Paracha to join KPT board

KARACHI: The Overseas Chambers of Commerce & Industry (OICCI) has requested the government to appoint its president as a trustee of the Karachi Port Trust (KPT), the country's largest seaport.

In a letter to the federal secretary of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, the OICCI said it wanted Amir R. Paracha, its current president, to replace Ghias Khan, who had resigned earlier from the OICCI's reserved seat on the KPT board.

The OICCI said it had been regularly sitting on the KPT board of trustees, as per the constitution of the port authority, and had contributed to its development and governance. 

The letter, dated Nov 23, was a follow-up to an earlier communication in May 2022, in which the OICCI had explained its position and role on the KPT board to the minister of maritime affairs.