Explanation

• Kalabagh has the largest iron ore deposits in Pakistan.
• Kalabagh is located in Mianwali District, Punjab.
• The estimated iron ore reserves are about 309 million tons.

Additional information:

• Largest Coal Deposits: Thar Coalfield (Sindh)
• Uranium Deposits: Dera Ghazi Khan (Punjab)
• Fuller's Earth Deposits: Dera Ghazi Khan District (Punjab)

Last verified on 04-08-2026

Explanation

• Khewra Salt Mine is located in Khewra near Pind Dadan Khan, Jhelum District, Punjab.
• It is the largest and oldest salt mine in Pakistan.
• It is the second-largest in the world.

Additional information:

• It is also called the Mayo Salt Mine.
• The salt deposits were discovered during the campaign of Alexander the Great in 326 BC.
• The mine was officially opened in 1872 during the British period.

Last verified on 14-03-2026

Explanation

• Location: Chagai District, Balochistan
• Main Minerals: Copper and Gold
• Region: Tethyan Metallogenic Belt
• Discovery: 1993
• Significance: One of the world's largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits

Last verified on 20-07-2026

Explanation

• Largest Coalfield: Thar Coalfield, Tharparkar, Sindh
• Discovery Year: 1991
• Global Ranking: Among the world's 16th-largest coal reserves
• The Thar Coalfield covers an area of about 9,100 km² in the Thar Desert.

Additional information:

• Sindh: 184.623
• Punjab: 0.235
• Balochistan: 0.217
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK): 0.092
• Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK): 0.009
• Total Coal Reserves: 185.175 billion tons

Last verified on 20-07-2026

Explanation

• TurkStream is a natural gas pipeline running from Russia to Turkey.
• Starts from: Russkaya compressor station 
• Passes through: Black Sea
• To: Kıyıköy, Turkey
• Construction started May 2017
• Commissioned: 8 January 2020
• Length: 930 km (580 mi)

Additional information:

• The Iran-Pakistan (IP) Gas Pipeline (often called the Peace Pipeline)
• Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Pipeline, also known as Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline
• The Russia-Pakistan gas pipeline project is named the Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline (PSGP).

Last updated by NA on 16-07-2026