Some containers are lying open at Karachi port, in which the goods have been taken out and kept outside. These are the containers that have received the permit.
Despite the waiver of fines at Karachi port, there are still thousands of containers, out of which some containers carrying food items are now being released.
Thousands of containers of goods coming to Pakistan from different countries are stranded at Karachi port due to delay in issuance of LC i.e. Letter of Credit in Pakistan.
Some containers are lying open at Karachi port, in which the goods have been taken out and kept outside. These are the containers that have received the permit.
"If the containers are not picked up in time, there will be no room for more new containers," said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"Normally, when containers arrive, they are immediately released to avoid daily charges," he said. But now due to the accumulation of containers, there will also be a problem of capacity.
"There are 50, containers of pulses containing , tonnes of pulses. Out of these, only , containers were released and according to the cost of each container, if the containers are not lifted on time, then daily service charges are also to be paid.
After this, Federal Minister for Port and Shipping Faisal Sabzwari had said that due to non-opening of LCs at Karachi Port and Qasim Port, daily government fines of stranded containers have been waived.
According to the information, these containers stopped in November last year, after which there are thousands of containers at Karachi port so far.
These include medicines, machinery, vehicles, equipment, food items, including onions, ginger, etc., as well as imported clothing items.
Officials said that these containers also contain containers of imported equipment of the Pakistan Army, which could not be released due to lack of letter of credit.
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