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Map of Pakistan, showing Port Qasim and its sister ports of Karachi and Gwadar. The Port Muhammad Bin Qasim (Urdu: محمد بن قاسم بندرگاہ Bandar-gāh Muhammad bin Qāsim), or Qasim Port Authority (Urdu: مقتدرہ قاسم بندرگاہ), also known as Port Qasim, is a deep-water seaport in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, on the coastline of the Arabian Sea under the administrative ...
The port of Bin Qasim was built in the 1970s to relieve pressure on the Port of Karachi and is today the second largest port of Pakistan. The port is surrounded by a large industrial area which includes the Pakistan Steel Mills complex in Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Pakistan Machine Tool Factory (PMTF) and the Zulfiqarabad Oil Terminal as well as the nearby industrial estate in Landhi Town.
The history of the port is intertwined with that of the city of Karachi. Several ancient ports have been attributed in the area including "Krokola", "Morontobara" (Woman's Harbour) (mentioned by Nearchus), [4] Barbarikon (the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, [5] and Debal (a city captured by the Arab general Muhammad bin Qasim in 712 CE).
Gwadar. Zafar. Abbottabad Cricket Stadium ... the city the ground is in is listed in brackets to avoid confusion. ... Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium: Multan: Punjab: 18,000 ...
There are several ethnic groups in Bin Qasim Town including Muhajirs, Sindhis, Punjabis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Brahuis, Memons, Bohras, Nagoris, Gujjars and Ismailis. [citation needed] This is a large town side by side of National high way N-5 and near to Port Qasim Industrial Estate.
Pakistani security forces Wednesday killed at least eight insurgents as they repulsed an attack by a separatist group on a sprawling government building outside the Chinese-funded Gwadar port in ...
Bin Qasim Industrial Zone: Bin Qasim Town: 1970: 25000 [169] Karachi Export Processing Zone: Landhi Town: 1980 [170] 315 [171] Pakistan Textile City: Bin Qasim Town: 2004: 1250 [172] West Wharf Industrial Area: Keamari Town: 430 SITE Super Highway Phase-I: Super Highway: 1983: 300 [173] SITE Super Highway Phase-II: Super Highway: 1992: 1000 [173]
BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza (Reuters) -A ceasefire has enabled some Gazans to go back to their ruined homes without fear of Israeli airstrikes, but they have returned to a severe water crisis. Drinking ...