Buraeu Report
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif announced a package of incentives for domestic and foreign mining investors while addressing the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2026 in Islamabad on November 12. She said the province was seeking international partners to turn its mineral wealth into shared prosperity, and that surveys were under way to assess gold deposits in rivers in the Mianwali and Attock regions.
The incentives include interest-free loans of up to Rs5 billion, with the provincial government bearing the interest cost, concessional land leases and a dedicated mineral processing zone offering 15-year industrial leases at nominal rates. Export-oriented industries can get subsidised loans of Rs100 million to Rs3 billion, and value-added pink salt producers can get interest-free loans of up to Rs50 million repayable over five years. A one-window system, digitised licensing and solar-powered industrial estates are also on offer.
She said revenue of the Mines and Minerals Department rose from Rs10 billion to Rs40 billion in two and a half years, which she credited to administrative reforms. Punjab holds reserves of emerald, marble, granite, gold and salt, including an estimated 261.5 million tonnes of iron ore in Chiniot. Feasibility studies are complete for rock salt, iron ore, placer gold and construction materials.
She pledged investors security, capital protection and long-term partnerships.
