{"id":7322,"date":"2025-11-23T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/?p=7322"},"modified":"2025-12-14T16:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T16:59:23","slug":"khewra-salt-mines-welcome-speaker-national-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/2025\/11\/23\/khewra-salt-mines-welcome-speaker-national-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Khewra Salt Mines Welcome Speaker National Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Khewra (Syed Javed Hassan Shah): The Speaker of the National Assembly visited the historic Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) Salt Mines in Khewra, recognizing the site as one of Pakistan\u2019s most treasured national heritage landmarks.<br><br>During the visit, the Speaker was briefed by PMDC officials on the corporation\u2019s operations, ongoing preservation efforts, and the range of tourism facilities available at the Khewra Salt Mines. The briefing highlighted PMDC\u2019s role in maintaining the mines as both a productive mining site and a major tourist attraction.<br><br>The Speaker appreciated the historical significance of the Khewra Salt Mines and commended PMDC for its efforts to promote heritage tourism while ensuring responsible and sustainable mining practices.<br><br>The visit reflects the government\u2019s continued commitment to supporting responsible mineral development, preserving national heritage, and acknowledging PMDC\u2019s vital role in showcasing Pakistan\u2019s rich natural resources to domestic and international visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khewra (Syed Javed Hassan Shah): The Speaker of the National Assembly visited the historic Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) Salt Mines in Khewra, recognizing the site as one of Pakistan\u2019s most treasured national heritage landmarks. During the visit, the Speaker was briefed by PMDC officials on the corporation\u2019s operations, ongoing preservation efforts, and the range<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"category-national"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7322"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7328,"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7322\/revisions\/7328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}