Senior US official heads to Pakistan with focus on critical minerals deal

[hydrabadi_arab]

President Donald Trump is redefining the foreign and trade policies of the United States, with a focus on business, profits, tariffs, and deals. While the US-Ukraine deal on critical minerals is still hanging in limbo, Senior Bureau Official (SBO) for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Eric Meyer, will soon be leading an interagency delegation to Islamabad for attending the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum to advance US interests in the critical minerals sector.

As per a note from the US Department of State shared on Saturday, Meyer will be in Islamabad from April 8 to 10, and will meet senior Pakistani officials to expand opportunities for American businesses in Pakistan and promote the deepening of economic ties between the two countries.

SBO Meyer will also engage with senior officials to highlight the importance of continued collaboration on counterterrorism.

The US-Pakistan ties, largely based on a security-centric focus till now, may be transformed as Islamabad aims to draw the Trump administration with stakes in its critical mineral reserves and other business ventures.

The upcoming visit of Meyer will be a sigh of relief for Pakistan, which is worried about Washington’s diminished interest in the country since the withdrawal of US forces from bordering Afghanistan that shrank Islamabad’s strategic relevance, besides Washington’s focus shifting to the Indo-Pacific.

US investment in its mineral sector could provide Pakistan a much-needed economic boost, create jobs, and enhance infrastructure development.

Pakistan has vast mineral wealth like the Reko Diq mine in Balochistan, while Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are said to have lithium reserves, critical for renewable energy technologies.

 

[Vortex]

When a phone call from USA can topple a government and an entire party, the chosen “Beggars can’t be choosers” will remove their chaddies and sign any deal !

All countries should stop using dollars in retaliation.

 

[Fatman17]

President Donald Trump is redefining the foreign and trade policies of the United States, with a focus on business, profits, tariffs, and deals. While the US-Ukraine deal on critical minerals is still hanging in limbo, Senior Bureau Official (SBO) for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Eric Meyer, will soon be leading an interagency delegation to Islamabad for attending the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum to advance US interests in the critical minerals sector.

As per a note from the US Department of State shared on Saturday, Meyer will be in Islamabad from April 8 to 10, and will meet senior Pakistani officials to expand opportunities for American businesses in Pakistan and promote the deepening of economic ties between the two countries.

SBO Meyer will also engage with senior officials to highlight the importance of continued collaboration on counterterrorism.

The US-Pakistan ties, largely based on a security-centric focus till now, may be transformed as Islamabad aims to draw the Trump administration with stakes in its critical mineral reserves and other business ventures.

The upcoming visit of Meyer will be a sigh of relief for Pakistan, which is worried about Washington’s diminished interest in the country since the withdrawal of US forces from bordering Afghanistan that shrank Islamabad’s strategic relevance, besides Washington’s focus shifting to the Indo-Pacific.

US investment in its mineral sector could provide Pakistan a much-needed economic boost, create jobs, and enhance infrastructure development.

Pakistan has vast mineral wealth like the Reko Diq mine in Balochistan, while Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are said to have lithium reserves, critical for renewable energy technologies.

Indian source???

 

[FarhanSiddiqui]

Everyone wants piece of Pakistani mineral resources. The biggest losers are the local people who will get nothing and their land and water resources will be polluted for thousands of years.

 

[SABRE]

Everyone wants piece of Pakistani mineral resources. The biggest losers are the local people who will get nothing and their land and water resources will be polluted for thousands of years.

That seems to happen a lot on a multi-tiered level.

 

[شَاھِین شَاہِ لَولَاک]

President Donald Trump is redefining the foreign and trade policies of the United States, with a focus on business, profits, tariffs, and deals. While the US-Ukraine deal on critical minerals is still hanging in limbo, Senior Bureau Official (SBO) for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Eric Meyer, will soon be leading an interagency delegation to Islamabad for attending the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum to advance US interests in the critical minerals sector.

As per a note from the US Department of State shared on Saturday, Meyer will be in Islamabad from April 8 to 10, and will meet senior Pakistani officials to expand opportunities for American businesses in Pakistan and promote the deepening of economic ties between the two countries.

SBO Meyer will also engage with senior officials to highlight the importance of continued collaboration on counterterrorism.

The US-Pakistan ties, largely based on a security-centric focus till now, may be transformed as Islamabad aims to draw the Trump administration with stakes in its critical mineral reserves and other business ventures.

The upcoming visit of Meyer will be a sigh of relief for Pakistan, which is worried about Washington’s diminished interest in the country since the withdrawal of US forces from bordering Afghanistan that shrank Islamabad’s strategic relevance, besides Washington’s focus shifting to the Indo-Pacific.

US investment in its mineral sector could provide Pakistan a much-needed economic boost, create jobs, and enhance infrastructure development.

Pakistan has vast mineral wealth like the Reko Diq mine in Balochistan, while Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are said to have lithium reserves, critical for renewable energy technologies.

more slavery incoming

 

[Distant_Observer]

 

[Goenitz]

Can they buy DHA lands too? I hear DHA Multan hit a setback. Too bad for the Mango Trees, which were bulldozed.

 

[Goenitz]

ad a chance to go over KP’s Mines and Minerals Bill 2025 that is pitched as “much needed” regulatory framework for ‘investment’ and ‘transparency’ in minerals sector. But between the lines in that 139 page long document is all extraction and politics to essentially transfer the power of Mines and Minerals in KP to unelected entities (take a guess). Its aim to create a centralised authority is very much inspired by SIFC to bypass law, regulations, and accountability but most importantly open up space for “Milbus” to take control of the KP mineral industry. It’s exactly on the same lines as land takeover in large parts of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan, or takeover of hospitality industry in GB. For confirmation, I ran this Bill through AI, and the analysis is exactly what one would expect: Centralisation of Authority and a serious danger of Military takeover of the industry. In a province already under a war like situation, such a colonial kind of extraction is going to only deepen insurgency. But most importantly, it directly feeds into the militarisation project underway in Pakistan. There are better ways to go down, than to go down in complete capitulation.

 

[LeGenD]

All countries should stop using dollars in retaliation.

Impossible. Americans have purchasing power and technology and the US is the largest consumer of many goods in the world. They buy our goods as well that nobody in our neighborhood wants. The US can do a lot more for Pakistan and set the stage for a shift in our fortunes but chooses not to because they don't see a balanced foreign policy or a welcoming environment in our case.

 

[Vortex]

Impossible. Americans have purchasing power and technology and the US is the largest consumer of many goods in the world. They buy our goods as well that nobody in our neighborhood wants. The US can do a lot more for Pakistan and set the stage for a shift in our fortunes but chooses not to because they don't see a balanced foreign policy or a welcoming environment in our case.

Ils show
S how bad are our policies : depending on other(s).

Maybe it’s time to take the Big Reset in our own hands.

 

[Azin]

ad a chance to go over KP’s Mines and Minerals Bill 2025 that is pitched as “much needed” regulatory framework for ‘investment’ and ‘transparency’ in minerals sector. But between the lines in that 139 page long document is all extraction and politics to essentially transfer the power of Mines and Minerals in KP to unelected entities (take a guess). Its aim to create a centralised authority is very much inspired by SIFC to bypass law, regulations, and accountability but most importantly open up space for “Milbus” to take control of the KP mineral industry. It’s exactly on the same lines as land takeover in large parts of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan, or takeover of hospitality industry in GB. For confirmation, I ran this Bill through AI, and the analysis is exactly what one would expect: Centralisation of Authority and a serious danger of Military takeover of the industry. In a province already under a war like situation, such a colonial kind of extraction is going to only deepen insurgency. But most importantly, it directly feeds into the militarisation project underway in Pakistan. There are better ways to go down, than to go down in complete capitulation.

Bud AI thinks anything central or anti liberal and sunshine and rainbows is bad if you are using this then your cooked

 

[nahtanbob]

Indian source???

US State Dept official to visit Pakistan next week

ISLAMABAD: US State Department’s Senior Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Eric Meyer will visit Pakistan next week.According to the State Department sources, a delegation...

www.thenews.com.pk

 

[Watandar]

Faujis are now heavily focused on mineral extraction. The stories being told in KPK about fauji officers aggressive tactics to seize mines are hair raising. People also talk about how a person is Fauji during the day and Taliban at night and how the militant threat is being exaggerated by Fauj to seize land and minerals.

 

[Distant_Observer]

Faujis are now heavily focused on mineral extraction. The stories being told in KPK about fauji officers aggressive tactics to seize mines are hair raising. People also talk about how a person is Fauji during the day and Taliban at night and how the militant threat is being exaggerated by Fauj to seize land and minerals.

There is nothing of significance in KPK when it comes to minerals.

If there are any they are occupied by mystery owners who are funneling the money out of KPK and the country. The army has zero involvement. You should be more concerned about rampant corruption in KPK done by your own.