Port Qasim Port Qasim The Port Muhammad Bin Qasim ( "Bandar-gāh Muhammad bin Qāsim"), also known as Port Qasim, is a deep-water seaport in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, on the coastline of the Arabian Sea. It is Pakistan's second busiest port, handling about 35% of the nation's cargo (17 million tons per annum). Port Qasim and Karachi Port, the busiest port of country, together handle more than 90% of all external trade of Pakistan. The port encompasses a total area of wherein many industrial zones operate. In addition to the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) and KESC Bin Qasim Power Plant, around 80% of
Pakistan–Somalia relations Pakistan–Somalia relations Pakistan–Somalia relations are the bilateral relations between Pakistan and Somalia. Both Organisation of Islamic Cooperation members, the two countries have historically maintained strong relations. Somalia also has an embassy in Islamabad. Relations between the modern-day territories of Pakistan and Somalia stretch back to antiquity. The 1st century CE "Periplus of the Erythraean Sea", among other documents, reports early commercial exchanges between traders inhabiting the various Somali city-states and merchants from South Asia, across the Arabian Sea. Numerous artefacts dating from this period have been uncovered in Somalia. During the 7th and 8th centuries, parts of Pakistan and Somalia