GEOGRAPHY OF PAKISTAN

GROUP 005

DAWOOD FAHEEM ABBASIZOHAIB MAQBOOL UMAR ALI

UNIVERSITY OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR MUZAFFARABAD

Department of CS & IT

CONTENT OVERVIEWTOPICS

INTRODUCTION,IMPORTANCE

PHYSICAL FEATURES

CLIMATE

NATURAL VEGETATION

SOIL

POPULATION

AGRICULTURAL CROPS

POWER RESOURCES

MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION

HEAVY INDUSTRIES

INTRODUCTION 14-AUGUST-1947

WESTEREN PAKISTAN:BALUCHISTAN, NWFP, WESTREN PUNJAB, QALAT, CHITRAL,BAHAWALPUR,SINDH

EASTREN PAKISTAN: EASTREN BENGAL, AASAM, SEHLAT

23-MARCH-1970, SHEIKH MUJIB-UR- REHMAN RAISED FLAG OF BANGLADESH

23-DEC-1971. BANGLEDESH

FEB 1974 PAKISTAN ADMITTED AS SEPARATE STATE

AREA AND POPULATION

AREA : 796095 KM2

36TH RANKED

POPULATION:193 MILLION ACCORDING TO GOVT. SURVEY 2013

6TH LARGEST COUNTRY.

POSITION

300 00’NORTH AND 700 00’ EAST. CHINA ON NORTH (325 MILES) INDIA ON EAST (1800 MILES) AFGHANISTAN ON WEST (1400 MILES, DURAND LINE IN

1897) IRAN ON SOUTH WEST (550 MILES) ARABIAN SEA ON SOUTH, PART OF INDIAN OCEAN

IMPORTANCE OF POSITION

RELATED TOPICS

IMPORTANCE AMONG ISLAMIC STATES: SEA WAYS NEAR TO EUROPE AIR WAYS PLEASANT WEATHER TRADE OPPORTUNITY WHOLE YEAR

ADMINISTRARTION DIVISION

PUNJAB36 DISTRICTS. LAHORE IS CAPITAL

SINDH16 DISTRICTS. KARACHI IS CAPITAL

KPK24 DISTRICTS. PESHAWAR IS CAPITAL

BALUCHISTAN29 DISTRICTS, QUETTA IS CAPITAL

AJ&K10 DISTRICTS. MUZAFFARABAD IS CAPITAL.

02. PHYSICAL FEATURES MOUNTAINS RANGES 1. NORTH EASTREN MOUNTAIN RANGES

2. NORTH WESTREN MOUNTAIN RANGES

INDUS PLAINS1.UPPER INDUS PLAIN

2. LOWER INDUS PLAIN

3. INDUS DELTA PLAIN

PLEATUES1.KOHSTAN SLAT RANGE

2. POTOHAR RANGE

3. BALUCHISTAN RANGE

DESERTSCHOLISTAN

THAR

MOUNTAIN RANGES1.NORTH EASTREN MOUNTAIN RANGES

SAWALAK RANGE

SIALKOT,GUJRAT, JEHLAM, RAWALPIND,ATTOCK

2000-3000 FEET

PEER PANJAL RANGE

5000 FEET

CENTRAL HAMALYA

>20,000 FEET . IN BETWEEN KARAKORAM AND PANJAL

KARAKORAM RANGE

>20,000

K2. 28250 FEET

MOUNTAIN RANGES2.NORTH WESTREN MOUNTAIN RANGES

HINDUKUSH RANGE

BETWEEN INDUS TO KABUL RIVER.

10-16000

TURCH MEER

KOH-E-SAFAID

5-12000

WAZIRSTAN RANGE

BETWEEN TOOCHI AND GOMAL.

KOH-E-SULEMAN

300 MILES

11000. TAKTH-E-SULEMAN

KERTHAR RANGE

7000 FEET

WESTREN SINDH

SINDH PLAINS

UPPER PLAINPUNJAB

FERTILIZE LAND

600-1000 FEET

LAND OF FIVE RIVERS

RAIN<20 INCH PER YEAR

LOWER PLAINSINDH

RAIN VERY LESS

MATHAN KOT TO THATA

DELTA PLAINBELOW THATA

20-25 KMS FROM ARABIAN SEA

DESERTS

CHOLISTAN DESERT PART OF RAJPUTANA DESERT IN

INDIA

DRY

BETWEEN JEHLUM AND INDUS RIVER

THAR DESERT KHAIRPUR,MIRPUR KHAS AREAS

MOST DRY PART OF PAKISTAN

03.MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION

WATER TRANSPORTATION

ROADS AND RAILWAYS

AIR TRANSPORTATION

WATER TRANSPORTATION

NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION

FOUND IN 1979

50 SHIPS

598558 TONS ABILITY

AMERICA AND CANADA

EUROPE AND ENGLAND

AFRICA AND CENTRAL EASTREN STATES

1947-48 3 SHIPS

1963-64 33 SHIPS

1970-71 71 SHIPS

2013-14 9 SHIPS

PORTS OF PAKISTAN

KARACHI PORT

INTERNATIONAL PORT

MAIN PORT OF PAKISTAN

EXTENSION IN PROGRESS

700 MILLION RUPEES ESTIMATED

BIN QASIM PORT

FIRST PHASE IN1981-82

NEED OF STEEL MILLS

COMPLETED IN1988

NEAR KARACHI PORT

GAWADAR PORT

STARTED 22 MARCH 2002

FIRST PHASE IN 2007

SECOND PHASE 2017

ROADS.

ISLAMABAD TO LAHORE M2:FIRST MOTORWAY PLAN.. COMPLETED IN 1997

367 KMS

6 ROWS.

LAHORE, SHEIKOPURA, PINDI BHATIYAN, KALR KAHAR, ISLAMABAD

ISLAMABAD TO PESHAWAR M1:STARTED IN 1998

TURKISH COMPANY COMPLETED IN 2008 AT COST 26 BILLION RUPEES

154 KMS

KARACHI TO TOORKHAM:IMPORTANT AND LONGEST ROAD OF PAKISTAN

1735 KMS

PHINDI BHATIYAN TO FAISALABAD M352 KMS

COST IS 7.2 MILLION RUPEES

4 ROWS

LOCAL COMPANIIES COMPLETED IN 2004

KARACHI TO HAIDERABAD M9135 KM

COST ABOUT 9 BILLION RUPEES

FAISALABAD TO MULTAN:317 KMS. UNDER CONSTRUCTION.. 2018

KARACHI TO CHAMAN:2ND LONG ROAD.. 834 KMS

JOINS KARACHI PORT TO BALUCHISTAN

ROHRI TO QUETTA:3RD LONG ROAD.. 410 KMS

KARAKORAM HIGH WAY:SYMBOL OF PAK-CHINA FRIENDSHIP.. 800 MILES

SINKYANG TO KPK’S DISTT. HAVELIYAN

RAILWAY

PAST PROGRESS OF PAKISTAN RAILWAY:

YEAR DISTANCE(KMS) PASSENGERS(MILLION) WEIGHT(MILLIONTONS)

1949-50 8554 76.89.7

1998-99 8774 64.95.4

2002-03 7791 52.04.4

2007-08 7791 59.75.2

PRESENT PROGRESS

DISTANCE 7791kms

PASSENGERS 59.74 MILLIONMILES

WEIGHT 5.20 MILLION TONS

DIESEL ENGINES 300

PASSENGERS BERTH 1430

WEIGHT BERTH 16100

AIR WAYS

PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIR LINE

First air company Oriented Airway

Pak-air Limited & Crescent Airway quickly standup

FOUND IN1955

37 PLANES IN PIA

PRIVATE COMPANIES ARE AIR BLUE, HAJVER AIR LINES, SHAHEEN AIR LINE ETC

KARACHI TO LONDON

KARACHI TO NEWYORK

KARACHI TO JADHHA

04. CLIMATE OF PAKISTAN NORTH EASTREN AND NORTH WESTREN MOUNTAIN AREAS:

VERY HIGH FROM SEA LEVEL.

SNOW FALL DURING WINTER

PLEASANT WEATHER DURING SUMMER

40 INCHES RAIN PER YEAR

PLAINS OF SINDH AND PUNJAB:SUMMER VERY HOT TEMP > 52 DEGREES

30 INCHES RAIN PER YEAR

BALUCHISTAN PLEATUE:LESS RAIN

DRY

HOT SUMMER

COSTAL AREAS:PLEASANT WEATHER WHOLE YEAR.

7 INCH RAIN PER YEAR

05. SOIL OF PAKISTAN

NORTH EASTREN MOUNTAIN SOIL

DARK YELLOWISH, FERTILE

NATURAL GRASS AND FORESTS

CHITRAL, SAWAT, GILGIT

NORTH WESTREN MOUNTAIN SOIL

DRY

LESS RAIN

RED COLOR

NOT FERTILE

IRON, LIME, SILICA ARE FOUND

UPPER INDUS PLAIN SOIL

DRY SOIL ALSO CALLED PADOCALS

CALCIUM CARBONATE IS FOUND

FERTILE..

CAME FROM MOUNTAINS BY WATER.

SOIL OF PUNJAB

THAR SOIL

BROWNISH COLOR,

SAND IS FOUND

LIME, IRON, POTASIUM, PHOPHATE IS FOUND

LAKE OF WATER SPOILS IT

LOWER INDUS SOIL

FAVOUABLE FOR RICE

SOIL OF SINDH

FAVOURABLE FOR COTTON, SUGAR CANE AND WHEAT

BALUCHISTAN PLATUE SOIL

ALSO CALLES LOESSES SOIL AS IT COMES FROM SOUTH WEST PLATUE BY WINDS

FERTILE IF WATER IS PROVIDED.

CONTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURE

Increasing GDP of economy: Foreign exchange earner Sustaining the population Source of employment

46.61 % employment by agriculture Increasing the tax revenue

20% contribution in GDP

06.AGRICULTURE CROPS IN PAKISTAN

WHEAT

Share 3.5% of GDP

Area under wheat is 8494 thousand hectors

Wheat output is 23.52 million tons

Self sufficient in wheat.

Exporter of wheat

RICE

2nd largest crop in Pakistan

Contributes 1.2 % of GDP

5th largest rice exporting country

Finest quality called basmati.. World recognized

MAIZE

Important food

Raw material for edible oil production

Used for starch and poultry food mixes

COTTON

Most important cash crop.

Supplies raw material to textile industry

Contributes 1.8% of GDP

Provides employment

SUGAR CANE

Important cash crop

Provides raw material for sugar and gur

Value in agriculture is 3.5 %

TOBACCO

Production is 126 thousand tons

Fine Virginia tobacco is produced in Punjab and KPK

Exporting as cigarettes

Meeting domestic needs

POPULATION OF PAKISTAN

PAKISTAN

Population

193.3 million in 2015

Population of Pakistan

The population of Pakistan is estimated at 193.33 millions as in 2015.

Pakistan's population is equivalent to 2.56% of the total world population.

Pakistan ranks number 6 in the list of countries by population.

The population density in Pakistan is 233 people per Km2.

one person in every 39 people on the planet is a resident of Pakistan.

The median age in Pakistan is 22.8 years.

History of Population of Pakistan

In 1951 population is 32 million.

In 1980 population is 87 million.

In 2000 population is 143.8 million.

In 2006 population is 164.4 million.

In 2012 population is 177.1 million.

In 2014 population is 184.35 million.

Now the population is 193.33 million.

Growth Rate

3% •1951 to•1980

2.6% •1980 to •2000

2% •2000 to•2012

Now 1.6%

Population in Province of Pakistan Total Population is 188.2m.

Baluchistan 06% Punjab 57%Sind 17%KPK 20%

Rural Population 67%

Urban Population 33%

Population of Pakistan in cities:

Karachi 11624219

Lahore 6310888

Faisalabad 2506595

Rawalpindi 1743101

Multan 1437230

Population of Pakistan in cities