GENEVA (The Thursday Times) — Duniya ki sab se bari container shipping company Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) ne Pakistan ki bandargahon aur logistics ke shobe mein sarmaya kari ka jaiza lene ke liye apna wafd Pakistan bhejne par ittifaq kiya hai, Board of Investment ne Jumme ko bataya.
Sarkari bayan ke mutabiq yeh peshkash Wafaqi Wazir-e-Sarmaya Kari aur Board of Investment ke Chairman Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh aur MSC ke Chief Executive Soren Toft ke darmiyan Jumme ko Geneva mein company ke headquarters mein hone wali mulaqat mein samne aayi.
Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh ne Pakistan ke jughrafiyai mahal-e-waqoo aur ilaqai mandiyon tak rasai ka hawala dete hue Karachi Port, Port Qasim aur Gwadar ko bain-ul-aqwami tijarat ke darwazon ke taur par pesh kiya. Bayan ke mutabiq unhon ne MSC ko taawun ke mumkina shobon ka jaiza lene ke liye team bhejne ki dawat di, jis ka company ne khair maqdam kiya aur mumkina mansoobon par baat cheet aage barhane ke liye daure ka ehtimam karne par ittifaq kiya.
Donon fareeqon ne bandargahon ke bunyadi dhanche, container handling, shipping aur logistics khidmaat, godam dari, transshipment aur murabbat supply chain khidmaat par tabadla-e-khayal kiya. Wazir ne kaha ke MSC ka network aur samundari operations ka tajurba Pakistan ko tijarati rawabit behtar banane aur logistics ko mazboot karne mein madad de sakta hai, aur unhon ne ghair mulki companiyon ke liye sarmaya kari aasan banane ki hukumati koshishon se bhi aagah kiya.
Mulaqat ke baad kisi sarmaya kari ki raqam ya mansoobe ke azm ka elan nahin kiya gaya.
Bayan ke mutabiq 1970 mein qaim hone wali aur Geneva mein waqay MSC taqreeban ek hazar bahri jahazon ka bera chalati hai, jo 155 se zaid mumalik ki 520 se zyada bandargahon tak jate hain, aur duniya ki container shipping ki gunjaish ka taqreeban 21 se 22 feesad is ke paas hai.
Is hafte Pakistan ki bandargahon mein dilchaspi barhi hai. Ilawa azeen Nishat Group ne kaha hai ke woh hukumat ki mujawwaza nayi bandargah mein sarmaya kari ke liye tayyar hai.
