The lure of gold in northern Pakistan has created a mining boom and jobs. But the industry is dogged by questions about the legality of mining operations.
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00:00We work here. We take out the goods from the pockets and put them on the scale.
00:19All the gold comes into the carpet here. After that, we take out the procedure here.
00:23All the gold is cleaned here.
00:30If the police or anyone else doesn't interfere, then, Alhamdulillah, our work is better.
00:52The laborers' work is much better.
00:54And secondly, the poor people here work a lot.
00:57We have 10,000 laborers here.
01:00And the cleaners work for 15,000 rupees.
01:04And, Alhamdulillah, our work is better.
01:08We come here to work, but this is our luck.
01:26Sometimes we earn 10,000 rupees, sometimes we earn 500 rupees.
01:30This is the kind of work, friends.
01:33We are also laborers.
01:36Sometimes we earn 10,000 rupees, sometimes we earn 500 rupees.
01:40This is our luck.
02:03This is the livelihood of the common people.
02:05Our government also benefits a lot from this.
02:08Because we have got a proper lease from the KP government.
02:11Taxes have been collected on this.
02:13The money for the lease has been collected on this.
02:15This is a good step.
02:17And all the capital is in Pakistan.
02:32The Sindh River flows on one side in KP and the other side in Punjab.
02:45We are talking about Punjab.
02:48The same rules and regulations apply to KP as well.
02:53It is similar there as well.
02:55If this kind of activity is happening there, then it is also illegal.
02:57If we are exercising now, then it is illegal.
02:59We are doing it on our own.