"When meeting United States President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in September, Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, opened a briefcase with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif standing next to him. Inside were a set of glistening minerals. Their display was part of Pakistan's latest offer to the Trump administration: The country was willing to open up its minerals to US investment."
"The province the country's largest by area and its most impoverished has long witnessed a separatist movement driven by anger over perceptions that the interests of the local population have been ignored by the federal government. On Saturday, coordinated attacks across Balochistan in which fighters killed 31 civilians and 17 security personnel while the military gunned down 145 fighters served up an urgent reminder of the challenges that Pakistan and potential investors face in the province."
Balochistan contains most of Pakistan's richest mineral deposits and is the country's largest and most impoverished province. Pakistan displayed mineral samples to the United States and offered to open deposits to US investment. The province has long seen a separatist insurgency driven by local anger over perceived federal neglect. Coordinated attacks across at least 12 locations killed 31 civilians and 17 security personnel, and the military reported killing 145 fighters. The attackers were identified as belonging to the Baloch Liberation Army. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi accused India of planning the attacks without presenting evidence. The violence heightens risks for potential investors and complicates China's investments in Pakistan.
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