No oil and no resources is no excuse. Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan (China), Hong Kong (China) are all poor on oil and natural resources.
You need to have people of business talents, especially export minded people, vocational training for mid-level technicians and common workers, infrastructure (power stations, railways, seaports, airports, universities and colleges heavily invested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, mathematics) as well as economics, business studies and accountacy.
You need to encourage foreign investments with Tax Incentive and setting up industrial zones or industrial parks/estates for them.
Gwadar Port project was a good starting point, but Pakistanis enthusiasm is a bit low.
And lastly, you need to have long term political stability.