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Supreme Court on Wednesday summoned former and current chief secretaries of Balochistan along with record of the licenses given to a foreign company, allowing it to explore gold and copper deposits in the province. The bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Mohammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday is hearing a number of petitions challenging the award of the contract to the TCC a Canadian consortium of Barrick Gold and Antofagasta Minerals for exploring gold and copper in Reko Diq, a small desert town in Chagai district of Balochistan. The court issued notices to 26 Senators including Azam Khan Swati, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri, Dr Mohammad Ismail Buledi and others who had pleaded to become party in the case. The court also ordered the Advocate General Balochistan to bring the record of license awarded to the foreign company for mining.
