Contents

 What is industrial development..........................................................................................................2

Why it’s still important:...............................................................................................................................2
Industrial development of Pakistan:............................................................................................................2
Historical background:.............................................................................................................................2
Mining Industry.......................................................................................................................................4
Oil and Gas Industry................................................................................................................................5
Manufacturing Industry...........................................................................................................................6
Steel industry:..........................................................................................................................................6
  What is industrial development?
Industrial development is the building and growing of industries
within an economy. These industries include mass production, technological
advances, and other services.

When an area or economy is industrialized it experiences an increased

standard of living, job growth, and more productivity as it sustains growth. As
productivity in an area increases, there is so much more opportunity

Why it’s still important:

As it has in the past, industrial development provides endless
opportunity for an area. We live in a world that is always advancing the
technological age. This is really a growth in industry and provides a chance for
even more growth.

These changes in the industry are exciting as they open many doors
and the window of opportunity. Progress is propelled by industrial development. A
higher demand by consumers creates more products and services.

Industrial growth is not just a thing of the past. It is as relevant today as

it ever was. As a population grows and industry develops there is an increased
demand for goods and services, there is more innovation and more financial
opportunity. We all profit as a community thrives through industrialization.

Industrial development of Pakistan:

Historical background:
Pakistan at the time of partition in 1947 had a negligible industrial
base. It got only 34 industries out of total 955, while remaining were held by India.
Such a small number of industries were not enough for a newly born country to
face the industrialized world. With the passage of time Pakistan utilized it’s all
available resources domestic as well as external for rapid development of
manufacturing sector.
 But now Pakistan is an independent state located in South Asia and
ranked as the world’s 55th country with the largest factory output. The country's
industrial output is approximately 4% of the country's GDP and has cotton textile
production and apparels manufacturing as the largest industry in the country
accounting for 66% of all export items and employs approximately 40% labor
force in the industry. The use of cotton has increased by about 5.7% in the country
over the last five years, and the economic growth has been averaging about 7%. As
of 2010, the spinning capacity in Pakistan had 10 million spindles, and textile
exports were valued at $15.5 billion

The agriculture sector comprising of farming, forestry, livestock, poultry and

fisheries, contributes about 22 percent to the GDP, employs about 45 percent of the
total work force and is the main source of livelihood for over 60 percent of the
country’s population living in rural areas. It contributes substantially to the
country’s exports, provides raw material to major industries such as textile, sugar,
dairy, leather and other agro-based industries and as well as market for industrial
products.

Industries of Pakistan:
Following are the main industries of our country

Textile Industry

 Sports Industry

 Sugar Industry

 Cement Industry

 Fertilizer Industry

Other major industries include:

Automobile  Leather products

 Paper  board Pharmaceuticals

 Chemical l  Engineering items

 Electronic  Non-metallic minerals

 Petroleum products  Food, beverages

 Tobacco Mining and Quarrying  Services Sector

 Agriculture  Live Stock

 Steel  Electricity and Gas

Some of these are discussed in detail:

Mining Industry
Pakistan has fast deposits of numerous minerals and other natural
resources, and some of the most important minerals in the country include
limestone, chromate, gypsum, iron ore, gold, silver, rock salt, copper, precious
stones, coal, gemstones, marble, graphite, fireclay, sulfur, and silica among others.
The province of Punjab has the world’s largest deposits of salt, while the province
of Balochistan is an area with rich deposits of oil and gas, although it has not been
fully exploited or explored.
The government of Pakistan has recently pursued policies to develop
the region so that it can exploit the vast resources found in the region. Other
deposits of minerals such as zinc are found particularly in the southern part of the
country, while the western part has deposits of gold. 

Oil and Gas Industry

Oil was first discovered in Pakistan in 1952 at Suo Sui in the
province of Balochistan and in 1960 a Toot oilfield in Islamabad in Punjab
province with production increasing steadily. Similarly, natural gas was also
discovered 1952 at the giant gas field Sui in the province of Baluchistan .

The country also is a major producer of bituminous coal, lignite,

and sub-bituminous coal. Pakistan started coal mining way back during the
colonial period, and it has been used in the country in different industries since
independence in 1947.

In 2005, a Canadian based company signed an agreement with the

state-owned Oil and Gas Company of Pakistan to explore the Toot field. Natural
gas in Pakistan is substantially large and the levels of the remaining reserves are
thought to so huge, and they are expected to last for at least 20 years because of
heavy use in the country.

Manufacturing Industry
Pakistan is one of the largest manufacturing countries in the
world, and it is ranked as the 30th largest. Manufacturing industry accounts for
approximately 20% of the total output in the country, and over the last five years,
the manufacturing industry has experienced an average growth of 3.4% annually.

Manufacturing in the country can be categorized into two; that is

large scale manufacturing, which is valued at $28 billion and the small scale
manufacturing sector, which is valued at $653 billion. Manufacturing industry in
Pakistan has been growing steadily, and in the 2001-2003 financial years the
growth in the industry was about 7.7%, and for the twelve months that ended in
June 2004, the country’s large-scale manufacturing experienced growth of above
18% in comparison to other years.
The garment and textile industry together with its related products is
by far the single largest industry in Pakistan, and it is made up of 453 textile mills
which are composed of 403 spinning units, 50 integrated units having 9.33 million
spindles and 148,000 rotors.
Steel industry:
For overall economic development of a country, a developed steel
industry is very crucial. In the early stages of economic development, steel
consumption is expected to increase at a faster rate because huge quantities of steel
are required to build basic infrastructure, including bridges, dams, railways, and
power generation, distribution and transmission projects, etc. Steel is also a
principal raw material in the production of all kinds of machinery, equipment and
vehicles. Pakistan is a developing economy with abundant potential to attain faster
industrial growth.

However, sustainable industrial and economic growth depends on an

assured supply of steel. Inadequate availability of steel acts as a natural drag on
development efforts in almost all sectors of the economy. Therefore, planning for
steel production should be a critical part of overall development planning in the
country.

Presently Pakistan produces around six million metric tons of steel per
year. This includes: raw products (iron ore and scrap); flat products (sheets and
plates, used in the automotive sector); and long products (steel bars, wire rods, rails
and structures used in infrastructure development and tubes and pipes). However,
per capita steel consumption in Pakistan is very low at 23.5 kilograms, against 58.6
kilograms in India, as well as the Asian average of 261.3 kilograms and global
average of 216.9 kilograms.