Online posts falsely claim that journalist Hamid Mir revealed Pakistan exported $6,000 billion worth of copper from North Waziristan to China. Users question the whereabouts of the earnings.
Claim:
A viral Facebook post asserts that Hamid Mir disclosed copper exports worth $6,000 billion from North Waziristan to China, despite Pakistan’s debt being only $200 billion.
Fact:
This claim is untrue. Hamid Mir has denied making such statements on his show or social media. Geo Fact Check confirmed that Mir did not make this claim in any episode of “Capital Talk.” An FWO engineer did mention Pakistan’s mineral worth, estimating $6-8 trillion, and stated that Pakistan earned $30-35 million from 22,000 tons of copper exports to China over three and a half years.
