The Boom at the Gate

Pakistan’s Ports and the Someone Else’s Windfall

In March 2026, Karachi Port processed approximately 11,000 trans-shipment containers, more than it had handled in the entirety of the preceding calendar year. In the first twenty-four days of that month alone, 8,313 containers moved through the terminal, a 1,423 percent increase against the year-prior baseline. Ships that six months ago were queuing at …