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Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) was established in 2002 on build–operate–transfer basis. [2] It was a joint venture between Premier Mercantile Services and Hamburg Port. [1] The total cost of the project was estimated at $75 million out of which $9.25 million was funded by the International Finance Corporation in form of loans.
KGTML operates a bulk and general cargo terminal on berths 11–17 on the East Wharf of Karachi Port under a 25-year concession. [2] [10] [11] [8] The general cargo operations handles steel, paper, and clinker, while the clean bulk terminal handles grains and fertilizers. [2]
Containers at the Karachi International Container Terminal at the Port of Karachi. Aerial view of Gwadar harbour, showing the international port in the background and the fishing harbour in the foreground. All seaports in Pakistan are maintained and governed by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The three largest ...
Karachi was an important military base during the First World War (1914–18) because it was the first British Raj port of call for ships coming through the Suez Canal and was the gateway to Afghanistan and the Russian Empire. Karachi was again a military base and port for supplies to the Russian front during the Second World War (1939–1945 ...
Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE) is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Designated as an industrial area in 1963, S.I.T.E is the oldest and the largest designated industrial area of Pakistan, encompassing 9,700 acres (19 km 2 ) of land.
In response, the Government of Pakistan approached private sector companies operating in the country, including Shell Pakistan and Esso, proposing a joint venture to build a refinery in Karachi. [6] The private companies, seeking to protect their profits from oil imports, agreed to the government's proposal as an alternative to accepting the ...
The Military installations in Karachi are extensive as the Pakistani military has several military bases for all branches of its uniform services. The Pakistan Army has six military bases, that are noted as Cantts, while the Karachi Port serves as the main naval base for the Pakistan Navy and Qasim Fort as the headquarter for the Pakistan Marines.
Gulshan-e-Iqbal was populated in 1966 under Scheme 24 of Karachi Development Authority. [3] The name "Gulshan-e-Iqbal" means "the garden of Iqbal", referring to the national poet of Pakistan, Allama Muhammad Iqbal. It has notable gardens. [4] The municipal infrastructure of Gulshan-e-Iqbal has been in poor condition since 1992.