NIMA POLICY PAPER Series # 005 June 2019 PAKISTAN’S SEABORNE TRADE: ESTIMATION OF FREIGHT BILL 2018 Author: Syed Khawar Ali Shah Kanwar Muhammad Javed Iqbal Ali Abbas First Edition National Institute of Maritime Affairs (NIMA) Bahria University, Pakistan Category: Policy Paper Title: Pakistan’s Seaborne Trade: Estimation of Freight Bill 2018 Authors: Syed Khawar Ali Shah* Kanwar Muhammad Javed Iqbal** Ali Abbas*** Reviewed by: Khurram Mirza, Executive Director Special Projects, PNSC, Karachi Asaf Humayun, Vice Admiral (Retd) and Former DG NCMPR, Karachi Ubaid Ullah, Commodore (Retd) and Former Executive Director, PNSC, Karachi First Edition: June 2019 Property Rights: National Institute of Maritime Affairs, Islamabad * Vice Admiral (R) and Director General at National Institute of Maritime Affairs (NIMA) reachable at
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