Gold reserves worth $636 billion have been discovered at Tarbela. This revelation was made by Hanif Gohar, Chairman of Air Karachi and former senior vice president of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), during a conversation at the Karachi Press Club on Monday.
He said that the gold reserves found in Tarbela were sufficient to pay off the country’s foreign debt and the matter had already been brought to the attention of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) governor. Gohar stated that contact had been established with Australian and Canadian drilling companies for the exploration of the reserves. “As soon as we receive directives from the prime minister, the process of extracting gold from Tarbela’s soil will begin,” he said. (Express Tribune)