Pakistan is blessed with a vast variety and volume of minerals but has been unable to receive due benefits in the upgrading of its economy and growth. The mining sector currently contributes less than 1% in total GDP of the country. Pakistan can extract full benefits from the primary development and beneficiation of minerals, by avoiding Dutch disease and Resource curse. This paper presents the scenario for charting a way forward for beneficiation of mineral resources in Pakistan. The methodology focuses on the top challenges faced by the country, which serve as impediments for the sound formulation of a strategy for beneficiation of its minerals. However, there is still room for improvement in the development and beneficiation of Pakistan's mineral resources. By addressing the challenges discussed in the paper, it would be highlighted that Pakistan would be able to use the primary development and beneficiation of its mineral resources to improve the state of its declining economic growth.
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