{"id":27982,"date":"2025-11-19T03:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=27982"},"modified":"2025-11-19T03:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:04:15","slug":"germany-links-future-investment-to-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=27982","title":{"rendered":"Germany links future investment to reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>German Ambassador to Pakistan Ina Lepel met Federal Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik on Tuesday to discuss prospects for cooperation in Pakistan&#8217;s mining, minerals and energy sectors. Janine Rohwer, Political and Economic Counsellor, was also present.<\/p>\n<p>According to an official statement, the ambassador praised Pakistan&#8217;s recent efforts to reform its resource sector and said international interest in the country&#8217;s minerals was growing. She noted that Pakistan&#8217;s mining and natural resources offered significant potential, adding that the Reko Diq project would serve as an important test case for attracting more foreign investment. &#8220;The international interest in Pakistan&#8217;s mining sector is encouraging, and the Reko Diq project stands as a crucial test case for attracting further international investment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lepel also pointed to opportunities for technical collaboration. She said the Geological Survey of Pakistan and Germany&#8217;s Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources had considerable scope to work together, recalling Germany&#8217;s past support for mapping geohazards in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The federal petroleum minister briefed the delegation on the government&#8217;s plans to modernise the mining sector. &#8220;Our vision is clear: we are focused on promoting sustainable and mechanised mining practices. In this regard, the Reko Diq project is the torchbearer, setting a new benchmark for large-scale, responsible mining in Pakistan,&#8221; said Malik.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the government intended to build on the momentum from the Pakistan Mineral Summit and planned a larger Pakistan Mineral Investment Forum to showcase investment opportunities.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Ambassador to Pakistan Ina Lepel met Federal Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik on Tuesday to discuss prospects for cooperation in Pakistan&#8217;s mining, minerals and energy sectors. Janine Rohwer, Political and Economic Counsellor, was also present. According to an official statement, the ambassador praised Pakistan&#8217;s recent efforts to reform its resource sector and said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}