--- title: "Khawaja Asif addresses military's role in KP mineral licensing" description: "Most outlets reported that Defence Minister Khawaja Asif denied military involvement in seeking mineral licences in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ARY News and Hum News English led with his rejection of claims about military interest in the region’s mineral resources, while Daily Times additionally noted his statement that most licences were issued under the PTI government. The framing varied slightly, with Daily Times placing more emphasis on the political aspect of licence issuance." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/14878-khawaja-asif-rejects-claims-of-military-interest-in-kp site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Khawaja Asif addresses military's role in KP mineral licensing pakistan · updated 17 Oct 2026, 4:39 PM PKT · 17 Oct 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Defence Minister Khawaja Asif denied military involvement in seeking mineral licences in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ARY News and Hum News English led with his rejection of claims about military interest in the region’s mineral resources, while Daily Times additionally noted his statement that most licences were issued under the PTI government. The framing varied slightly, with Daily Times placing more emphasis on the political aspect of licence issuance. ## Same story from 3 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Hum News English** — [Khawaja Asif rejects claims of military interest in KP mineral resources](https://humenglish.com/latest/khawaja-asif-rejects-claims-of-military-interest-in-kp-mineral-resources/) · 17 Oct 2026, 4:39 PM PKT > ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday rejected allegations that Pakistan's armed forces were seeking control of mineral resources in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), claiming that military institutions had received only one mining licence in the province, while thousands were issued during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) governments. On October 11, 2026, President Asif Ali Zardari, ac... - **Daily Times** — [Khawaja Asif says PTI issued most KP mineral licences](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1568676/khawaja-asif-says-pti-issued-most-kp-mineral-licences/) · 17 Oct 2026, 4:12 PM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing > Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) issued most mineral licences in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during its tenure. He also said military institutions had no direct role in the sector’s licensing process. Speaking at a press conference in Sialkot, Asif shared figures showing a rise in mineral licences over several years. According to him, […] - **ARY News (English)** — [Khawaja Asif denies military seeking mineral licences in KP](https://arynews.tv/khawaja-asif-denies-military-seeking-mineral-licences-in-kp) · 17 Oct 2026, 1:53 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > Khawaja Asif clarified that no military institution is currently under consideration for mineral licences in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Khawaja Asif says terrorism, not politics, is main issue between Centre and KP government](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12293-khawaja-asif-accuses-pti-leadership-of-facilitating) · 5 Oct 2026 · 5 outlets · 2 developments · 74% related 3 articles from 3 outlets, 17 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.