ABSTRACT
Pakistan has a shorter history of planning than India. Almost after Partition, a list of projects was drawn up, necessary to begin the long process of economic rehabilitation. The primary function of livestock in Pakistan is to provide motive power; meat, milk, hides and skins are of secondary though not insignificant importance. Agriculture, water development and education came near their targets although some industrial development succeeded in doing so, notably in the cotton and sugar industries. There is government control of vital sections of the economy, or those too costly and widespread to be capable of private development: communications, power, irrigation, reclamation, social services, and defence. A married couple often shared the task, the wife trained in home economics, child care and hygiene, her husband in improved farming methods, elementary sanitation and cottage industries. The larger-scale factory industry has been mainly run by private enterprise; partly no doubt because the capital investment was relatively low, and profits good.
