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Feb 15 8 tweets 4 min read
1. Minerals fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of provinces. As per Aghaaz Huqooq Balochistan package, ownership of #Saindak should have been transferred to GoB upon expiry of lease in 2012.

Qs for you:
I) Why GoP still manages the project? Why SML remains a GoP-owned Co.?
2. In original negotiations held in 2001-02, it was agreed tht a copper refinery would be established in Balochistan in 10 years’ time.

Why has the refinery not been setup after 20 years?

Does an independent mechanism exist to verify quantity of gold & copper being produced?
3. GoP has refused to transfer ownership of #Saindak on ground tht it has made Rs 30 Bn investment.

Can u share profits earned by MCC, GoP & GoB between 2002 & 2021? @Hammad_Azhar

On what grounds does GoP want 30 Bn when it has been getting bulk of profit since 2002?
4. Why is PPL lease in #Sui being extended unilaterally through SROs in what is a clear violation of Art 172(3)?

What practical steps have been take make GoB “joint & equal owner” of its gas?

Has GoB been given any control over management of #gas companies working in Bal?
5. Here is what needs to b done to make ppl of Bal owners of their nat wealth

a) Transfer ownership of #Saindak & #SML to GoB

b) GoB should float intl tender & award contract to highest bidder

c) GoP should hire intl firm to conduct audit of quantity of gold & copper extractd
6.
d) Establishment of refinery in Bal should be key part of bid documents

e) GoB should constitute a technical committee of experts & officials to monitor & evaluate production (quantity, mining rate).

f) Establish #Chagai Foundation & place CSR funds at its disposal.
7.
g) Thar Foundation Model may be improved & applied for spending #CSR funds. They shouldn’t go to Account 1 of GoB. Constitute a BoG of #Chagai Foundation & hire management from open market.

Without these changes, ppl of Bal are unlikely to enjoy benefits of their resources.

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Feb 3
I wrote this op-Ed on establishing durable piece in #Balochistan 3 years ago. Every word still relevant.

“Military needs to realise that hard approach alone can ensure only temporary peace & that a low-level insurgency could continue almost indefinitely”. dawn.com/news/1478672
A. Recipe 4 Peace in #Balochistan:
1) Recognise that #Baloch insurgency is mainly home-grown & that there is genuine local grievance caused by pol failures.
2) Appreciate tht kinetic measures alone can’t eliminate insurgency. A low-scale conflict could continue almost indefinitly
B. Recipe 4 #Peace #Balochistan
3. Develop comprehensive strategy 4 pol reconciliation. Broad contours are:
a) engage credible pol reps. Do away with artificial leaders u have propped up. They r part of problem & beneficiaries of conflict & stand to lose 4m pol reconciliation.
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Aug 17, 2021
1. The position taken by @HinaRKhar is the same that military est has been peddling for 10 years. Just bec she says it makes it no less problematic.
Here is why:
1) Pak claims that it has no favourites in AFG but at same time maintains that it can’t act against Taliban in Pak.
2. This position has inherent paradox. If #Taliban are using your territory to launch war against AFG govt, you are reluctant to use whatever it takes to prevent them from using ur territory, then u are FAVOURING Taliban agnst AFG Govt. So the “neutrality” claim is untenable.
3. Taliban recruit foot soldiers, raise funds & get medical treatment in Pak. Their families are based here.

Yes, Pak’s influence over Taliban is limited but it did have leverage—tht no other country in the region had.

None of this is exaggeration.HRK’s denial is simply a lie.
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Oct 18, 2020
@mjdawar addressing #PDMKarachiJalsa

Welcomes the leadership of PDM, says words of special thanks for @BBhuttoZardari for inviting him and greets the people of Karachi. He has put on a Sindhi ajrak and calls Karachi a mini Pakistan. Pays tribute to the martyrs of #Karsaaz.
@mjdawar starts from where Mian Nawaz Sharif had finished his speech in Gujranwala. He endorses the hard-hitting speech of MNS and criticises PM IK for failing to respond to the genuine questions asked by MNS.

Demands a “Truth Commission” to investigate these allegations.
@mjdawar demands the constitution of a Truth Commission to investigate illegal military takeovers, the war imposed on ex-FATA & KP, the opaque military operations and the massacres of #Babrha and #Kharhqamar .

He asks why are terrorists regrouping in ex-FATA?

#PDMKarachiJalsa
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Jul 30, 2020
Thread on #chamanborder situation

1. Chaman is the most imp border town along Durand Line in BAL. Social setup here is tribal. The DL has divided villages, tribes and relatives.

There are houses with one gate in Pak’s territory & another gate falling Afghan territory.
2. Border towns like Chaman & Taftan r backbone of BAL’s largely-informal economy. Closure of borders literally chokes economic activity in province.

Across #Chaman is the Waish Mandi, where Transit trade goods are offloaded. What we know as smuggling is trade for local people.
3. For decades, residents of Chaman used local permits to cross border. Didn’t need visas.

Over 30,000 ppl crossed border on daily basis. These included: Pak daily wagers & traders working in Waish; Afghan men, women & children coming to Quetta for medical checkup; lagharhis;
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Mar 5, 2020
To all the opponents of #AuratAzadiMarch2020

Here is why I support Aurat March:

1)Most women in my region are treated inhumanely. They conceive 12 times on average, lack access to even basic healthcare, go 4 first ante-natal checkup only during last 2 months of pregnancy.
2) I know women who are regularly subjected to physical violence by husbands but they can’t even complain bec it might lead to even worse consequence ie divorce. Parents are usually aware but they are helpless in such circumstances.

Even people in pos of authority are of no help
3) I know women who made rotis & food for 40-50 everyday for 30-40 years. They do this while raising 10+ kids & doing all other domestic chores. They don’t get a word of thanks from menfolk, let alone being paid for the labour. Worse part, they still get beaten.
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Jun 30, 2019
1. Many are furious over Afghans 4 reported violence of some fans yesterday. I made a tweet tht condemned this behaviour & tried to explain why ordinary Afghans hate us.

Reponses I got were full of hatred & lies--making me realise how ill-informed we are abt Pak-Afghan relations
2. Most referred to pre-1979 history of hostility.

Pre-1979, AFG remained a good neighbour except when Dawood was ruling. AFG provided us discreet help in 1965 & 1971 wars. In 1971, Brezhnev offerred King Zahir to join him & India in eliminating Pak. KZ rejected it.
3. Even Dawood could take a hostile position mainly bec of resentment among Pak Pashtuns, who felt they had a raw deal 4m the State.

Removal of Dr. Khan's govt, Babra masscare, incarceration of Bacha Khan & Samad Khan & imposition of One Unit contributed to Pashtun resentment.
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