Ref: Page 7 of the report year book 2006-07 Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources

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During fiscal year 2006-07 there were seventeen oil and gas discoveries in the country namely

Mela-1 (NWFP),
Ahmed-1 (Sindh),
Pasakhi North East-1 (Sindh),
Sakhi South Deep-1, ??
Unar-1 (Sindh),
Nim West-1 (Sindh),
Kamal North-1 (Sindh),
Latif-1 (Sindh),
Chak66NE-1 (Sindh),
Dhachrapur-1 (Sindh),
Dakhni Deep-1 (Punjab),
KunarWest-1A (Sindh),
ZaurWest-1 Rahim-1 (Sindh),
Thora Deep-1 (Sindh),
Tajjal-1 (Sindh) and
Chandio-1 (Sindh)
Out of 16 finds, at least 13 are in Sindh, 1 in NWFP and 1 in Punjab (one is unknown to me).
These all are on shore finds, off shore (in sea) are not discussed here. Beside Qadirpur, Bhit,
Zamzama, Kadanwari, Sawan and Miano are other major Oil/Gas fields in Sindh. One of the
largest coal reserviors are found in Sindh, Tharparkar.

Agriculture
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Production of Wheat in Sindh for year 2005 (in '000' tonnes)

= 2508.6

Ref: http://www.foodsindh.gov.pk/statistics.htm
Production of Wheat in Punjab for year 2004 (in '000' tonnes)

= 15639

Ref: http://www.agripunjab.gov.pk/Target1.asp
Sindh has the potentional to produce 7 million tonn wheat annually but due to shortage of water
and lack of agro inputs (seed, pesticides etc) it is only producing 2.5 million.

Ref:http://www.pakissan.com/english/issues/understanding.wheat.shortage.in.pakistan.shtml
Overall 25% of Agricultural GDP of Pakisan is contributed by Sindh. Sindh grows a variety of field
and horticultural crops. Wheat, cotton, rice and sugarcane are the major field crops, which
constitute 68% of the total cropped area, while mango, banana and chilies are the major
horticultural crops. Sindh produces 35% rice, 28% of the sugarcane, 20% cotton, and 12% of
the wheat in the country. Among the horticultural crops, Sindh produces 73% banana, 34%
mangoes, and88% of the chilies grown in the country. Of the total cropped area of 3.1 million
hectares in the year 2000-01, almost 50% of the area was under food crops (wheat, rice, maize,
sorghum, millet and barley), 25% under cash crops (cotton, sugarcane etc), and the remaining
area was under fodder (9.1%), pulses (4.7%), condiments (4.1%), oilseeds (3.8), fruits (3.3%)
and vegetables (1.4%).

Ref:http://www.sindhagri.gov.pk/pdf%20reports/investment%20opp.pdf

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