How Pakistan lost $6 billion on a gold mine

The hills near the proposed site of the Reko Diq copper mine in Pakistan's province of Balochistan are seen in 2010. (Reuters/File)

January 19: Asia Times report by FM Shakil states that Pakistan’s US and France based real estate assets are at risk of confiscation as a United Kingdom court moves to enforce an arbitration tribunal decree that fined it US$5.9 billion for retracting a 28-year old gold exploration contract with foreign mining companies.

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