It is first ever planned botanical garden of Pakistan. It is sponsored

by H.E.C. (Higher Education Commission).

Our Aims and Objectives of Botanic Garden is given as under.

Objects of Botanical Garden 

The both, Herbarium and Botanical Garden are an integral part

of botanical teaching, systematic studies and research; will serve

as centre for plant biodiversity, conservation and

environmental studies.

To set up a herbarium for the permanent preservation and

collections of plants from various ecological zones of Sindh

(Indus delta), Pakistan (Floral Biodiversity), supplemented with

a library facilities to enhance the teaching and research activities.

To develop a Botanical Garden, depicting plant diversity; includes

ex-situ collections of endangered/rare species; medicinal

plants; native as well as exotic species.

Rest & recreation to fulfill the aesthetic aspirations of public/people.

The design and layout of plant collections and their

careful interpretation for user groups, would also encourage to students of Botany/and Horticulture lovers to create and

investigate new ways of arranging and displaying plants

within collections, gardens and landscape.

It will serve for long term management and maintenance of

plant collections, would enable the students/researchers of

various disciplines such as Botany, wildlife and

Environmental sciences to study the environmental constrains on plant growth in natural and man-made sites and transplant these

to sites where plant collections are to be established best.

Students will learn in situ and ex situ conservation work in

practical way.

Garden will provide practical knowledge and skills to the students

in the identification, cultivation, utilization and recognition of

wide range of plants.

History

Pakistan’s physiography falls into four regions: the great

highlands, the Balochistan Plateau, the Indus Plain and the

desert areas. The Indus Plain, the most prosperous agricultural

region of Pakistan, covers an area of 520,000 km2 in the east

and extends to 1,100 km from northern Pakistan southward to

the Arabian Sea. In the southeast are the desert areas.

The flora and fauna are composed of a blend of Palaearctic

and Indomalayan elements, with some groups also containing

forms from the Ethiopian region. Indomalayan forms are found in

the east of the country, in the Indus Basin, and Palaearctic forms in the mountains of the north and west. The Palaearctic species

contain a mixture of those common to a large part of Eurasia,

along with those with affinities to the Middle East, West

Asia (Afghanistan and Iran), Central Asia, and Tibet.

The rate of endemism is relatively low (5% for plants, 4%

for mammals, 0% for birds, 10% for reptiles, and 11% for fish), but

the blending of elements from different origins has ensured a

diverse and unique mix of flora and fauna. Since a lot of primary

field research still needs to be done, these statistics are likely to

be underrepresented the actual biodiversity of Pakistan.

The total area covered by these categories is 9,170,121 ha which

is 10.4% of

the total land area (Biodiversity Action Plan for Pakistan,

1998). Based on their global significance, 9 wetlands have

been designated as Ramsar sites.

The Reverine forests of Pakistan extend from bits in the

province Punjab, covering vast areas in Sindh province. They

are mainly grown along the River Indus. The River belt between

flood protection embankments in the Sindh Plain covers 1.5

million acres. Within this belt, about one third of the area

constitutes forest land, which is under the control of the Sindh

Forest Department. Most of these lands are covered by

natural vegetation.