Natural Resources in Pakistan.....

1. Pakistan

2. Our
Country
Pakistan

3. Dream Of A
Great Thinker
Allama Iqbal

4. Founded by a great man
Quaid-e-azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

5. He gave us three dictums
• Unity • Faith • Discipline

6. •Located in South East Asia.
•Created on August 14, 1947.
•Area covering 796,095 km2
.
•Population exceeding 180 million people.
•Official language is Urdu
•Capital Islamabad

7. Education
• More than 132 universities
• Higher education system includes the public,
private, military and vocational universities

8. Sports
•National Game - Hockey
• Most Popular Game - Cricket

9. Food
• Pakistani food is known to its richness
and flavour.
• It has been partly influenced by Arab,
Persians, and Indians cuisine, it retains
its own distinct Pakistani flavour.

10. Music
•There are more than six
hundred pakistani musical
instruments.
•The most well known are:
• Sitar
• Tabla
• Bansari
• Dhool
• Rabab

11. Minerals
• Pakistan is home to many verieties of
minerals.
• Some of them are
• Copper
• Gold
• Silver
• Platinum
• Chromites
• Iron
• Lead
• Zinc

12. SALT MINES
• Pakistan’s largest and oldest and world second largest salt
mine is in Khewra, Punjab.
• The Khewra Salt Mine is also known as Mayo Salt Mine, in
honour of Lord Mayo, who visited it as Viceroy of India.
• The salt reserves at Khewra were discovered when
Alexander the Great crossed the Jhelum and Mianwali
region during his Indian campaign. The mine was
discovered, however, not by Alexander, nor by his allies,
but by his army's horses, when they were found licking the
stones.

13. Salt Mine at Khewra

14. Mosque at Khewra Salt Mine

15. Reflection in Salty Water

16. Copy of Minar-e-Pakistan Made of Rock Salt

17. Crystal Valley, a tunnel with crystals in the wall and roof,
illuminated by colorful lights

18. Coal Mines
• Pakistan has world 5th
largest coal
reserves.
• It is also named as BLACK GOLD.
• Found in huge quantities in Thar, Quetta,
Makarwal, Harnai, Chamalong.

19. Main entrance of a mine located on the Quetta-Sibi
highway.

20. Coal Mine at Balochistan

21. These trolleys were powered by small motors
and are used to bring out coal sacks from
inside the mine

22. Inside the mine: The lift system which takes coal and
miners up and down between the mine and the
surface.

23. A tired miner sits on a coal sack, waiting for the
supervisor to ring the bell so that he can go up.

24. COPPER and Gold Mine
• In Reko Diq, Baluchistan deposits of copper and gold are
present. It is world 7th
largest mine.
• Copper and gold are some highly precious metals. They
are used for making ornaments, utensils and decorative
articles.
• Copper is used in electrical equipment, power and
communication transmission lines.

25. Gold mine

27. Gold and Copper Mine

28. Trolly in a Copper Mine

29. Copper melt in a foundry

30. Dam
• Total dams and reservoirs in Pakistan over the height
of 15 m (49 ft) are 143.
• Tarbela Dam is the largest earth filled dam in the
world and is second largest by the structural volume.
• Tarbela, Rawal, Mangla, Khanpur are some dams of
Pakistan.

31. Tarbela Dam

32. Rawal Dam

33. Mangla Dam

34. Khanpur Dam

35. Rivers
• Pakistan’s river system consists of more than 60 small
and large rivers.
• Jhelum River, Chenab River, Ravi River, Sutlej River,
Kabul River etc are some main rivers of Pakistan.
• Indus River, with an overall length of around 3200 KM
and total estimated annual flow of 207 billion cubic
meters, is Pakistan’s longest and largest river.

36. River Indus

37. Jhelum River

38. Ravi River

39. Kunhar river