Pakistan is not a poor Country but in fact; a Poorly Managed

Country
Pakistan is a great country with tremendous resources regarding minerals, fertile, water
resources, land, good industries, strong manpower, flourishing weather and all those blessings
which any developed country can have but false policies and poorly managed plans let it down to
the borderline of third world country.
An Overview
Pakistan is situated in a region where bulk of natural resources is found in its surroundings.
Pakistan is one of those countries which are endowed by the natural resources. The fact is
evidence from figure 1 which shows the trend of natural resources
Natural Resource Management and Economic Growth in Pakistan (agriculture, fuel and
minerals) as percentage of GDP. Overall trend of these types of exports is decreasing over time.
It can be seen that such exports constituted over 12 percent in 1977 but it remained under 10
percent throughout our sample period.
Natural capital
Natural capital can play an important role to boost the economic growth and to accelerate the
pace of development. Evidence is found that the countries having vast natural resources could
not perform significantly compared with the countries deficient of natural capital. This paper
empirically explores the contribution of natural resources to economic growth for Pakistan for
the period of 1975-2006 using time series econometric technique. The results are very much
similar with existing literature available on the subject. There is adverse nexus between exports
related natural resources as ratio of GDP and economic growth. Our findings also indicate that
inadequate attention has been paid to human resource development in Pakistan throughout our
sample period.


Height of poorly Managed country
I compared Pakistan with world smallest country in the world but unfortunately we reduce our
money value day by day due to poor management.

PAKISTAN MALDIVE

World Second Largest Islamic Country World Smallest Islamic Country
Area; 8,03,940 sq Km Area; 300 sq/Km
Water 40%, Earth 96% Water 90% Earth 10%
World 5
th
Largest Army Force World 131
st
Rank Army Force
14
th
rank in Agriculture 158
th
rank in Agriculture
The Mountain range of 8611 meters
height
The country with the least height 2.3
meters
Vast Deserts, Beautiful Valleys, High
Mountains
Combination of 1192 small islands
Huge Resources of Gas, Coal NO Natural Resources
But Unfortunately

Literacy Rate: 56% Literacy Rate: 96%
Currency: 1 US $=85 Rupees Currency: 1 US $=13 Riffya
Per Head Income: 1044$ Per Head Income: 3700$
Resources are here and prosperity and education is thereWhy?



Energy Crises:
The power shortage is harmful to the countrys economy and it is pulling down Pakistans GDP
growth.
Energy is the most important sources for economic growth of a country. Unfortunately Pakistan
has to face a major energy crisis in Natural gas, Power and Oil.
An energy crisis is looming large in upcoming years. There is an expected short fall up to fifty
percent because of increase in demand and supply gas up to 3,000 MW. Pakistans total energy
requirement would increase by 48% to 80 million tons of oil equivalent in 2010.
Kala Bagh Dam:
Kala bagh dam has been announced in 1984 by interaction of world bank
Capacity of water store is 8 million acre ft
Kala bagh dam will be provide 3600 mega watt electricity
Cost accurse on construction of kala bagh dam is 8 billion dollar
Kala bagh dam will be recover its cost within 5 year
Pakistan has spent 1 billion rupee on it
Kala bagh dam can construct within 5 year
Kala bagh dam will increase 15% income of Pakistan.
Gold Mines:
We have the largest gold/copper ore deposits in Baluchistan dying to be exploited.
Deposits of copper and gold valued at 1.2 trillion dollars. Reko Diq is a place in Pakistan
which is rich in gold and copper.
Agriculture:
Pakistan is highly dependent on agriculture, which in turn is dependent on water. Of the79.6
million hectares of land that makeup Pakistan, 20 million are available for agricultural. Of those
20 million hectares, 16 million are dependent on irrigation.
Coal:
Pakistan recently discovered one low and four low-to-medium quality coal seams in the Punjab.
Low sulfur coal was recently reported at the Baluchistan and near Islamabad. Bituminous, sub-
bituminous, and lignite coal have been found in Pakistan.
Coal reserves are estimated at 175 billion tons. This would equate to 618 billion barrels of crude
oil. When compared to oil reserves his is more than twice the amount of the top four countries. If
At KSAs current usage, the reserves would last more than 200 years.
Oil and Gas
Natural gas production is at a high level in Pakistan. Estimated reserves are 885.3 billion cubic
meters (as of January 2009). Gas fields are expected to last for another 20 years. The Sui gas
field is the largest, accounting for 26% of Pakistans gas production. Daily production is 19
million cubic meters a day. Under the barren mountains of Balochistan and the sands of Sindh,
there are untouched oil and gas reserves.
Forestry
Forests are limited to 4% of Pakistans land; nonetheless the forests are a main source of food,
lumber, paper, fuel wood, latex, and medicine. The forests are also used for wildlife conversation
and ecotourism.
Land:
About 28% of Pakistans total land area is under cultivation. Pakistan boasts one of the largest
irrigation systems in the world. According to Wikipedia, the most important crops are cotton,
wheat, rice, sugarcane, maize, sorghum, millets, pulses, oil seeds, barley, fruits and vegetables,
which together account for more than 75% of the value of total crop output. The fertile lands of
Punjab are ready to feed a population twice that of current Pakistan.






Thar coal reserves have 175 billion tonnes of coal, which is equivalent to 618 billion barrels of
crude oil recently informed by VC of The university of the Punjab. Following is the list of top 5
oil reserve countries of the world:
Country Reserves (bbl) Production/day (mbl) Reserve life (yr)
Saudi Arabia 260 8.8 81
Canada 179 2.7 182
Iran 136 3.9 96
Iraq 115 3.7 85
Kuwait 99 2.5 108
175 billion tons of Thar according to Professor Dr Mujahid Kamran equal 618 billion barrels of crude oil.
If like KSA, we utilize about 10 million of it per day, it would suffice for more than 200 years. Not to forget other
resources that Pakistan have when compared with KSA. For example, we have largest gold/copper ore deposits at
Saindak (Baluchistan) dying to be expoited.