ICTSI’s Pakistan unit facilitates first export from Uzbekistan

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First export from Uzbekistan
First Uzbek export arrives at the Port of Karachi (from left): Kamal Siddiqui, PICT deputy manager - marketing & commercial; Bilal Shahid, PICT director; Khurram Aziz Khan, PICT chief executive officer; Syed Faisal Subzwari, federal minister for Maritime Affairs; Nadir Mumtaz Warraich, Karachi Port Trust chairman; and Rear Admiral Muhammad Zubair Shafique HI (M), KPT general manager. Photo from International Container Terminal Services, Inc.
  • ICTSI’s Pakistan unit facilitates first export from Uzbekistan
  • The cargo was transported over land from Uzbekistan in Central Asia to the Port of Karachi, where it was prepared for export to India
  • Pakistan International Container Terminal said it hopes this development would encourage other countries to leverage Pakistan’s trade route, which offers benefits especially for other landlocked countries in the region

Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT), a unit of International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) operating in the Port of Karachi, has facilitated its first export shipment from Uzbekistan.

The operational milestone highlights the strategic partnership between the two countries, with the recently evolving trade relations further strengthening regional business connectivity and providing a sustainable impetus for global trade, ICTSI said in a statement.

From Uzbekistan, the shipment was transported over land to the Port of Karachi, where it was prepared for export to India.

PICT said it hopes this development would encourage other countries to leverage Pakistan’s trade route, which offers unique geo-strategic benefits especially for other landlocked countries in the region.

“PICT is working closely with the Pakistani Government and trade partners to achieve our shared goal of uplifting the country’s economy. Handling the first shipment from Uzbekistan positively reflects our efforts to further add value to the services we offer for all cargo handled at the Port of Karachi,” PICT executive officer Khurram Aziz Khan said.

PICT operates Berths 6 to 9 at the East Wharf of the Karachi Port. The common-use terminal offers connections to Central Asia, Afghanistan, and the Western China hinterlands.

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