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Pakistan Himalayan Pink Salt Trend to bring Dollars in Pakistan
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Please just copy paste that email which you sent to Imran khan's id to pm portal.
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Pakistan is in desperate need of exports but because of mismanagement and selling product cheaply to other countries like India we are suffering. I already read on Pakistani rice being exported to dubai cheaply and other brands then repack those rice and make billions in profit.
I blame Pakistan government for this. I hope the pti government increases the price for this product and also makes its own brand with made in Pakistan logo. This is the type of exports Pakistan needs and this is something we should work on.
If any country or brand want to use this as their own brand then that's fine but they should give Pakistan commission on the sales.
Exporting 6 billion worth of Himalaya pink salt as suggested by pdf members would benefit us great and on top we are the only country in the world producing it.
If this is healthy salt and good for eating, body wash etc. We could make all sort of salt brands and body washes.
I blame Pakistan government for this. I hope the pti government increases the price for this product and also makes its own brand with made in Pakistan logo. This is the type of exports Pakistan needs and this is something we should work on.
If any country or brand want to use this as their own brand then that's fine but they should give Pakistan commission on the sales.
Exporting 6 billion worth of Himalaya pink salt as suggested by pdf members would benefit us great and on top we are the only country in the world producing it.
If this is healthy salt and good for eating, body wash etc. We could make all sort of salt brands and body washes.
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Pakistan don't exports pink salt to India rather it imports it from India, China, Denmark, Egypt and sell after repackaging it.
These PDF posters are ignorant. India has its own rock salt mine in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh and in few other places.
India ranks 12th in salt export to Pakistan.
Pakistani posters here are so naive that if you say a crow has taken away their nose, they start chasing crow with out checking their nose.
https://www.tridge.com
http://www.indiansalt.com/rock.htm
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-
So take that "lying neighbours repacked it shamelessly as their own?" tag to your self and chew it smooth.
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Making pink salt scrubs for the world would also bring in billions. The western world is very keen on natural body washes. It also helps against allergies.
I also use Himalaya salt for body scrub but had no idea it's from Pakistan
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It maybe true but Pakistan government should be responsible and take action against those who exploit our natural resources. This should be taken very seriously but so far I never heard anything about this before.
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I read somewhere that pakistan has to export the pink salt to india under some sort of treaty agreement.
Is this true? Anyone know the details???
If yes, why does pakistan continue abiding be thus treaty if india has broken other treaties with Pakistan??
Is this true? Anyone know the details???
If yes, why does pakistan continue abiding be thus treaty if india has broken other treaties with Pakistan??
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Chew this
Himalayan salt is Pakistan's best known rock salt.[11] It is used for cooking, as bath salt, as brine[31] and as a raw material for many industries, including a soda ash plant set up by AkzoNobel in 1940.[37] Salt from Khewra mine is also used to make decorative items like lamps, vases, ashtrays and statues,[38] which are exported to the United States, India and many European countries.[36][39] The use of rock salt to make artistic and decorative items started during the Mughal era, when many craftsman made tableware and decorations from it.[40] Warth introduced the use of a lathe to cut out art pieces from the rock salt, as he found it similar to gypsum in physical characteristics.[41]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khewra_Salt_Mine
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Himalayan salt:
Himalayan salt is rock salt (halite) mined from the Punjab region of modern Pakistan. The salt often has a pinkish tint due to mineral impurities. It is primarily used as a food additive as table salt, but is also used as a material for cooking and food presentation, decorative lamps, and spa treatments. The salt has been claimed to provide numerous health benefits, but no scientific supportexists for such claims.
Himalayan salt is mined from the Salt Rangemountains, the southern edge of a fold-and-thrust belt that underlies the Pothohar Plateausouth of the Himalayas. Himalayan salt comes from a highly folded, faulted, and stretched thick layer of Ediacaran to early Cambrian evaporites of the Salt Range Formation. This geological formation consists of crystalline halite intercalated with potashsalts, overlayed by gypsiferous marl and interlayered with beds of gypsum and dolomite with infrequent seams of oil shale. These strata and the overlying Cambrian to Eocene sedimentary rocks have been thrust southward over younger sedimentary rocks and eroded to create the Salt Range. Although Himalayan salt is sometimes marketed as "Jurassic Sea Salt", this salt precipitated in subsiding rift basins along the edge of Gondwanaland much earlier, between 600 and 540 million years ago. The Jurassic period took place 145 to 199 million years ago.
The first records of mining are from the Janjua people in the 1200s. Himalayan salt is mostly mined at the Khewra Salt Mine in Khewra, Jhelum District, Punjab, which is situated in the foothills of the Salt Range hill system in the Punjab province of the Pakistan to the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
Himalayan salt is chemically similar to table salt. Some salts mined in the Himalayas are not suitable for use as food or industrial use without purification due to impurities. Some salt crystals from this region have an off-white to transparent color, while impurities in some veins of salt give it a pink, reddish, or beet-red color.
Analysis carried out in Pakistan show the main content of Himalayan Salt, to be between 96.4 and 98.9% sodium chloride, with the remaining minerals largely consisting of magnesium, potassium and calcium, as well as other trace minerals.
Himalayan salt is nutritionally similar to table salt, though it lacks the beneficial iodineadded to commercial iodised table salt.
Himalayan salt is used to flavor food. It is recognized by its distinctive pink hue, which has led to a misconception that it is healthier than common table salt. There is no scientific evidence to support such assertions. Blocks of salt are also used as serving dishes, baking stones, and griddles. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration warned a manufacturer about marketing the salt as a dietary supplement with unproven claims of health benefits.
Himalayan salt is also used to make "salt lamps", wherein light bulbs are placed within hollowed blocks of Himalayan salt, that give off a pinkish hue. There is no evidence that such lamps provide any health benefits.
Himalayan salt is also used in spas, where it is used to line the walls of the chamber. There is no scientific evidence that such spa treatments have any health benefit
Himalayan salt is rock salt (halite) mined from the Punjab region of modern Pakistan. The salt often has a pinkish tint due to mineral impurities. It is primarily used as a food additive as table salt, but is also used as a material for cooking and food presentation, decorative lamps, and spa treatments. The salt has been claimed to provide numerous health benefits, but no scientific supportexists for such claims.
Himalayan salt is mined from the Salt Rangemountains, the southern edge of a fold-and-thrust belt that underlies the Pothohar Plateausouth of the Himalayas. Himalayan salt comes from a highly folded, faulted, and stretched thick layer of Ediacaran to early Cambrian evaporites of the Salt Range Formation. This geological formation consists of crystalline halite intercalated with potashsalts, overlayed by gypsiferous marl and interlayered with beds of gypsum and dolomite with infrequent seams of oil shale. These strata and the overlying Cambrian to Eocene sedimentary rocks have been thrust southward over younger sedimentary rocks and eroded to create the Salt Range. Although Himalayan salt is sometimes marketed as "Jurassic Sea Salt", this salt precipitated in subsiding rift basins along the edge of Gondwanaland much earlier, between 600 and 540 million years ago. The Jurassic period took place 145 to 199 million years ago.
The first records of mining are from the Janjua people in the 1200s. Himalayan salt is mostly mined at the Khewra Salt Mine in Khewra, Jhelum District, Punjab, which is situated in the foothills of the Salt Range hill system in the Punjab province of the Pakistan to the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
Himalayan salt is chemically similar to table salt. Some salts mined in the Himalayas are not suitable for use as food or industrial use without purification due to impurities. Some salt crystals from this region have an off-white to transparent color, while impurities in some veins of salt give it a pink, reddish, or beet-red color.
Analysis carried out in Pakistan show the main content of Himalayan Salt, to be between 96.4 and 98.9% sodium chloride, with the remaining minerals largely consisting of magnesium, potassium and calcium, as well as other trace minerals.
Himalayan salt is nutritionally similar to table salt, though it lacks the beneficial iodineadded to commercial iodised table salt.
Himalayan salt is used to flavor food. It is recognized by its distinctive pink hue, which has led to a misconception that it is healthier than common table salt. There is no scientific evidence to support such assertions. Blocks of salt are also used as serving dishes, baking stones, and griddles. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration warned a manufacturer about marketing the salt as a dietary supplement with unproven claims of health benefits.
Himalayan salt is also used to make "salt lamps", wherein light bulbs are placed within hollowed blocks of Himalayan salt, that give off a pinkish hue. There is no evidence that such lamps provide any health benefits.
Himalayan salt is also used in spas, where it is used to line the walls of the chamber. There is no scientific evidence that such spa treatments have any health benefit
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When in the hell will we start to do what Italy has been doing. Like making basmati rice, Peshawar chuple, pink salt, Pakistani mangoes, different halwas, etc. Have to be made in Pakistan in order to be called those things. Like how Italy has done with parmesan reggiano, etc
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THE HISTORY OF HIMALAYAN PINK SALT
September 01, 2014
These beautiful pink salt crystals are mined from the great Salt Range of the Himalayas, an area that geologists estimate could be 800 million years old. You could be eating a salt crystal that was actually formed in the Precambrian era — around the same time the first multi-celled life began (we’re talking little tiny organisms that were the first sign of life on this planet). In all senses of the word, this salt is a truly old spice.
The Khewra Salt Mine is located just north of Pind Dadan Khan, a district of Punjab in Pakistan. It’s the world’s oldest salt mine (and still the second largest). It is world famous, annually attracting 250,000 tourists, who come to see the unearthing of huge bricks of this unique pink salt.
Geologists believe that the Great Salt Range was formed when tectonic plate movements formed a mountain range that trapped a shallow inland sea, which was slowly dehydrated and buried deep in the earth, forming thick, mineral-rich sea salt deposits. For millions of years the Salt Range went untouched as animal and human species developed all around it.
In 1849, a British mining engineer named Dr. Warth helped design and build a tunnel into the salt range, allowing better access to the salt deposits. His “pillar and chamber” mining method — still in use today — called for the excavation of 50 percent of the salt, while the remaining 50 percent was left as structural support for the mine.
Now the mine tunnels about 730 meters into the mountain, and the underground mine covers about 43 square miles! It is estimated that the total amount of salt still remaining in the region is somewhere between 80–600 million tons.
Rather than mass exploitation of the prized commodity it produces, the mine garners great respect from those that both visit and work there. Its sacred healing power is left untouched as the crystalline pink salt from the mine reaches the hands of consumers unprocessed and unrefined.
Table salt, or straight sodium chloride, is the most commonly consumed salt. It is mostly mass produced and undergoes several processes that strip the salt crystals of natural minerals, while adding “supplements” like iodine. Typical table salts also have chemicals added to prevent clumping.
For example, the pink himalayan sea salt from Essential Living Foods, on the other hand, is rich with minerals that have been undisturbed in the salt deposit for millions of years. Because this salt comes from such an ancient salt deposit, it’s been unexposed to toxic pollution from the air and water and is therefore some of the purest salt on earth. Many other sea salts, on the other hand, are mined from salt beds by our oceans, which are unfortunately highly polluted.
It’s amazing to think about this salt as something more profound than just flavoring for your next meal. With each bite, you can taste the history that our natural world provides.
Adapted from Essential Living Food's blog.
https://www.thegoodbuy.com/blogs/recent-updates/16136679-the-history-of-himalayan-pink-salt
September 01, 2014
These beautiful pink salt crystals are mined from the great Salt Range of the Himalayas, an area that geologists estimate could be 800 million years old. You could be eating a salt crystal that was actually formed in the Precambrian era — around the same time the first multi-celled life began (we’re talking little tiny organisms that were the first sign of life on this planet). In all senses of the word, this salt is a truly old spice.
The Khewra Salt Mine is located just north of Pind Dadan Khan, a district of Punjab in Pakistan. It’s the world’s oldest salt mine (and still the second largest). It is world famous, annually attracting 250,000 tourists, who come to see the unearthing of huge bricks of this unique pink salt.
Geologists believe that the Great Salt Range was formed when tectonic plate movements formed a mountain range that trapped a shallow inland sea, which was slowly dehydrated and buried deep in the earth, forming thick, mineral-rich sea salt deposits. For millions of years the Salt Range went untouched as animal and human species developed all around it.
In 1849, a British mining engineer named Dr. Warth helped design and build a tunnel into the salt range, allowing better access to the salt deposits. His “pillar and chamber” mining method — still in use today — called for the excavation of 50 percent of the salt, while the remaining 50 percent was left as structural support for the mine.
Now the mine tunnels about 730 meters into the mountain, and the underground mine covers about 43 square miles! It is estimated that the total amount of salt still remaining in the region is somewhere between 80–600 million tons.
Rather than mass exploitation of the prized commodity it produces, the mine garners great respect from those that both visit and work there. Its sacred healing power is left untouched as the crystalline pink salt from the mine reaches the hands of consumers unprocessed and unrefined.
Table salt, or straight sodium chloride, is the most commonly consumed salt. It is mostly mass produced and undergoes several processes that strip the salt crystals of natural minerals, while adding “supplements” like iodine. Typical table salts also have chemicals added to prevent clumping.
For example, the pink himalayan sea salt from Essential Living Foods, on the other hand, is rich with minerals that have been undisturbed in the salt deposit for millions of years. Because this salt comes from such an ancient salt deposit, it’s been unexposed to toxic pollution from the air and water and is therefore some of the purest salt on earth. Many other sea salts, on the other hand, are mined from salt beds by our oceans, which are unfortunately highly polluted.
It’s amazing to think about this salt as something more profound than just flavoring for your next meal. With each bite, you can taste the history that our natural world provides.
Adapted from Essential Living Food's blog.
https://www.thegoodbuy.com/blogs/recent-updates/16136679-the-history-of-himalayan-pink-salt
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