Pakistan has not developed other primary products. The country has limited reserves of oil and natural gas. Pakistan s major chemical industry is built on deposits of gypsum, rock salt, and soda ash. Fishing is also important on the coast but is not as well organized. This country also has experience of manufacturing.
Textile manufacture is dominant, especially of cotton goods.
Other industries include food processing, chemicals, and car assembly. The Jammu and Kashmir region has been the site of dispute for over half a century. The Kashmiri freedom fighters favor to join Pakistan while India has repeatedly oppressed their independence movement, which has cost both sides thousands of lives. Competition with India has turned Pakistan into a considerable military power in that region. In fact, Pakistan is one of the countries believed to have acquired nuclear technology.