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Inputs
➢ Natural Route (land & sea routes for cheap and easy transportation of goods)
➢ Site Requirement (cheap, well drained & correct sized lands?)
➢ Power Supply (sources)
➢ Industrial Linkage (nearby industrial areas that we can we can benefit from)
➢ Skilled Labour (number of)
➢ Government Policies
➢ Capital
➢ Access to Market
➢ Raw material
Cotton Textile
Introduction
60% of exports
Main areas; Karachi, Hyderabad, Multan, Quetta and Faisalabad.
Advantages
7% of GDP
Creates employment opportunities (50%) for not only skilled but also unskilled Labour.
Foreign exchange earned (60% of exports)
Fulfils local demand so less import needed (saves foreign exchange reserves)
It utilizes local raw material thus increasing farmer's income
Disadvantages
Strong competition from Taiwan, Egypt & South Korea.
Water shortage for manufacturing due to conflict with other users
Child Labour, environmental issues & terrorism causes the industry to close
Problems of pest attack / climate problems/ poor harvest
Cement industry
Introduction
Limestone, sulphur, gypsum locally available, good domestic market & natural gas is available as cheap fuel
Pakistan has insufficient timber for construction so use cement in some other parts, because steel industry is small
Main areas are Daud Khel, Kohat, Karachi and Hyderabad.
Importance of cement to the development of Karachi
High demand in construction industry of dams, barrages, bridges, underpasses, roads, lining canals, houses,
factories, hotel, etc.
Used to make infrastructure (better roads for transport & better bridges for easy access)
A stronger building material, which is long lasting & more durable and has a modern appearance.
Improving slums & squatter settlement.
Fertilizer industry
Introduction
Natural gas as fuel
Phosphate , Sulphur and gypsum are locally available
PAFF in 1979
Main areas are Multan, Faisalabad, Sukkur & Haripur
Benefit of increasing fertilizer production for the people
Higher yields as there is more food production rate
Reduces imports of fertilizer or improved Balance of Payment
Less debt & Higher farm incomes / profit
More jobs
Sugar mills
Sugar cane must be crushed quickly after cutting as it looses its weight rapidly, thus reduces sugar content.
It keeps down transport cost because sugar cane is bulky therefore expensive.
By-products of sugar mill; bagasse & molasses
Main areas are Thatta, Faisalabad, Peshawer & Bahawalpur
Formal Sector
Advantages Disadvantages
Guarantee of products Expensive
Warranty available Not available at odd times
Can be replaced quickly Fixed prices (non-
Fixed timing negotiable)
Informal Sector
Advantages Disadvantages
Cheap No guarantee
No fixed price (negotiable) No warranty
Availability at different Usually non—replaceable
timings May not be available at
certain times.
Cottage Industry
➢ Sialkot
➢ Export-orientated
➢ Raw Materials Rubber, Stitching threat, leather & wood pulp (imported from Japan, Korea & England)
➢ Processes include sewing (in small workshops manually) & final processes are done factories
➢ This Industry bears resembles to both formal & informal sector
➢ Cutting of wood, stitching & rubbe4 sheets are done by child labourers in the primitive conditions
➢ All goods have first class design & perfect quality; they meet international standards (1998 World Cup)
➢ All steps are supervised
➢ Raw materials
➢ Coal as fuel, clay (the main raw material), water (usually from a tube well) & labour
Processes
➢ Digging (the earth)
➢ Mixing (the clay and water to prepare paste)
➢ Moulding (to shape the paste like bricks)
➢ Drying (unbaked bricks in sunlight)
➢ Baking / heating (the bricks to make them stronger)
Importance
➢ Employment for both males and females
➢ Bricks are used in construction for building houses, offices, bridges or lining canals
➢ Shortage of wood in Pakistan / wood is expensive.
➢ So bricks are used in flooring to replace wood
➢ Shortage of steel due to few steel industries
➢ So bricks are used in roofing replacing steel/iron
➢ Cement is expensive so bricks are sometimes used to reduce construction cost
Problems
➢ Bonded labour
➢ Very low wages, so labour take loans and are forced to work in the same industry
➢ Child labour
➢ Expensive fuel
➢ Air and land pollution
➢ 40°C
Solution
➢ Strict laws against child labour
➢ Pak-Epa has requested people to switch from natural gas to conventional heating methods
➢ Chimneys are to be at extreme heights
➢ Clean coal technologies
➢ Newer technology
Problems:
➢ Limited profit
➢ Lack of quality
➢ Economy of Scale not achieved
➢ Outraged machinery and methods are used
➢ Illiteracy
➢ Child Labour
➢ Povery
➢ Lack of marketing
➢ Limited training & practical advise
➢ Electricity is not available
Environmental Impacts
Impacts
Control
Possibility of Tourism
➢ For Business
➢ To attend trade delegations.
➢ Educational activities e.g. some educational institutions have hired foreign staff e.g. Principal and teachers.
➢ Staff of multinational companies such as oil companies, Foreign Banks e.g. Citibank, Standard Charted Bank.
➢ UNO officials who are working in a number of projects in Pakistan e.g. WHO (World Health Organization).
➢ Visiting Families
➢ Many Pakistani’s work abroad mainly in K.S.A, Kuwait, U.A.E, UK and U.S.A.
➢ Not tourist but when on holidays, they come to visit their families, friends in Pakistan almost every year.
➢ They stay with family members and not in hotels.
➢ For Recreation
➢ Recreational purposes
➢ Historic Interests (Places)
➢ Museum
➢ Religious Faith
➢ Different culture to their own
➢ Festivals (Basant)
➢ Visiting Northern areas and beautiful lakes and gullies.
Advantages
➢ Domestic Employment
➢ Encourages local cottage crafts Industry and the production of souvenirs
➢ Food production increases because of the creation of the local market
➢ Locals can utilize the infrastructure or even the facilities setup for tourists
Disadvantages
➢ Tourists arrivals usually internal & external political and economic situation (9/11 attacks)
➢ Seasonal employment (May-October). So they have supplement their income from other sources
➢ Natural environment can be badly affected (Queen of The Hills= Murree)
➢ Destroys local culture + Not respect religious belief or local customs + New social problems
Sites
Punjab
➢ Ancient history/archaeology – Taxila/ Harappa
➢ Hillstations – Murree/Nathia Gali
➢ Tombs/shrines -Allama Iqbal/Ranjit Singh/ Jahangir
➢ Culture – Mughal architecture/ Shalimar Gardens/ Badshahi mosque/Lahore Fort/Rohtas Fort
➢ Modern buildings – Minar–e-Pakistan/Presidential palace/Parliament building/Faisal mosque
➢ Other – Khewra salt mines
Sindh
➢ Ancient history/archaeology – Mohenjo-Daro/ Bhambore/ Kot Deji
➢ Tombs/shrines – Shahbaz Qalander (sufi)/ Muhammad Ali Jinnah/Mazar-e-Quaid./ Chaukundi/ Makli
➢ Culture – Mughal architecture/Jamia Masjid/ Ranikot Fort/ Kafir-Qila Fort
➢ Hillstations – Gorakh
➢ Lakes – Keenjhar, Manchar
KPK
➢ Valleys – Kaghan/Kumrat/Swat/Kalam/Naran
➢ Lakes – Saiful Muluk
➢ Others
➢ Northern Areas
➢ Kaghan Valley (Kunhar Lake & Shrogan + Fishing)
➢ Swat Valley (fruit laden orchards & idyllic valley)
➢ Gilgit Valley (Polo)
➢ Skardu (Start of K-2 & other peaks)
➢ Hunza Valley (Fort of Baltit)
➢ Chitral (Birir, Bumboret & Rumbur valleys)
Call Centres
What is it?
➢ Office of an organisation which handles phone calls to & from one or more companies
➢ Inbound from a customer to a company
➢ Outbound from the company to its customers
➢ Handles a lot of calls via efficient computer system
➢ Forward calls to Agents who then transfer them to companies
➢ Used by companies to promote products
Pakistani Scope
➢ 0800-bookings, hotels, banks, airlines, reservations, medical facilities, insurance claim & data entries
➢ Domestic & overseas customers' calls must be dealt with quick response, high quality communication links &
efficient handling without time delays
➢ PTCL is providing connectivity for establishing call centres
Advantages
➢ Employment opportunities
➢ Good source of revenue
Disadvantages