ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF BALOCHISTAN

INTRODUCTION

SITUATED IN THE SOUTHWEST OF PAKISTAN, CONSTITUTES 44% OF THE TOTAL LAND MASS.COVERS AN AREA OF 347,190 KILOMETERS HOME TO ONLY 5% OF THE TOTAL POPULATIONBALOCHISTAN STRADDLES IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN TO ITS WEST AND NORTH-WEST AND BORDERS THE ARABIAN SEA IN THE SOUTHBALOCHISTAN IS ADMINISTRATIVELY DIVIDED INTO 30 DISTRICTS.

ETHNIC COMPOSITION

• BALOCH, PASHTOON AND BRAHVI.• MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITIES AND TOWNS UNDERSTAND AND SPEAK MORE THAN TWO LANGUAGES.• SERAIKI , PUNJABI AND SINDHI. DARRI AND PERSIAN ARE ALSO SPOKEN.

RESOURCE RICHNESSoA RESOURCE-RICH PROVINCEoHOLDS LARGE QUANTITIES OF COAL, GOLD, COPPER, SILVER, PLATINUM, ALUMINUM AND URANIUMoACCOUNTS FOR 36 PERCENT OF PAKISTAN’S TOTAL GAS PRODUCTION. oPOTENTIAL TRANSIT ZONE FOR A PIPELINE TRANSPORTING NATURAL GAS FROM IRAN AND TURKMENISTANoCOASTAL LINE

SCOPE

TO HIGHLIGHT THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF BALOCHISTAN AND EXPLORE THE RICH ECONOMICAL PROSPECTS OF THE PROVINCE

LOCATION

GEOGRAPHYBALOCHISTAN IS LOCATED AT THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE IRANIAN PLATEAU AND IN

THE DIFFICULT TO DEFINE BORDER REGION BETWEEN SOUTHWEST, CENTRAL,

AND SOUTH ASIA.

IT IS GEOGRAPHICALLY THE LARGEST OF THE FOUR PROVINCES AT 347,190 KM² AND

COMPOSE 42% OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA OF PAKISTAN.

THE POPULATION DENSITY IS VERY LOW DUE TO THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND

SCARCITY OF WATER. THE SOUTHERN REGION IS KNOWN AS MAKRAN.

A REGION IN THE CENTRE OF THE PROVINCE IS KNOWN AS KALAT.

THE SULAIMAN MOUNTAINS DOMINATE THE NORTHEAST CORNER AND THE BOLAN

PASS IS A NATURAL ROUTE INTO AFGHANISTAN TOWARDS KANDAHAR.

MUCH OF THE PROVINCE SOUTH OF THE QUETTA REGION IS SPARSE DESERT

TERRAIN WITH POCKETS OF INHABITABLE TOWNS MOSTLY NEAR RIVERS AND

STREAMS.

CAPITAL

DEEP SEA PORT

CLIMATE

ADMINISTRATIVEDIVISION

ECONOMY

MINERAL RESOURCES OF BALOCHISTAN

•COAL.

•BARYTES.

•SULPHUR.

•MARBLE

•ONYX.

•IRON ORE .

•QUARTZITE

•LIMESTONE.

SAINDAK

MINE

HISTORY

REKO DIQ

LOCATION

GEOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE

MINERALOGY

REKO DIQ RESOURCES

GWADAR

GWADAR PORT

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

CONCLUSION

QUESTIONS