TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
PORTS
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Question
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Karachi and Dhaka
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Karachi and Chittagong
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Karachi and columbo
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -This trend continued till 1947. It was expected that the country’s Independence will reverse the process, but the partition of the country snatched away two very important ports, i.e., Karachi port went to Pakistan and Chittagong port to the erstwhile east-Pakistan and now Bangladesh.
Detailed explanation-2: -Currently, Pakistan has two main operating international deep-sea ports: Karachi Port and Port Qasim.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pakistan has 1046 kilometres of coastline along the Arabian Sea, having several big and small ports in its coastal region. Some of the important ports of Pakistan are Karachi port, Muhammad Bin Qasim port, and the Gwadar Port.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gwadar Port is situated on the shores of the Arabian Sea in the city of Gwadar, located in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. The port is located 533 km from Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, and is approximately 120 km from the Iranian border.
Detailed explanation-5: -Pakistan, so far, has developed three big ports namely Karachi port, Gwadar port and Muhammad Bin Qasim port. Muhammad Bin Qasim port or Port Qasim is one of the oldest ports of Pakistan whereas Karachi port is the busiest among all.