1. By :Sohail Ahmed
NATURAL RESOURCES OF
PAKISTAN

2. NATURAL RESOURCES
Soil
Mountains
Rivers and Canals
Forests
Animals
Minerals
The resources gifted by the nature to the
country and the people are called National
Resources.
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3. SOIL
• Fertile Plains and deserts are important part
of natural resources.
• More fertile plain a country has means more
Agricultural department.
• Allah has gifted many fertile plains to
Pakistan.
• Pakistan Can Cultivate a number of different
foods.
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4. MOUNTAINS
• Mountains are the gift of the nature.
• They protect from the cool winds
• Mountains are rich in minerals.
• Mountain provide water to our rivers.
• Mountains of Pakistan are rich in minerals
especially the Western Mountain Ranges.
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5. RIVERS AND CANALS
• The underground water, rivers and oceans are
natural resources
• The river system of Pakistan is consisted of
Indus and other associated rivers.
• We use water for drinking purposes and store
the water of the rivers and use it for different
purposes like irrigation, for hydroelectricity etc.
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6. FORESTS
• They are helpful in improvement of weather
• Protect against windstorms
• Help in slow melting of snow to stop floods.
• Much More to explain
• Normally 25 percent area of a country should
be covered with forest. But in Pakistan it is
only 4 to 5 percent.
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7. ANIMALS
• Animals provide milk, meat, hide and skins,
wool etc.
• They are also used for agriculture and
transportation.
• They are a source of foreign exchange.
• Pakistan is Gifted by Nature a lot of Different
types of Animals
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8. MINERAL RESOURCES
The term Mineral Resource is used to refer to
any of a class of naturally occurring solid
inorganic substances with a characteristic
crystalline form and a homogeneous chemical
composition.
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9. MINERALS OF PAKISTAN
In Pakistan there is wide scale availability of
mineral resources, but these resources remained
unexploited for years. It is due to lack of
technical skill, finance and technology.
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10. IMPORTANT MINERALS OF PAKISTAN
• Coal
• Natural Gas
• Iron ore
• Chromite
• Gypsum
• Sulphur
• Oil
• Uranium
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11. COAL
• The annual coal production of Pakistan is 3.2
million tones.
• Coal is used in power generation. It is basically
used as fuel.
• It is mostly found in Sindh (Thatta, Tharparkar,
Manara) Balochistan (Deegari, Maach), Punjab
(Makarwal, Dandot),NWFP (Cherat and Noshera).
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12. NATURAL GAS
• It is itself a source of energy and fuel.
• Used as a source of power generation.
• It is found in Sui, Mari, Uch, Khairpur,
Jacobabad etc.
• Now some new discoveries are also found.
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13. IRON ORE
• Iron Ore is used for industry, especially steel
industry.
• Its deposits are found in Chitral, Chaghai,
Kohat, Kurram Agency, Mardan, Hazara,
Mianwali (Kalabagh) and DG Khan.
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14. CHROMITE
• Chromite is used in preparing other metals,
leather tanning, making of steel products,
armament and stainless steel.
• Found in Zoab (Muslim Bagh), Chaghai,
Malakand, Mahmand, Waziristan, Fort
Sandaman etc.
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15. GYPSUM
• Gypsum is used for plaster of Paris, Paints
and Cement.
• It is found in Jhelum, Mianwali, DG Khan,
Kohat and Loralai.
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16. SULPHUR
• Sulphur is used by chemical industry.
• Its deposits are found in Kalat, Khairpur,
Mardan, and Jacobabad etc.
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17. OIL
• It is a major source of energy.
• It is mostly imported from Iran and Gulf
states.
• Now some valuable reserves are found in
Jhelum, Mianwali, Attock, Balkasar, Mial,
Chakwal, and Dhodak.
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18. URANIUM
• It is the basic element for atomic power,
indispensable for the defence.
• Its deposits are in DG Khan, Hazara and
Kohat.
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19. Pakistan is blessed with considerable
mineral resources. Some of them are
explored but much remains to be done for
the search for more
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