Different businesses in Pakistan

1. Week 4
Different businesses in Pakistan:
Cultural and geographical
dimensions
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2. Business in Pakistan
 Total area 750,000 sq-km
 33rd largest country
 Neighbors--Iran, India, China & Afghanistan
 Coastal area 1046 km, Arabian Sea
 Three established seaports--
 Karachi Port (Sindh)
 Mohammed Bin Qasim Port (Sindh)
 Gwadar Port (Balochistan)
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3. Business in Pakistan
 Four provinces.
 Major cities, Islamabad Karachi Lahore, Sialkot,
Faisalabad, Multan, Quetta Hyderabad Peshawar
 Has cultural diversity of provinces
 More than 20 languages.
 Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi, Pashto
 National Language Urdu
 Industry, Agriculture, service sectors
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4. Business in Pakistan
 Almost 73% youth Under 35 years Major industries,
 Textile, cement, fertilizers, steel Sugar, shipbuilding
of Breaking Electric goods.
 Major Exports
 Textile Garments, Rice, leather items carpets, sports
goods, Handicrafts Fish fruits
 Large business opportunities for freshers &
entrepreneurs.
 FTAs (Free trade agreements with China, Sri Lanka,
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5. Business in Pakistan
Negotiating FTAs with Thailand. & Turkey.
 Member of South Seat Asia Free Trade Agreement
 Signed PTAS (Professional Trade Agreements) with
Iran and Indonesia,
 Located at strategic position in South Asia due to
Some land locked central states
 QTTA (Quadrilateral Traffic in Transit Agreement)
with China Kyrgyzstan, & Kazakhstan for FDI due to
cheap labour
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6. Balochistan
 Economy largely based on natural resources of gas,
coal, day production minerals, dry fruit, cattle
farming, livestock
 Fisheries, wining manufacturing Industries
 Outside Quetta infrastructure is not good
 Limited Tourism but large potential
 Trible lifestyle.
 Seaport facilitates to China, Afghanistan & central
states
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7. Sindh
 Third largest province by land area
 Second largest by population
 Shares borders with Balochistan and Punjab
 International border with India (Gujrat & Rajasthan)
 Bounded by Arabia Sea to South
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8. Punjab
 Larger transport & Infrastructure
 More than 194000 micro enterprises &b586 large &
medium scale units.
 Most attractive and consumer heavy marketplace
 Not easy to handle a business by simple person so
you need a manager.
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9. Punjab
Large opportunities to Launch Profitable business.
 According to FY 21-22 $71 billion GDP $2360 per
capita
 Major sectors of economy.
 Agriculture, cotton, dairy products, transport,
tourism, small & medium size businesses.
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10. KPK & GB
 A tourism Hub
 Green valleys and ice packed mountains
 Competitive edge in tourism over other provinces
 50%. of population is young.
 Also excelling in information technology
 Oil & gas exploration
 Minerals
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