Pakistani Onion is commercially grown on an area of 131.4 thousand hectares with the production  of 1.8 million tones (See the Table below). The major onion  growing districts are Kasurand Vehari, in Punjab; Hyderabad, Sanghar, Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah, Dadu , Badin, Naushero Feroze, Ghotki  and   Shikarpur in Sindh; Swat   and  Dir in NWFP and Chaghi,  Kharan, Kalat,   Nasirabad,   Mastung,   Killa   Saifullah,   Khuzdar,   Turbat   and   Jaffarabad in Balochistan. These 22 districts account for more than 77 percent of the total production of onion in Pakistan. More than 50 percent of the total production comes from eight districts namely Hyderabad, Sanghar, Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah, Swat, Chaghi, Kharan and Kalat. Top ten onion producing districts are Chaghi, Hyderabad, Sanghar, Swat, Kharan, Kalat, Mirpurkhas,   Nawabshah,   Nasirabad   and   Dir   contributing   more   than   59%   of   total production.   The   total   production   of   onion   from   Punjab   is   equivalent   to   the   total production of two districts of Balochistan (Chaghi and Kharan). Hyderabad and Sanghar districts of Sindh produce 3% more than that of whole Punjab.