Explosives ban renders 4,000 mining projects inoperative in KP: FMOA
PESHAWAR: Frontier Mine Owners Association office bearers have urged the officials of relevant departments to focus on resolving the genuine problems of the mining sector instead of making the provincial minerals department a target of political criticism. They said that allegations against the department had created uncertainty among investors. President of the association Uzair Khan Tanoli and…
PESHAWAR: Frontier Mine Owners Association leaders have called upon officials to prioritize addressing the sector's genuine issues rather than criticizing the provincial minerals department. Allegations against the department have generated uncertainty among investors, leading to the inoperability of approximately 4,000 mining projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which has left around 300,000 workers unemployed.
Additionally, roughly 2,000 mineral processing units and numerous transportation vehicles have been affected by these restrictions. The mining sector has faced ongoing scrutiny for years, with numerous inquiries and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cases against the department, all of which have been deemed unfounded. The association's president, Uzair Khan Tanoli, and chairman, Sherbandi Khan Marwat, stated that the claims aimed to divert attention from the sector's fundamental challenges.
They emphasized the need for transparent accountability based on concrete evidence, supporting such accountability for government departments, including the minerals department. Tanoli clarified that the association had no political affiliations and blamed federal government policies for many of the sector's problems, urging Governor Faisal Karim Kundi to intervene and help resolve the issues promptly, especially as relations between the provinces and the federal government have improved.
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