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DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCE REVENUES IN BALOCHISTAN A GAP IN PAKISTANS POLICY MAKING

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2017(II-I).01      10.31703/grr.2017(II-I).01      Published : Dec 2017

Distribution of Resource Revenues in Balochistan: A Gap in Pakistan's Policy Making

Abstract

    Since the discovery of oil and gas in Balochistan and Sindh, Punjab has remained the primary consumer. The gas reserves that were found in 1952 reached the consumers of Baluchistan in 1986 in 14 urban townships. Other than natural gas and oil the mineral deposits, their exploration and extraction through foreign companies is raising eyebrows on the issue of the revenue distribution. This paper is based on the MS thesis of the author, Mismanagement of Natural Resources: Challenges to the stability of Pakistan and its implications of Foreign Direct Investment (2005-2017). It discusses, why there is lack of consensus between the central government and Balochistan on the issue of minerals extraction and revenue distribution? It also addresses, how mal-administration played a role in widening the gap between Balochistan and Central government and it suggests measures to improve the situation.

    Natural Resources, Riko Diq, Saindak, Coal, Revenue

    (1) Sadia Sohail
    MS Scholar, Department of Humanities, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Sohail Ahmad
    Assistant Professor,Department of Humanities,COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Noor Jehan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Economics,Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Sohail, S., Ahmad, S., & Jehan, N. (2017). Distribution of Resource Revenues in Balochistan: A Gap in Pakistan's Policy Making. Global Regional Review, II(I), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2017(II-I).01

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Sohail, Sadia, Sohail Ahmad, and Noor Jehan. 2017. "Distribution of Resource Revenues in Balochistan: A Gap in Pakistan's Policy Making." Global Regional Review, II (I): 1-15 doi: 10.31703/grr.2017(II-I).01

HARVARD

    HARVARD : SOHAIL, S., AHMAD, S. & JEHAN, N. 2017. Distribution of Resource Revenues in Balochistan: A Gap in Pakistan's Policy Making. Global Regional Review, II, 1-15.

MHRA

    MHRA : Sohail, Sadia, Sohail Ahmad, and Noor Jehan. 2017. "Distribution of Resource Revenues in Balochistan: A Gap in Pakistan's Policy Making." Global Regional Review, II: 1-15

MLA

    MLA : Sohail, Sadia, Sohail Ahmad, and Noor Jehan. "Distribution of Resource Revenues in Balochistan: A Gap in Pakistan's Policy Making." Global Regional Review, II.I (2017): 1-15 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Sohail, Sadia, Ahmad, Sohail, and Jehan, Noor (2017), "Distribution of Resource Revenues in Balochistan: A Gap in Pakistan's Policy Making", Global Regional Review, II (I), 1-15

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Sohail, Sadia, Sohail Ahmad, and Noor Jehan. "Distribution of Resource Revenues in Balochistan: A Gap in Pakistan's Policy Making." Global Regional Review II, no. I (2017): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2017(II-I).01