At the intersection of resource sovereignty and global supply chains lies a question that Pakistan can no longer defer: in a world reordering itself around access to critical minerals, will Pakistan leverage its subterranean wealth or remain tethered to extraction without transformation?
Introduction
The demand for more provinces re-emerged with the coming of the 18th constitutional amendment in the year 2010, which gave control of resources to provinces. Since then, there were calls for more provinces in Pakistan. If one looks around the world,…
