Pakistan is blessed with vast land, natural gas reserves, petroleum, extensive coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone and gold besides other natural resources, many of them hitherto undiscovered.

Fortunately, Pakistan have been blessed with all type of rock from pre-Cambrian to recent with exceptional geological and geomorphological features. There are 92 known minerals of which 52 are commercially exploited, it includes coal, copper, gold, chromite, mineral salt and several other minerals.

The most potential and valuable minerals of Pakistan includes; Marble, Granite, Coal, Chromite, Gypsum, Copper, Gold, Iron Ore, Lead zinc, Bauxite, Crude oil and Natural gas.

There are large deposits of rock salt in the Pothohar Plateau. Pakistan’s mineral resources include reserves of gypsum, limestone, chromites, iron ore, rock salt, silver, precious stones, gems, marbles, tiles, sulfur, fire clay, and silica sand.

Oil Reserves in Pakistan Pakistan holds 353,500,000 barrels of proven oil reserves as of 2016, ranking 52nd in the world and accounting for about 0.0% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000 barrels. Pakistan has proven reserves equivalent to 1.7 times its annual consumption.

KARACHI – Pakistan is one of the richest countries in the world which have a large amount of natural resources available including coal, gas, gemstones, copper, minerals and gold reserves, oil, iron, titanium and aluminium and so on.

PAKISTAN is rich in natural resources but poor in managing them. Pakistan has plenty of water resources but cannot avert the water crisis. Pakistan has many untapped mineral resources but cannot make use of them. Pakistan has huge gas and oil reserves but cannot do away with gas and oil shortages.

Safe, responsive, and nurturing environments are an important part of supporting the learning and development of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Such environments also help to prevent challenging behaviors and serve as a core component of interventions for infants and young children with identified disabilities.

The natural environment directly influences children’s well-being by playing significant roles in food and nutrition, water and sanitation, disease and immunity, physical and mental development, and hope and security. A healthy natural environment is the foundation of successful long-term development.

The paper finds that public borrowing, trade deficit, military expenditures, the low level of technological innovation, population, political turbulences and corruption, all hinder GDP in the long-run. Additionally, public debt, military spending and political instability obstruct GDP in the short run.

Having economic growth without economic development is possible. Economic growth in an economy is demonstrated by an outward shift in its Production Possibility Curve (PPC). Another way to define growth is the increase in a country’s total output or Gross Domestic Product (GDP).