Mining sector: Chinese firm assured of investment facilitation

The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) apex committee on Saturday assured a Chinese firm of providing facilitation for investment in the mining sector.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired the meeting, attended by the four chief ministers, the information minister, the finance minister, the interior minister and defence minister. The committee expressed interest in increasing investment in the mining and minerals sector during a briefing on Pakistan’s mining sector.

Participants were also informed about additional investment plans. The briefing also covered the matter in line with fool-proof security of Chinese citizens working in Pakistan. It was said that China had invested over $65 billion in energy and infrastructure projects in Pakistan.