Akbar Notezai

In today's Dawn! dawn.com/news/1578777

My favourite journalist writing another banger. Amazing read @Akbar_notezai

Please read, If you want to know everything about Reko Diq. A superb piece…

Thank you, Waqas.

An interesting piece from @Akbar_notezai

Incredible! Hands down the single most detailed account of what goes behind the scenes of Pakistan's largest gold and copper reservoir. Basically, everyone benefits - from foreign firms, lawyers to politicos and bureaucrats. Everyone benefits, except Balochistan. #RekoDiq

#Naukundi sits in #Balochistan’s Chaghi district, a region so rich in minerals.’ Yet with an official population of only about 269,192, far too few to sustain a viable economy, it remains one of the poorest districts in #Pakistan. thecontrapuntal.com/real-gold-digg…

@bohotsaara @iAdnanAamir Thank you, Sarah!

@iAdnanAamir @Akbar_notezai Way to go! @Akbar_notezai

Another masterpiece from @Akbar_notezai on Reko Diq. thecontrapuntal.com/real-gold-digg…

@PEusman Thank you!

This perhaps is one of the best piece of reporting on Reko Diq. It unpacks a troubling political economy of 'natural' resource in Pakistan such analysis of resource-making in Pakistan is hard to find. Well done!! @Akbar_notezai

Why are locals declared ethnic minorities, and are there really no traces of REEs found at Reko Diq? @AmirRana youtu.be/Tx5UPDdyE20?si…

It’s unfortunate how resource rich places seldom benefit from their own wealth. It’s not just the global capital. Vested interests (or maybe indifference) of local power brokers often facilitates this resource extraction

The real gold-diggers of Reko Diq By @Akbar_notezai thecontrapuntal.com/real-gold-digg… via @withemes

Thisn is a heartbreaking tale of corruption and competing interests thecontrapuntal.com/real-gold-digg…

@iAdnanAamir Thank you, Adnan!

@NidaKirmani Thank you, Prof.

Balochistan is a quintessential example of the resource curse, & the most glaring example is Reko Diq. @Akbar_notezai documents this decades long story of lies, obfuscation, & blatant theft in meticulous detail.

@aliraza_rind Thank you, Ali Raza!

@Akbar_notezai Interesting piece.

My latest story: The real gold-diggers of Reko Diq #Balochistan thecontrapuntal.com/real-gold-digg…

@naziha_syedali Thank you, Naziha!

@Akbar_notezai Fantastic work, Akbar.

"on 12 May last year, law enforcement officers, acting on a tip-off, intercepted a container carrying a package from the Reko Diq project, which was being escorted by Customs officials. The FIR states that the officers recovered hashish that was being smuggled in the container."

#LongRead 🇵🇰| As preparations begin to extract billions in copper & gold from #Balochistan's Reko Diq, locals are still waiting for their share, caught between geopolitical rivalry, corporate opacity, and a state that has failed them. ✍️ @Akbar_notezai thecontrapuntal.com/real-gold-digg…