QUETTA: An aeromagnetic survey of Balu­ch­istan areas would be taken in hand in October this year with Canadian assistance. This was disclosed here today [May 6] by the Federal Minister of State for Fuel, Power and Natural Resources, Mir Taj Mohammad Jamali. He said the survey, to be conducted under an ar­­r­­angement … between the Governments of Pa­­­­kistan and Canada, would take six mon­ths... . [Mr Jamali] … said that Rs. four crores were being spent to determine copper deposits in Saindak area of Chagai district. Qualitative as well as quantitative report about these de­­posits … would be available in July this year. He said that a mini steel plant was proposed to be set up somewhere in Chagai district with Chinese assistance.

[In another report from Quetta,] the death toll in Sunday’s [May 4] mine disaster in Narwar rose to twenty ... when an injured miner died in the Civil Hospital. … Baluchistan Chief Minister Jam Ghulam Qadir visited the six injured who now remain in hospital and announced a donation of Rs 5,000 for them. He also instructed the hospital authorities to provide best treatment. … Meanwhile, the judicial and departmental inquiries into the accident are continuing.

Published in Dawn, May 7th, 2025