Rekodiq: Pakistani rendition of El-Dorado!

El-Dorado is  Spanish for the gold one. It is said that a tribal chief of Muisca tribe was covered in gold dust as a religious rite and then he dove into a lake. It was a local legend that the city under his command was extremely rich and the Spanish conquistadors set out for the legendary city in 1540 under Gonzalo Pizarro. However,this expedition and many others were abandoned because of disease,hunger and death.
El-Dorado came to be associated with any place which held vast amounts of wealth. The Eldorado County in California and towns and cities in many other states were named after it.Fast forward 6 centuries and we are not in the Americas anymore.We are talking about our very own country Pakistan and it's desolate province Balochistan.

Reqodiq is a small town 70 kilometres from Naukandi in the Chagai district near the Pak-Iran-Afghanistan border.It means sandy peak and is also the name of an ancient volcano. Recently gold and copper reserves estimated at a US 260 billion dollars and copper reserves worth 3 trillion dollars were discovered there.
This discovery signaled a positive change in the life of Baloch people who have been oppressed by their tribal leaders for centuries. However,this was not the case to be. Like ElDorado corporate giants from all over the world gathered to strike the golden hen. While Eldorado was legendary,this is not the case with Reqodiq which is under threat of falling victim to corruption. The Tethyan Copper Company(TCC) is a company with questionable credentials which was given the contract for mining.The judge who is hearing the case of reqodiq has served in the capacity of lawyer for the said company which makes it all the more suspicious.Balochistan which was to be given the share of 60 million dollars is not being given that and there are some shady dealings going on.Nobody knows who is going to get what. Reqodiq is a national treasure of Pakistan and we as it's citizens will not allow anyone to sell us out.The hands behind this corruption should be exposed and then made an example of so that no one can dare think of such a thing in the future.