Will the Target of Increasing Revenue to 9,000 Billion Rupees Be Achieved? Vice Admiral (R) Iftikhar Rao
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00:00Before this, the leading port of Pakistan, instead of working around the clock, only worked for 7 hours.
00:09Yes, as you mentioned about KPT.
00:11The problem with KPT is that our country is in the north-south.
00:16And in Karachi, KPT is in the south.
00:21And the whole city is in the north.
00:23So when the goods come to the port, they have to cross the whole city to get to the national highway, super highway or train.
00:29So there is a lot of congestion in the city.
00:32Yes.
00:33So many years ago, as you were saying about Karachi,
00:36many years ago the court's decision was that the heavy traffic is only at night.
00:43At 11 o'clock.
00:44They gave 7 hours at night.
00:45Yes, they gave 7 hours at 11 o'clock.
00:47So only 7 hours at night, out of 24 hours, the rest of the time we took out.
00:52You can't go there.
00:53Then the government offices, other than the court, like customs, plant protection and many other departments,
01:01they work during the day.
01:02Oh.
01:036 hours.
01:04So when you combine all these things, there is congestion, management issues.
01:09When you combine all these things.
01:11And there is no digitalized operation.
01:13No.
01:14Okay.
01:15So when you combine all these things, when a container or any cargo comes from there,
01:21it has to get off the ship and reach the place where the user wants to reach.
01:26In fact, it takes a very long time to leave the port and Karachi.
01:30It takes more than a week.
01:31Sir, now tell me.
01:32Yes.
01:33Now the plan to take it from 2,600 to 9,000 Arabs, a lot of alcohol will also be merged in it.
01:39Yes.
01:40How effective will this plan be in your opinion?
01:42One deadline has been given till 30th March.
01:44Yes.
01:45Will there be more deadlines in the future?
01:47In this, as I told you, the effort so far, a maritime task force was formed.
01:53Okay.
01:54The maritime task force, as I said, basically focused on these five sectors.
02:00There are a lot of sectors anyway.
02:02And after studying all of them, a report was presented to the Prime Minister.
02:07Okay.
02:08And all the recommendations were given to him as to what can be done in this.
02:12And what is the scope of this in the future.
02:15On the basis of that, a report was given.
02:18Usually, a report is given and then it is filed.
02:21Yes.
02:22But this time, a good element is that the government has formed a task force implementation committee on the basis of this report.
02:30Okay.
02:31And it has been given timelines.
02:33That this work should be done by this date or within this period.
02:38Yes.
02:39And I am also a part of that implementation committee.
02:42It has a meeting every two weeks.
02:44Okay.
02:45On the basis of progress.
02:46So, all the stakeholders are called and asked, what is this?
02:49You have reached the target.
02:51So, the meeting is still going on.
02:53Okay.
02:54One thing is very surprising for me.
02:55One thing is that our clearance system is not new for scanners.
02:58Yes.
02:59It takes a lot of time.
03:00Yes.
03:01And in the international level, it takes up to 72 hours maximum.
03:03Here, it can take up to 14 days.
03:04Yes.
03:05In which some factors have been included.
03:06Yes.
03:07You have also given reference.
03:08Okay.
03:09So, the question is that the rest of the arrangements are being made.
03:10All the things are there.
03:11If it happens, then how much capacity can we increase in it?
03:16That is, to what level we have to ourselves.
03:18This target of 9000 billion is present.
03:20Yes, this is right.
03:21But.
03:22Can we achieve that realistically?
03:23I am telling you that it depends on how fast we implement and move forward.
03:28Like the efficiency in the port, when we reduce it, the businesses will benefit as much.
03:34Yes.
03:35And the cost will also be less.
03:36The cost will also be less, etc.
03:37One is this.
03:38It is being digitalized.
03:39Hmm.
03:40Pakistan single window, which is already operational and custom.
03:41Yes.
03:42It is being digitized.
03:43A sub-part of it is maritime single window.
03:44Hmm.
03:45It is also called port community system.
03:46It is also called PCS.
03:47Okay.
03:48It is also called PCS.
03:49Okay.
03:50That will be implemented, God willing, in the next few months.
03:51Okay.
03:52So, one benefit from that will be, apart from other things, that the ship that is coming,
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