Promote and ensure cooperation between government and private agencies have land use responsibilities that affect forestry activities directly or indirectly
Pakistan's mainstay is agriculture, which is dependent on canal irrigation. Sound management of watersheds should, therefore, constitute the basic objective of forest policy
The country is heavily populated and faces an energy crisis. Since there is little scope to increase the area of state forests, agro-forestry programmes should be of vital concern to meet fuelwood requirements.
Meet country's requirements of timber, fuelwood, fodder and other products and environmental needs by increasing the forest area from 4.2 percent to 10 percent during next fifteen years
Existing forest resources shall be scientifically managed for optimum productivity to meet the country's need for wood and wood products and to reduce reliance on imports
Forests are managed intensively and the pilot projects started in Kaghan valley in Hazara and Kalam valley in Malakand Civil Divisions are replicated at other suitable locations
Extraction from coniferous forests is limited to public sector only. Timber harvesting has already been departmentalized in four provinces and Azad Kashmir
All watershed projects, being a common source denominator, would be planned and coordinated by the Federal Government but implemented through Provincial Forest Departments in their respective areas