Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday said that Pakistan was strategically positioned to develop as a worldwide mining superpower at the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2025 (PMIF25), state media Radio Pakistan reported.
Hosted by Pakistan, the two-day conference started at the Jinnah Convention Centre in Islamabad. Attached to a high-level conference attended by about 300 foreign delegates, the nation intends to present a uniform framework to support mining and mineral investment prospects across four provinces, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
The PMIF25 will be the main forum for international investors to investigate investment prospects in Pakistan’s developing mineral industry and release the nation’s great mineral potential.
Dar underlined in his initial comments that Pakistan had enormous reserves like Reko Diq. The nation also boasts a great abundance of rare earth elements, industrial minerals, non-metallics and gemstones such peridote and emerald, he said.
“With this great untapped mineral potential, Pakistan’s resource corridor is poised to reshape global supply chains and attract foreign direct investment,” the deputy PM remarked.
Dar said that by means of progressive policy reforms and investor-centric measures, the government has given strategic growth of the mining sector top priority, therefore creating the basis for a strong ecosystem that provides value for all stakeholders.
“This investment forum provides a unique platform for stakeholders, partners and friendly countries to explore new prospect and build mutually beneficial partnerships,” he said.
Commerce Minister Jam Kamal underlined during the discussion session that Pakistan is the target for mineral-related investment. “Our resources are potentially so high that these will definitely attract a lot of investment and interest from local and foreign companies,” he remarked.
