Tag Archives: Balochistan

  A long-term strategy needs to be devised to make Balochistan self-reliant in wheat. The province is known as the fruit basket of Pakistan because of its production of high-quality fruits in bulk. The province can also become the country’s food basket if its wheat yield potential is fully and efficiently tapped. It has wheat varieties yield potential of 6.5MT/hectares, but it is getting only 2.4MT/hectares. The province gets 95 …

The coastline of a province carries most productive marine ecosystem Balochistan is rich in seafood resources. It enjoys diversity of marine life in nature. Its coastline is the most productive marine ecosystem of the world. According to an estimate, 60 species of fish and 10 of shrimps, including the best in the world, are found in the province. It produces 200,000 tons of fish per year, of which 80,000 tons …

  Fisheries is an important sector but it contributes only 0.3 percent to the overall GDP of Pakistan and 1.3 percent to the agricultural GDP, despite a coastline of 1,050 km and a total area of approximately 0.25 million square kilometers of marine and 0.08 million sq km of inland waters. The sector has an export potential of $1 billion’ annually and it provides direct employment to about 379,000 fishermen …

  Becoming an operator of Gwadar Port, China is consistently increasing its stakes in Gwadar, a strategically located port city in southern Balochistan. The port has been built with Chinese assistance of more than $220 million and over $66 million has been contributed by the Pakistan authority. The port has full potential to become one of the most user, and trade-friendly ports of the world with its 4.7-kilometres long and …

  The deficiency of resources is the root cause of underdevelopment in Balochistan. Lack of capital, low investment and low productivity has led to the low income of the province, and hence it is caught up in the vicious circle of poverty. The province’s human and material resources remained unutilized or underutilized. The people are technologically backward. Illiteracy is higher and hence the people lack the initiative and entrepreneurial ability. …

  By virtue of its natural treasure trove, captivating scenery, significant sites of multifold importance, variety of flora and fauna, diversity of climates and unique geology, Balochistan possess huge potentials for development of tourism. Unfortunately, no efforts were made to develop tourism industry in the province at official level, since the very outset. The decision-makers in Islamabad, tried to keep Balochistan a “dark region” denying its natural endowments. Hence, the …

  Developing of water resources in water-starved province, Balochistan is the key to maximize crop production and this can be done through increasing surface water supplies and conserving water using the latest technologies and protecting land and infrastructure from water logging, salinity, floods and soil erosion. The Balochistan government led by Chief Minister Abdul Malik Baloch needs to focus for the solution and to overcome the scarcity of water through …

  Oil, gas and coal are the three main sources of energy as these are meeting 75 percent of global energy needs. Simultaneously, these sources playing key role in socio-economic uplift of the people but their waste and fumes bringing havoc to the environment as according to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, about three million premature deaths occur in a year due to environmental pollution. The experts consider renewable …

  Shrimp is considered as the No.1 favorite seafood in many Western countries including USA. The demand for quality shrimp worldwide is growing each year. Depletion of natural shrimp stocks in the wild is occurring rapidly. Shrimp farming in the world has grown into a multi billion-dollar giant, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs and much-needed foreign exchange in many countries. Owing to the technological advancement and new techniques as …

  There is good potential for expanding fruit and seafood production from Balochistan which is naturally rich in number of resources. Fruit crops must be able to tolerate the hot and humid summers; and extremely cold winter weather and luckily Balochistan meets all these extremes of weather but what is missing the proper governance and basic infrastructure to make well use of this food rich province. The development of fruit …