I've been wondering for a very a long time about why Pakistan has such low industrial and manufacturing output, considering that we're the 6th largest country in terms of population, have more land than many European countries, and are rich in natural resources, so why haven't we industrialized?every government whether civilian or military always spoke about "industrializing" when they were in power but nothing really happened.
I've reading since I was child that Pakistan was an "agricultural" country, and now in 2015 we still are.
Neither do major brands want to make in Pakistan nor do we have our own indigenous heavy industries.
What's the reason for this?Could somebody who understands what's required for a country to go industrial explain why we haven't?
Some might say it's cause of political reasons, but even during the cold war when we were very close to America and got lots of AID and investment, we never industrialized, yet countries like Iran who have been under sanction for 40 years have much more manufacturing output than us.