MINING PROFITS

Pakistan is all set to foreign investment in minerals. Late September, the country announcedvi- new mineral policy, giving a packagelot tax and other concessions to attra'he foreign investment to explore minersI of ranging from coal to gold. The atign policy is expected to raise the mineral sector's shareing gross domestic product from a miniscule contributionine 1 per cent to at least 2 to 3 per cent in 10 years.