Sindh

Sindh produces the first Pakistani mangoes of every season. The Mirpur Khas, Tando Allahyar, Hyderabad and Umarkot belt, sandy loam to Indus alluvial to Thar desert margin, ripens Sindhri, Dosehri and heritage Langra ten days earlier than anywhere else in the country.

Climate & soil

Hot pre-monsoon dry, warm Thar wind from the east, sandy loam draining over a high water table, morning Indus mist in Hyderabad's groves.

What makes Sindh special

• Sindhri capital, first export-grade mangoes of the season
• Saffron-flesh Sindhri produced only on the Thar desert margin
• Hyderabad Dosehri matches Lucknow quality, available nowhere else in Pakistan
• Heritage Sindhi flood-and-rest irrigation still practised in Tando Allahyar
• Multiple mango-growing districts across the province supply the UK export market

Famous varieties

Sindhri, Dosehri, Langra

Harvest window

Late May, mid July

Scale

~220,000 acres of commercial mango orchard across the province

History & heritage

Sindh's commercial mango industry was built by post-Partition refugee families who walked from Gujarat and brought Sindhri rootstock with them. The Mirpur Khas to Tando Allahyar corridor was formalised as the country's earliest mango export zone in the 1970s.

The annual All Sindh Mango Festival in Mirpur Khas, now in its fifth decade, remains the country's premier mango trade event.