Pakistan consists of two regions, viz., East and West
Pakistan, separated by nearly 1,000 miles of Indian territory,
climatic conditions, the soil and forest types of these two regions
are varied. On the national basis, less than ten per cent of the
total land area is classified as forest and range land. In-East
Pakistan, however, 17.3 per cent of the land area is forest land of
which approximately ten per cent is under scientific management and
the remaining 7.3 per cent is in the category of unclassed state
forests where shifting cultivation by the tribal people is practised.
Less than one third 01″ the forest area in West Pakistan is regarded
as productive forest hind and the balance is range land,