Lecture 5 Pakistan Economy

Lecture 05
Natural Resources Policy
Land Forests (Green Gold) Livestock Fisheries Mineral
Land Utilization:-
Total Land Area:- 79.7 million Hectares Land Utilization
increased from 11.63 million to 24.5 million hectares.
Forests:- About 5% of the total area.
Yield and Demand of Wood
1. Timber and firewood 1.29 million hectare.
2. Production:-
(a) Timber 336 Thousand cubic meters.
(b) Firewood 400 Thousand cubic meters.
(c) Demand Timber 2.4 million cubic meter.
(d) Firewood 16.7 million cubic meters.
Gap is to be met from private lands. 1
Classification
Productive Role Social Role Protective Role
1. Productive Role.
i. Forests provide timber and firewood.
ii. They supply wood for industries.
a) Proper making.
b) Sports manufacturing.
c) Furniture industry.
d) Silk Industry.
iii. They provide medical herbs.
iv. Provide employment to millions of persons.
v. They attract tourist and earn foreign exchange.
vi. They are good breeding and conserving centers for birds
and wild animals. 2
2. Social Role.
i. The thick growth of forests store up rain water and allow
it to pass slowly. Thus forests help to control floods and
provide water throughout the year. Besides, the life and
property of the people is saved from floods.
ii. Provide beautiful scenery and holiday resorts.
iii. Provide purify air, rest and recreation areas, enjoyment,
reduced noise level and spiritual satisfaction.
3. Protective Role.
The thick growth of forest areas having importance from
defense point of view “They serve as a first line of
defense”.
3
Livestock
• Livestock population in Pakistan consists of.

(i) Buffaloes (ii) Cattle (iii) Goats (iv) Sheep (v) Poultry
• It is sub factor of agriculture sector.
• Pakistan is the 5th largest milk producer in the world.
• It contributed 11.8% GDP during 2013-14.
• 30.35 million rural population is engaged for lively hood
with it.
4
Importance of
Livestock
(i) Motor Power Nutritional Food

Raw Material for Contribution in Exports
(a) Agricultural (a) Milk
Domestic Industry (a) Product of Animals
Operation Meat
(b) Use for (b) Products of Industry
(c) Butter
Transport
(d) Cheese
(a) Hides
(b) Skins
(c) Wool
(d) Animal Hair
(e) Bones
Industry
(a) Carpet
(b) Rugs
(c) Leather
(d) Footwear
5
SELF SUFFICIENT
Pakistan was self sufficient in milk, ghee, meat, leather and
other animal by products at the time of independence.
Problems
(i) Increasing Growth Increase Costly Improper Number of

Feeding of Price Low
Rate of Population Slaughter of Veterinary Hospital
Animals Animals
(a) Size of Farm (a) Insufficient
Holding Started to Treatment
Reduce (a) It Does
Not Attract
(b) Grazing Grounds (a) Reduce the (a) It Crates Villagers To
for Cattle Disappeared Number of Financial
Difficulties for Bread Milk
(c) Import Milk Animals Animals
Rural People
6
POULTRY
It provides a good substitute of beef and mutton. It
contributes 6.1% to agriculture. Employed about 1.5 million
people.
It contributes over 1/4th of the total meat production on the
country.
FISHERIES
• Sub-sector of agriculture.
• It contributes on an average about 0.4% to the total GDP and
2% to agriculture.
• About 4 thousand fishermen are engaged.
• Fisheries is the main economic actively of the coastal belt of
Sindh and Baluchistan.
• Responsible for management development and continuous
exploitation of the fisheries resources.
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MINERAL RESOURCES
Mineral resources are the foundation of economic
development and are precious wealth of a country. These are
extracted from earth. The availability of these resources in
the country reduces the import of oil, chemicals etc.
Importance of Natural Gas
Used in Industry Consumption Reserves 55.6 Trillion

(a) Cement Sector 0.1% Cubic Feet
(a) To Produce Consumer
Goods (b) Industrial Sector 22.6%
(b) To Produce Cement (c) Transport Sector (CNG)
(c) To General Electricity 8.2%
(d) To Manufacture Fertilizer (d) Households 23.2%
(e) Transport Sector CNG (e) Fertilizer Industry 15.2%
(f) Power Sector 27.5%
(g) Commercial Sector 3.3%
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Types
Coal
Compressed Natural
Liquefied Petrol Gas Gas 186 Billion Tons
(LPG) Including
(CNG)
Used Less Than 1% in 176 Billion Tons At
Those Areas Where Used In Vehicles
District Tharparkar
Natural Gas Facility
Is Not Available (a) Used 58%
Chemical Sector
(b) Brick Kilns
40.5%

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Natural Resources Policy

Land Forests (Green Gold) Livestock Fisheries Mineral

Productive Role Social Role Protective Role

• Livestock population in Pakistan consists of.

(i) Motor Power Nutritional Food

(i) Increasing Growth Increase Costly Improper Number of

Importance of Natural Gas

Used in Industry Consumption Reserves 55.6 Trillion

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