Ans: Pakistan is an agricultural country. Agriculture plays an important role in the
economy of the country. Important facts are as under:
1 It is a big source of food viz. wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, millet, pulses, all
types of vegetables and fruits.
2 Flour mills, sugar mills, rice mills, cotton and textile mills purely depend on
the agricultural products. Thus, agriculture is a source of raw materials for
industrial sector. Pakistan earns a large amount of foreign exchange by
exporting agricultural produces like rice, cotton, tobacco etc.
3 Agriculture sector also provide job opportunities to the millions of people.
Agriculture is therefore, the biggest source profession of the people of
Pakistan.