) had caused severe threat to the wild life and
created environmental hazards in the last 20 years with the usage of lethal cyanide gas. She claimed the TCC captured
10,000-acre land of their ancestors.
She said the Noahtani tribe, which consists of over 25,000 tribesmen, should be given royalty and compensation.
She further said that the tribe has 600-year old documentary record of their land but the Musharraf's regime had
reached the agreement with a foreign company, ignoring concerns of the local community.
Noahtani demanded that foreign companies should hand over a share of the benefits from the projects to the local
populace. --ANI
created environmental hazards in the last 20 years with the usage of lethal cyanide gas. She claimed the TCC captured
10,000-acre land of their ancestors.
She said the Noahtani tribe, which consists of over 25,000 tribesmen, should be given royalty and compensation.
She further said that the tribe has 600-year old documentary record of their land but the Musharraf's regime had
reached the agreement with a foreign company, ignoring concerns of the local community.
Noahtani demanded that foreign companies should hand over a share of the benefits from the projects to the local
populace. --ANI