Tag: Pqa

Eyebrows raised as decision taken despite on-going departmental inquiry against him KARACHI: Port Qasim Authority’s (PQA) management has reportedly given what the sources claim...

Mehmood Farooqi appointed at PQA on PM’s directives despite lack of experience KARACHI: The federal government has appointed blue-eyed officials at the Port Qasim...

Sindh Chief Secretary (CS) Muhammad Siddique Memon on Wednesday asked the Secretary Industries Sindh to ensure implementations of the decisions taken at a meeting...

Former trade minister Amin Fahim has been found allegedly involved in illegal recruitments in the Port Qasim Authority (PQA). On Wednesday, the dysfunctional secretary...

The Ports and Shipping Ministry has decided to dissolve the board of directors of the Karachi Port Trust (KPT), the Port Qasim Authority (PQA)...

The Port Qasim Authority (PQA) on Tuesday said it had become the country’s first port operator to have the capacity to berth largest container...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan, while declaring the “illegal” appointments to the Port Qasim Authority as a serious matter of public interest, issued notices...

Seven hundred people have been illegally appointed in the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) between grades 2 and 20 in the past four years, Pakistan...

A three-member Supreme Court bench on Thursday directed Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul to submit within two weeks government’s stance over 686 illegal appointments in...

KARACHI - The Port Qasim Authority (PQA) is spending around Rs 3.0 billion annually to clean its channel from five million cubic meters silt in order to maintain its 11 meter draught, while it has spent over Rs 80 billion in this regard since the port has become operational. Poor vision of planners of the port in the time of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto has triggered this loss.
The said port was initially planned to develop at Khalifa Point in Balcohistan. However, Prime Minister Zulfiqar

KARACHI - A blacklisted automobile workshop - allegedly having strong backing from the city's major political party - is charging excessive amounts from the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) for the repair and maintenance of its official vehicles, causing a loss of millions of rupees to the national exchequer. Reliable sources told Pakistan Today that in many cases, the bills issued by the workshop even cross the actual price of a brand new vehicle and the practice has been continuing for

KARACHI - A delegation of the Bin Qasim Association of Trade and Industry, along with prominent industrial members held a detail meeting with Chairman of the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Muhammad Shafi to discuss the prevalent law and order situation, completion certificate, sewerage connection and conservancy charges, deplorable roads, exorbitant water charges, removal of bushes and other important problems. The Port Qasim Authority chairman realised the serious issues and referred

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday dismissed a petition moved by applicants seeking issuance of appointment letters in the Port Qasim Authority (PQA).
The division bench comprising Justice Maqbool Baqar and Justice Shahid Anwar Bajwa had earlier reserved the judgment on the petition moved by 42 applicants after hearing final arguments from both sides.
The petition was filed by Saleh Muhammad and others through their counsel Abdul Salam Memon pleading the court

KARACHI - February 10 was a landmark day for the FAP Terminal at Port Qasim when two vessels with a combined length of 350 metres were berthed simultaneously at its jetty. The 'KT ALBATROSS' was discharging oilseeds imported from Canada while the 'TRANSOCEAN' was loading wheat for export.
The terminal also broke its own single day unloading record by discharging 17,000 metric tons of oilseeds in 24 hours between February 11 and 12. The FAP Terminal which was inaugurated on

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court rejected a report over illegal appointments in Port Qasim Authority (PQA) on Monday and directed the government to make regulations to run its affairs. A three-member bench consisting of Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Jillani and Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed was hearing a petition filed by Ports and Shipping ministry's dysfunctional secretary Abdul Jabbar Memon that challenged the appointment of Mehmood Zameer Farooqi, brother-in-law of Commerce

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a report on illegal appointments in Port Qasim Authority (PQA) and directed the Ministry of Ports and Shipping to refurnish a "complete record" of the appointments made by former minister Babar Khan Ghauri.
A four-member bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, was hearing the petition challenging the appointment of Mehmood Zameer Farooqi,

KARACHI - Patron-in-Chief/Founder President of Bin Qasim Association of Trade and Industry (BQATI) Mian Muhammed Ahmed has requested the officials of Port Qasim Authority (PQA) for a waiver of unjustified water charges, which are being taken from the consumers operating industry in Port Qasim.
A press release issued by the association cited the lack of positive and expressed disappointment at the lack of action on the part of PQA board officials. He stressed that BQATI has made a