Nestled between districts Swat and Battagram lies one of the most visibly attractive regions of Pakistan, District Shangla. However, this district happens to occupy a place among the least developed areas of Pakistan, with a Human Development Index of 0.332. With Pakistan aiming to gallop at a rapid pace in the next two decades to enter the league of developed nations, it is high time that Shangla district, along with others, utilize its maximum potential to stimulate regionalgrowth.For this to happen, the Provincial Government of KP has to assist the local administration in uplifting the traditional sectors of agriculture and forestry –– from subsistence to commercial farming. It will have to gradually build up the local capacity to generate revenue through eco-tourism and through supplying natural growing pharmaceutical ingredients. Eventually, the entire local population would be able to use the benefits of these projects to shore up their living standards. As per report shared by PEDO, the District also has investment potential in hydropower generation at Ghor Band Khwar with 20.6 MW capacity, the feasibility study for the project has already been prepared. PEDO has also identified semi raw site at Bilkanai with capacity of generating 7.75 MW power. According to Pakistan Stone Development Company (PASDEC) data, 1,950 million tons of Marble and Serpentine reserves also exist in the district. There are few quarries in the district but no processing units are operating there, thus presenting opportunity to establish processing units with the help of public sector resulting in job creation for the locals.