KP Governor vows to exploit mineral resources

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• PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has stressed the need to utilise the province’s mineral resources to promote development, saying the government must take practical steps to extract and sell minerals for economic benefit.
• He also claimed that people had been brought from Afghanistan and settled in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, contributing to the province’s security challenges.
• His remarks highlighted two key challenges facing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: improving security and using its natural resources to support economic development.

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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has stressed the need to utilise the province’s mineral resources to promote development, saying the government must take practical steps to extract and sell minerals for economic benefit.

Addressing a ceremony in Peshawar, Kundi said the province needed to make effective use of its natural resources to accelerate development and generate economic opportunities.