{"id":36472,"date":"2025-04-07T17:56:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=36472"},"modified":"2025-04-07T17:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:56:27","slug":"national-minerals-harmonisation-framework-2025-pakistans-minerals-opportunity-feels-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/36472","title":{"rendered":"National Minerals Harmonisation Framework 2025: Pakistan\u2019s minerals opportunity feels real \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve followed Pakistan\u2019s mineral sector for years\u2014through the announcements, the delays, the policy shifts, and the promises. Like many Pakistanis, I have celebrated the potential and felt the sting of missed opportunities. But as the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2025 opens tomorrow in Islamabad, something feels genuinely different.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t just a forum. It\u2019s a signal that Pakistan is finally serious about putting its mineral wealth to work\u2014not just for foreign investors, but for its people.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be watching closely as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif takes the stage for the opening address. His speech will set the tone, but what gives me even more confidence is who else will be there\u2014Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir. When our top civilian and military leadership stand together in support of an economic vision, it speaks volumes about the direction we are heading.<\/p>\n

The launch of the National Minerals Harmonisation Framework 2025 is a landmark step. For years, we have struggled with fragmented policies and regulatory ambiguity. I have seen investors walk away, confused and discouraged. Now, for the first time, we are offering a unified, transparent, and investor-friendly roadmap. That\u2019s the kind of change I never thought I\u2019d see so clearly laid out.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t just about making deals\u2014it\u2019s about building trust. And Pakistan is doing that, step by step.<\/p>\n

The presence of Eric Meyer, representing the U.S. State Department, is not just symbolic. It\u2019s a reminder that in a world hungry for secure, sustainable sources of critical minerals, Pakistan has become impossible to ignore. Our mineral wealth isn\u2019t just valuable\u2014it\u2019s strategic. And that gives us leverage, if we know how to use it wisely.<\/p>\n

The Reko Diq project, once a legal and financial quagmire, is now moving into full execution. For me, that\u2019s a real milestone. It shows that we can learn from the past and build something better. It shows that our institutions can align. And it gives us a model for how to balance local benefit with global collaboration.<\/p>\n

Look, I\u2019m not na\u00efve. I know there are challenges ahead\u2014policy continuity, environmental responsibility, and the need for inclusive development. But I also know that real change doesn\u2019t happen in one moment\u2014it happens when vision, leadership, and commitment finally meet. And tomorrow, in Islamabad, I believe we\u2019re going to see that alignment like never before.<\/p>\n

This forum is a turning point. It\u2019s Pakistan saying: We\u2019re done waiting. We\u2019re ready.<\/p>\n

And as someone who\u2019s been waiting a long time to see our natural resources serve our people, I can\u2019t help but feel hopeful. This time, it\u2019s not just a plan. It\u2019s a promise. And I believe we\u2019re finally ready to deliver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve followed Pakistan\u2019s mineral sector for years\u2014through the announcements, the delays, the policy shifts, and the promises. Like many Pakistanis, I have celebrated the potential and felt the sting of missed opportunities. But as the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2025 opens tomorrow in Islamabad, something feels genuinely different. This isn\u2019t just a forum. It\u2019s a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":36473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,31,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-news","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36474,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36472\/revisions\/36474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}