Balochistan, home to a majority ethnic Baloch population,is the largest and least populous province of Pakistan. Rich in natural mineral resources and gas reserves, Balochistan is also the country’s least urbanized and most impoverished province. 

The Reko Diq mine is located near Reko Diq town in Chagai District, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Reko Diq represents one of the largest copper and gold reserves in the world having estimated reserves of 5.9 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.41% copper and gold reserves amounting to 41.5 million oz.

 The government is signing more and more mining projects in Reko Diq which are hazardous for the people out there and environment.There are five major coal fields operating at the moment: Mach, Shahrag, Duki, Chamalang, and Quetta. According to one estimate, Balochistan has over 2.2 billion tonnes of coal reserves.Balochistan has more than 3,000 registered coal mines.

Since 1952, the Government in Colloboration with different mining companies from Global North has been extracting large quantities of gas and coal from Balochistan and has been denying the people of the area their rights and benefits accruing from this activity. The region has been exploited in terms of its strategic land, marine resources, uranium and countless minerals but the Baloch people who are indeginous to land have remained illiterate and destitute.

Yet the Balochistan is facing the worst consequences of the climate crisis,the indeginous communities are being displaced from their ancestral lands and losing their homes and sources of livelihood.

We want you to Stand with the indeginous communities in Balochistan and put the people above profit by signing this petition to pressure the government to stop these destructive projects which are both dangerous for the climate and they have direct effects on the people there. 

Protect Indeginous Rights!!!