ISLAMABAD: The government would make the Gwadar Port fully functional bynext month (November) as necessary transhipment rules for bulk cargo areready for final approval, sources revealed on Wednesday.
Officials of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, on the condition ofanonymity, disclosed that the Gwadar Port will be made fully functional assoon as transhipment rules for bulk cargo from the port to foreigndestinations are approved by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) as well asthe Law Division.
“The government is leaving no stone unturned to make the port fullyfunctional by November 2019,” the officials maintained.
They informed that a committee, comprising Balochistan chief customscollector, Quetta collector, officials of the Model Customs Collectorate(MCC) Gwadar and MCC Appraisement-West (Karachi), was constituted recentlyto prepare the draft of transhipment rules.