Pashtun Resources

[Manzareh]

Dont you 2 clowns feel anything for your fellow pashtuns that you make a mockery out of everything, did your parents not teach you that there is a time a place for everything? infact, dont even answer.

[Manzareh]

Thanks for the info Toramana, Might be a stupid question but with all you mentioned is anyone taking advantage to all these $$$'s which are encrypted into our lands?

[faye]

manzareh, just google 'mining in afghanistan' lots of articles there. i think the chinese already, are mining for copper and may get the lithium lease.

[Manzareh]

Cheers i will look into that, id love to see the profit margin difference and the gains the Chinese are getting compared to the amount of money they are giving for the lease. I probably dont want to know. Why doesnt the Afghan Government do the mining itself instead of making the country into a back-of-the-car-boot-sale country wide open for bargains.

[faye]

unfortunately manzareh, that is what governments do. even australia has been sold off like a cheap ho, it is shameful but i guess when they are desperate for money........

[Toramana]

Thanks for the info Toramana, Might be a stupid question but with all you mentioned is anyone taking advantage to all these $$$'s which are encrypted into our lands?

I am collecting more info. Actually, many of the natural resources are untapped e.g., so far, the provinces in Pakistan were not allowed to launch hydro-electric power generation projects with capacity more than 50 Mega Watts. And the electricity could be produced only for domestic consumption.

With the approval of provincial autonomy bill last year (April 2010), now provinces can launch their own mega projects for generation of electricity and also can acquire foreign loans for that purpose.

According to one study conducted by German experts, if only the tributories are used for hydroeletric power generation in KP and not the main rivers like Kabul, Swat, Panjkora, etc., 30, 000 MW electricity can be produced.