Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday admonished the government for not taking the Reko Diq case seriously.
The chief justice expressed these sentiments during today's (Monday) hearing of the Reko Diq case in the Supreme Court (SC). The chief justice was visibly annoyed at the federation, the Balochistan government as well as the Petroleum Ministry for failing to submit their reply in the case.
He observed that the Reko Diq case is an important one but that the government is not taking it seriously.
The Deputy Attorney General informed the court that the government had not received any notice from the court for the submission of the federation's reply.
The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing till January 25. It also ordered the petitioners to submit their reply till January 19.
The Supreme Court had last week sought replies from all respondents in the Reko Diq case and decided to conduct a daily hearing starting from February 11.
Pakistan is reportedly likely to incur huge losses if the government signs the 30-year agreement with the company in February. The DG Minerals, ministry of petroleum, has already signed the contract in acceptance of the company's terms and conditions. Members of the federal and provincial governments have yet to sign the agreement.
The new agreement is to be renewed by the government on expiry of the previous contract on February 11. The project manager of TCC informed the court that his company plans to invest another $3.5 million whereas $460 million have already been invested in Reko Diq.
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