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The World Bank has asked Pakistan to reduce workforce in two of its major ports — Port Qasim and Karachi, by 25 to 40 per cent and port charges by 15 per cent — to enable them to become competitive vis-à-vis other ports in the region. Port entry charges, said the bank, were too high, five times higher than those in Colombo, Dubai and Salalah. The World Bank recommendations, put forward on the recommendations of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for improvement of the country's logistics chain under the National Trade Corridor Programme, also included outsourcing of port services, closure of Karachi Dock Labour Board, retrenchment of its staff and an updating of National Ports Master Plan to re-evaluate the appropriate roles of the Karachi Port Trust, and the Port Qasim Authority and the soon to be developed Port of Gwadar.

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