Pakistan’s maritime sector is entering a new phase of development, with major initiatives underway to revive local capacity and promote self-reliance in shipbuilding, ship recycling and fisheries under the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Maritime Reforms.

For the first time since the 1980s, construction of commercial shipyards has resumed in Karachi.

Pakistan National Shipping Corporation is expanding its fleet to fifty-four vessels to promote use of national shipping in the transportation of domestic cargo.

With the entry of the National Logistics Cell into the shipping sector, efforts are being expedited to enhance domestic capacity and self-reliance in national cargo transportation.

Relevant institutions, including the NLC, are actively working to improve the shipping, shipbuilding, ship recycling and fisheries sectors.

A five-year development plan has also been prepared to promote fisheries and aquaculture. It will focus on significantly increasing the income of farmers, fishermen and coastal communities.