Governor urges religious scholars to play their role in promoting peace as people listen and respect their views
\nPESHAWAR
\nKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi asserted that the people of the province had the first right to its resources. \u201cNo one should think that foreigners will come and loot this province. Till I am here, the people of the province will have the first right to its resources,\u201d he said while addressing a ceremony in Peshawar.
\nKundi added that a third party from outside KP, whether a foreigner or from Pakistan, may enter into a joint venture with the people of the province if willing. The governor, who has assumed the administrative control of KP following the imposition of governor\u2019s rule and emergency in the province, assured that his priority was the protection of the people of KP, then of the province itself and then Pakistan.
\nHis assertions follow allegations by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman that the imposition of governor\u2019s rule and emergency in KP was linked to the government\u2019s motive to take control of its resources. He had also questioned the government\u2019s position on mineral resources during a National Assembly session earlier this week, when he had criticised the Centre over emergency and governor\u2019s rule in KP. Meanwhile, claims have been circulating on social media that KP\u2019s minerals would be given or sold to the US. This followed a statement made by Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Natalie Baker during an interview with The Centrum Media on Sept 30, expressing US interest in Pakistan\u2019s mineral resources.
\nKundi, without making any specific mention, said in his address that several reports may be circulating in the media and on social media, but his priority remained the protection of the people of KP. He said this after outlining the diversity of KP\u2019s resources: \u201cCompared to other provinces, KP has the most natural resources and, as they say: Jahan wasail hotay hen wahan par masail bhi hotay hen (wherever there are resources, there will always be issues).
\nKP is the largest oil and second-largest gas producer in Pakistan, and [..] we produce electricity. We have tourism, mineral resources, and tobacco.\u201d Kundi also spoke of the Rs160 billion pledged by the federal government for development projects in KP. He said 70 per cent of the funds will be allocated to the 12 districts under the Area Representative and Development Council (ARDC) and 30pc to other districts. Kundi assured, \u201cMy brothers and sisters in the merged districts will not be deprived of their rightful share.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Governor urges religious scholars to play their role in promoting peace as people listen and respect their views PESHAWAR Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi asserted that the people of the province had the first right to its resources. \u201cNo one should think that foreigners will come and loot this province. Till I am here, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":105206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105200"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105231,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105200\/revisions\/105231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}