After China, now US will enter Balochistan: US will mining on lease in Pakistan, to deal with Baloch rebels

Pakistan is facing rebellion in its largest province of Balochistan. In such a situation, he is now planning to get America’s entry in this area. Pak Army Chief Asim Munir has planned to give a mining lease to America. Its purpose is to mining billions of dollars of mineral resources and to prevent the attack of Baloch rebels together.

According to sources, Pakistan’s Shahbaz government and the army believe that if the US invests in this area, then Baloch attacks will be reduced. And if there are attacks, the US will deal with Baloch rebels and protect its investment.

A military source told Bhaskar that the army believes that America’s entry means not just dollars, but also drones. This will make it easier to crush the rebellion. Eric Mayor, a senior officer of the Bureau of Central Asia Affairs of America, has held a meeting with Pakistan Army and Government officials in Islamabad in the past regarding this deal. It has agreed to finalize the deal.

Pak army is trying to reduce dependence from China and improve relations with America

Pakistan’s dependence on China has increased continuously in the last 5 years. Between 2019 and 2023, about 81% of Pakistan’s weapons are imported from China. Also, Pakistan is also dependent on China for loan. According to the report, 72% of the total loans taken from abroad in the last 3 years have been taken by Pakistan from China.

Pakistan’s relations have weakened with America due to growing friendship with China and his statements during the tenure of former PM Imran Khan. The army wants to strengthen the relationship through this deal.

Battery minerals will be quadrupled by 2040, US Army the largest buyer

There has been a change in the geopolitics of minerals in 5 years, which is associated with the increasing demand for electric vehicles. The demand for battery minerals like lithium, cobalt, copper will be quadrupled by 2040. The US army has emerged as their biggest buyers. Its drones, reconnaissance robots and energy-based weapons are completely dependent on the battery. According to analyst Ilyas, by 2027, the US Army is planning to completely convert its non -combat fleet into battery -powered vehicles.

Pakistan in the race to become ‘Saudi Arabia of Copper’

Pakistan has the fifth largest copper reserves in the world. Balochistan’s Reco Dick mine is one of the world’s largest untouched gold-copper resources, which has been priced at Rs 100 lakh crore. At the same time, there are copper-gold reserves in Gilgit-Baltistan areas.

How is the army claiming that Baloch rebel will not target American investment? On this question, expert Muhammad Ilyas says that China did not build a single school-hospital despite earning billions from here. People here now want change. If America comes correctly, there will be no local rebellion.

Balochistan is full of mineral resources

The government of Pakistan has been repeatedly taking military action to drive out Baloch from Balochistan. There are two big reasons for this action. First- the geographical location of Balochistan, which makes it stand in some richest places in the world.

Actually, this area is in the southwest of Pakistan, whose area also includes lands from Iran and Afghanistan. It is spread over 3.47 lakh sq km. Accordingly, it is the largest province of Pakistan. 44% of the country is here, while in such a large area, only 3.6% of the total population of Pakistan, ie 1.49 crore people live.

Secondly, a lot of stores of copper, gold, coal, uranium and other minerals present under this ground. With this, it is also the richest state in Pakistan. Reco Dik Khan here is one of the world’s gold and copper mines. It is in Chagai district, where it is estimated to be 590 million tonnes of minerals. It has 0.22 grams of gold and 0.41% copper per tonne store.

Accordingly, 40 million tonnes of gold is hidden in this mine. The estimated price of which can be up to Rs 174.42 lakh crore. Despite this, this area is one of the most backward areas of Pakistan. Pakistan wants to shine its luck by giving these precious mines to China. He has a foreign debt of $ 124.5 billion, which is 42% of his GDP.