Balochistan investment forum set for Oct 21

According to a statement issued on Monday, the Balochistan Economic and Investment Forum 2026 will take place on October 21 at Faletti's Hotel in Lahore. The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Board of Investment and Trade Balochistan are jointly organising the event. The Express Tribune carried the announcement.

The gathering is intended to draw investment, speed up industrial expansion and highlight the province's still underused economic and trade potential. Discussions will span several key sectors, industrial development, the use of mineral resources and closer public-private cooperation. FPCCI and BBoIT leaders described Balochistan as a region with plentiful resources, a long shoreline and a useful geographic position.

Speakers also pointed to Gwadar Port as a possible hub for global trade, transit and logistics, and a driver of growth in the province and the wider country. Balochistan borders Iran and Afghanistan and has a coastline on the Arabian Sea, which the organisers said could support trade with Gulf states and Central Asian markets. The province sits where South Asia, the Middle East and Central Asia meet, the speakers said.