Tag: Shipping

Pakistan and Bangladesh to establish ‘direct shipping link’

KARACHI - Pakistan and Bangladesh will work towards establishing a direct shipping line between the two countries to promote commercial and trade links. In ongoing discussions between the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and Bangladesh, a part of regular bilateral exchanges, the two sides will moot over the direct shipping issue in the next round of bilateral consultation to be held in the Bangladesh shortly, sources told Pakistan Today.
To give fresh impetus to bilateral trade

Shipping at Port Qasim in danger as Dutch firm warns of...

KARACHI: Shipping activity at the country's second largest seaport, Port Qasim, is going to stumble in the next couple of days, Pakistan Today reliably learnt Saturday.
Fears of a fresh setback arose after the funds-starved Port Qasim Authority's (PQA) failed to make any payment to the international tugging and piloting firms since July this year.
However, while talking to Pakistan Today, Chairman of PQA Vice Admiral (Retd), Muhammad Shafi entirely denied the claim and said