{"id":26526,"date":"2025-03-17T10:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=26526"},"modified":"2025-03-17T10:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:18:10","slug":"minister-maritime-discusses-port-qasims-development-with-pqa-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=26526","title":{"rendered":"Minister Maritime Discusses Port Qasim\u2019s Development with PQA Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250317-WA0040-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250317-WA0040-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250317-WA0040-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250317-WA0040-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250317-WA0040.jpg 1144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad, \u2013 Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, held a meeting with Chairman Port Qasim Authority (PQA), Rear Admiral (R) Syed Moazzam Ilyas, to discuss key issues and explore avenues for enhancing the efficiency and capacity of Port Qasim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, the Federal Minister emphasized the strategic importance of Port Qasim in boosting Pakistan\u2019s maritime trade and industrial growth. He directed the PQA to focus on infrastructure upgrades, operational efficiency, and streamlining port procedures to facilitate local and international investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairman PQA briefed the Minister on ongoing projects, highlighting the port\u2019s potential to accommodate increasing trade volumes. He also outlined challenges related to port expansion, environmental sustainability, and logistics. Both sides deliberated on measures to address these issues, ensuring that Port Qasim continues to play a pivotal role in Pakistan\u2019s economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Junaid Anwar Chaudhry assured the Ministry\u2019s full support in overcoming operational bottlenecks and enhancing port governance. He stressed the need for adopting modern technology and best global practices to transform Port Qasim into a regional maritime hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting concluded with a commitment to collaborative efforts aimed at strengthening Pakistan\u2019s maritime sector and enhancing the efficiency of port operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad, \u2013 Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, held a meeting with Chairman Port Qasim Authority (PQA), Rear Admiral (R) Syed Moazzam Ilyas, to discuss key issues&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[868,2601],"class_list":["post-26526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-federal-minister-for-maritime-affairs","tag-port-qasim-authority"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26528,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26526\/revisions\/26528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}