Pak has gold reserves worth trillions of dollars: Samar

LAHORE - Renowned Nuclear Scientist Dr Samar Mubarakmand Saturday inaugurated the recently-installed Rs 70 million high-tech 4 MeV Pelletron Accelerator and Rs 40 million Laser Laboratories at the GC University, Lahore Centre for Advanced Studies in Physics (GCU CASP). GCU Vice Chancellor Dr Khalid Aftab was also present on this occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Samar gave wake-up call to the national scientists, saying Pakistan is extremely rich in minerals especially coal, copper and gold and what it needed is indigenous technology for exploitation of these resources. We should not let the foreigners to exploit our resources and pay us peanuts in form of royalty.
The nuclear scientist said that Pakistan had gold and copper reserves of trillions of dollars in Balochistan. The gold will become so cheap in Pakistan if we mine it indigenously. He also highlighted the importance of Thar coal projects.
Dr Samar who remained associated with Pakistans Nuclear and Missile Programme for 42 years called on the national scientists to design their research projects on a par with the industrial and economic needs of Pakistan. Dr Samar talking to GCU Vice Chancellor Dr Khalid Aftab made liberal offers for help by the Planning Commission in installation more high-tech equipments at GCU CASP for research. The Vice Chancellor also sought the help of the Higher Education Commission and the Pakistan Planning Commission in its faculty development programmes.
Earlier, Director CASP Dr Ijaz M Ghauri briefed Dr Samar about the recently installed high equipments at CASP including Materials Testing Lab, Materials Fabrication Lab, Transmission Electron Microscopy Lab, Scanning Electron Microscopy Lab and Sample Preparation lab. The Materials Testing Laboratory houses 50 kN and 150 kN Universal Testing Machines which can perform compression, tension and bending tests from 180 to 600 degree Celsius.
The director said that the Centre was established in 1954 as Nuclear Research Laboratory. The principal research facility here was 1.2 MeV Cock Craft Walton Accelerator which is still operational. Hoe, however, said new accelerator can be used for production of isotopes, nuclear reaction studies, mass spectrometry, atomic collisions and modification of materials.
LHC constitutes 3 DBs, 6 SBs for next week
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Saturday constituted three division benches (DBs) and six single benches (SBs) for the week commencing from January 4.
Chief Justice also constituted one single bench each for Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur and Multan benches.
The DBs at principal seat are: DB-1 Chief Justice and Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry, DB-2 Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan and DB-3 Justice Sh. Najam-ul-Hassan and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah. The SBs for the principal seat are: Chief Justice, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Justice Sh. Najam-ul-Hassan, Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah.
The SB for Rawalpindi is: Justice Asad Munir. The SB for Multan is: Justice Mansoor Akbar Kokab. The SB for Bahawalpur is: Justice Sagheer Ahmad Qadri.
The DBs shall work from Monday to Thursday and special benches shall meet on Friday or when needed.