NATURAL RESOURCES OF PAKISTAN AND AGRICULTURE

DEVELOPMENT

Presented by: Muhammad Kamran (039)

Muhammad Kashan (020)
What are Resources ?
There are three major type of natural resources:
• Mineral resources
• Forest resources
• Energy resources
WATER
SOURCES OF WATER IN PAKISTAN
• Sources from which water is available for water supply schemes are
called water resources.
• Some important water sources are as follow.
 Surface water
 Frozen water
 Ground water
 Rain water
USES OF WATER
Agriculture
 38% of water in Pakistan is use for irrigation.
 In some areas of the world irrigation is necessary to grow any crop at all.
Industry
 12% of water in Pakistan is use in industry.
 Manufacturing plants and oil refineries use water.
Household
 40% of water in Pakistan use for household purposes.
Electricity
 Producing electricity is the biggest advantage of water.
NATURAL GAS
FIELDS OF NATURAL GAS
• Adkhi
• Badim
• Bhit gas field
• Khasan gas field
• Kandawari gas field
• Toot gas field
• Sui gas field
The sui gas field is the biggest gas field in Pakistan. It is located near sui in
Baluchistan. The gas field was discovered in late 1952 and the commercial
exploitation of field began in 1955
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
The discovery of huge reservoirs of natural
gas is a great blessing of GOD in Pakistan.
The recent discovery of oil and gas reserves
at Dement is very significant. As April, 1,
2007, the recoverable reserves of natural
gas have been estimated at 31.81 trillion
cubic feet. The average production of
natural gas by 13 different gas companies is
3876 million cubic feet per day.
MINERALS
MINERALS IN PAKISTAN :
• Iron ore
• Chromite
• Copper
• Rock salt
• Lime stone
• Gypsum
• Marble and granite
MINES AND MINERAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT:
This department was created in Sindh
in 2001 in pursuance of national mineral
policy, 1995. The department has taken all
necessary steps for further establishing its
field office.

The province of Sindh has large quantities

of minerals. In all there are 24 minerals
which are being mined at present
PETROLEUM
FRACTIONS OF PETROLEUM:

Petrol (gasoline)
Diesel
Mobil oil (lubricating oil)
Kerosene oil (paraffin oil)
Furnace oil
Asphalt
Naphtha
 RESOURCES OF PETROLEUM IN PAKISTAN

Balochistan Sindh

Bolan Khuzdar Lasbela Mirpur Badin sanghar

RESOURCES OF PETROLEUM IN PAKISTAN

Total assets of petroleum in Pakistan 39,838 millions Pakistani

rupees
Province Total Assets
Punjab 15,485 tonnes
Sindh 95,833 tonnes
Kpk 44,586 tonnes
Balochistan 190546 tonnes
LAND
Agriculture in Pakistan
About 57% of Pakistan’s total land area
is under cultivation and is watered by Types of land (mha) %
Geographical Area 79.61 100.00
one of the largest irrigation system in
Total reported area 57.07 71.7
the world. The most important crops Forest Area 4.02 5.1
are cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, Culturable waste 8.12 10.2
Area cultivates for agriculture 22.05 27.7
corn, pulses, oil seeds, barley, fruits and
vegetables.
Role of agriculture in producing resources for economic
development of Pakistan

 Agriculture contributes a lot in the annual production (GDP) in

The economy of Pakistan.
 Pakistan earns foreign exchange by exporting some agriculture
product wheat, rice, cotton etc.
 To sustain massive population agriculture is playing a key role.
 Agriculture is helping many industries in Pakistan by providing
raw material to these industries .
 Agriculture helps the government by increasing its tax revenue
Responsibility of government
Market reforms:
The government should improve the markets system. Strict
rules and laws should be introduced. The prices of agricultural
products should be checked by the inspectors in the market.

Revenue system:
Our farmers have to pay land revenue after the harvesting of
each crop, so it forces the farmers to sell their produce at low
price.

Storage problems:
The storage facilities in markets are not enough, seller can
not store & wait for a higher price of the product due to lack
of warehouses. Because of this some perishable produce
suffers loss.