{"id":59375,"date":"2020-01-04T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=59375"},"modified":"2020-01-03T12:31:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T07:31:01","slug":"asad-umar-invites-investment-in-mineral-resource-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/asad-umar-invites-investment-in-mineral-resource-sector.html","title":{"rendered":"Asad Umar invites investment in mineral resource sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Thursday announced his decision to invite people to invest in Pakistan\u2019s mineral resources and help utilise them in the optimal manner, according to a news source.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/asad-umar-using-technology-boost-revenue-generation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asad Umar for using technology to boost revenue generation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He made this announcement during a meeting he chaired to review the performance of the Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC). During the session, he received a briefing about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-to-develop-mineral-policy-along-modern-lines.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mineral sector<\/a>, the relevant roles played by the public and private sectors in its development, and any obstacles holding back the progress made in relation to this sector. In addition, he was also informed that the PMDC had been recently revamped, with a new board and management.<\/p>\n<p>Umar emphasised the need to accelerate the exploration and development of indigenous mineral resources, particularly value addition, large-scale mining, and the promotion of downstream industries.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistan-introduces-first-ever-mineral-policy-investors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Balochistan introduces first-ever mineral policy for investors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added that exploring these resources, and promoting this sector to investors will help boost the government\u2019s efforts in having the mineral sector contribute to the country\u2019s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Thursday announced his decision to invite people to invest in Pakistan\u2019s mineral resources and help utilise them in the optimal manner, according to a news source. Read:\u00a0Asad Umar for using technology to boost revenue generation He made this announcement during a meeting he chaired to review the performance of the Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC). During the session, he received a briefing about the mineral sector, the relevant roles played by the public and private sectors in its development, and any obstacles holding back the progress made in relation to this sector. In addition, he was also informed that the PMDC had been recently revamped, with a new board and management. Umar emphasised the need to accelerate the exploration and development of indigenous mineral resources, particularly value addition, large-scale mining, and the promotion of downstream industries. Read:\u00a0Balochistan introduces first-ever mineral policy for investors He added that exploring these resources, and promoting this sector to investors will help boost the government\u2019s efforts in having the mineral sector contribute to the country\u2019s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":41526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14795,14796],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-asad-umar","8":"tag-mineral-resources"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Asad Umar invites investment in mineral resource sector - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Thursday announced his decision to invite people to invest in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/asad-umar-invites-investment-in-mineral-resource-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Asad Umar invites investment in mineral resource sector - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Thursday announced his decision to invite people to invest in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/asad-umar-invites-investment-in-mineral-resource-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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