Import, Export Consignments Remain Stuck at Ports [Pakistan]

(The News.com)

The government’s decision to observe two-day weekly holidays created confusion on Saturday as customs officials responsible for clearing import and export consignments at the Karachi Port remained absent from their duties.

Loading and unloading of goods from the vessels continued as usual, but freight forwarders could not take imported cargo out of the port, due to absence of customs officials.

“Like airports, the seaports operate round-the-week," a Karachi Port Trust (KPT) official said. “But the customs officials seem to have taken the announcement too seriously. They think it is a complete holiday.” Read more here.