Islamabad, November 12, 2026: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Thursday addressed the opening session of the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2026 (PMIF-26) and inaugurated its International Exhibition in Islamabad.
In his address, Ishaq Dar highlighted Pakistan’s improving macroeconomic indicators and vast mineral potential, underscoring the country’s opportunities for investment in the mining and minerals sector.
He reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to working closely with all provinces to ensure that mineral development creates local employment opportunities, promotes skills development and delivers tangible benefits to local communities.
The deputy prime minister emphasized that economic diplomacy remained a central pillar of Pakistan’s foreign policy, highlighting government efforts to expand international investment partnerships with the support of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) and its single-window facilitation mechanism.
The opening ceremony was attended by the federal minister for petroleum, the governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, chief ministers of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan, and the prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of think tanks, international financial institutions and leading figures from the global mining industry also attended the event.
