{"id":94483,"date":"2023-08-12T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T04:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=94483"},"modified":"2023-08-09T15:10:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T10:10:43","slug":"scci-apmia-mining-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/scci-apmia-mining-sector.html","title":{"rendered":"SCCI, APMIA sign agreement to modernise mining sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peshawar: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and All Pakistan Marble Industries Association (APMIA) on Tuesday (August 8) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the marble mining sector on modern lines, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/marble-units-shifted-mohmand-district.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marble units in Peshawar, Shabqadar being shifted to Mohmand Economic Zone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the said agreement was signed during a meeting held between the representatives of SCCI and APMIA. SCCI Acting President Ijaz Khan Afridi and APMIA Chairman Mohammad Asghar Khan signed this MoU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, both parties also urged the government to help advance the marble mining sector in a bid to strengthen the national economy. Mr Asghar opined that the marble sector was playing a pivotal role in the economic development of Pakistan by generating hefty revenue via exports. He highlighted that the financial crunch being faced by the marble sector prevents the implication of advanced technology in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/mohmand-marble-city-sezs.html\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/mohmand-marble-city-sezs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mohmand Marble City becomes SEZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SCCI acting chief assured the APMIA delegates that challenges being faced by the marble industry will be resolved amicably by getting the relevant departments involved. Mr Afridi also revealed that owing to the lack of awareness, technical equipment, planning, and financial constraints, the full potential of the sizeable marble reserves spanning Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cannot be realized. He said that the sector is a major source of forex in the country and is a major creator of employment in the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and All Pakistan Marble Industries Association (APMIA) on Tuesday (August 8) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the marble mining sector on modern lines, according to news sources. Read: Marble units in Peshawar, Shabqadar being shifted to Mohmand Economic Zone Reportedly, the said agreement was signed during a meeting held between the representatives of SCCI and APMIA. SCCI Acting President Ijaz Khan Afridi and APMIA Chairman Mohammad Asghar Khan signed this MoU. During the meeting, both parties also urged the government to help advance the marble mining sector in a bid to strengthen the national economy. Mr Asghar opined that the marble sector was playing a pivotal role in the economic development of Pakistan by generating hefty revenue via exports. He highlighted that the financial crunch being faced by the marble sector prevents the implication of advanced technology in the industry. Read: Mohmand Marble City becomes SEZ The SCCI acting chief assured the APMIA delegates that challenges being faced by the marble industry will be resolved amicably by getting the relevant departments involved. Mr Afridi also revealed that owing to the lack of awareness, technical equipment, planning, and financial&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":94484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012,15016],"tags":[40626,37307],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-94483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"category-new-developments","9":"tag-all-pakistan-marble-industries-association-apmia","10":"tag-sarhad-chamber-of-commerce-and-industry-scci","11":"cat-15012-id","12":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SCCI sign agreement to modernise mining sector - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"During the meeting, both parties also urged the government to help advance the marble mining sector to strengthen the national economy.\" \/>\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\/scci-apmia-mining-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SCCI sign agreement to modernise mining sector - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"During the meeting, both parties also urged the government to help advance the marble mining sector to strengthen the national economy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/scci-apmia-mining-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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