Quetta: The Balochistan High Court has admitted for regular hearing the petitions filed against the Mines and Minerals Act.
According to a private TV channel, a two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Rozi Khan Bareech and Justice Sardar Ahmed Halimi heard the petitions. The court clubbed all the petitions and directed the federal and provincial governments to submit their responses within two weeks.
Petitioner Nawabzada Lashkari Raisani argued that the Mines and Minerals Act goes against public interest, and he announced plans to convene an all-parties conference on the matter.
Nawabzada Lashkari Raisani, along with ANP, BNP, Pashtunkhwa MAP, National Party, JUI, and other political parties, has challenged the Act.
