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Pakistan
Index
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The Pak-Arab Fertilizer Factory in Multan
Courtesy Embassy of Pakistan, Washington
In 1947 only some 5 percent of the large-scale
industrial
facilities in British India were located in what became
Pakistan.
The country started with virtually no industrial base and
no
institutional, financial, or energy resources. Three small
hydroelectric power stations provided limited electricity
to a
few urban areas. Firewood and dung were the main sources
of
energy; commercial energy sources supplied only about 30
percent
of the energy consumed. Further, there was a shortage of
management personnel and skilled labor.
Data as of April 1994
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