Businessmen asked to invest in maritime zone

Highlighting Pakistan's vast untapped maritime potential, Commander Logistics and Director General Naval Research & Development Institute (NRDI) Rear Admiral Muhammad Sohail Arshad has urged the business community to proactively seize opportunities across shipping, shipbuilding, offshore exploration, maritime technology, logistics and coastal infrastructure. Exchanging views at a meeting during his visit to the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), the NRDI DG stated that the maritime sector represents one of the most promising frontiers for economic growth, investment and technological advancement in the country. With an expansive coastline, an enlarged Exclusive Economic Zone, emerging shipbuilding capacity and policy-level support under active consideration, there is a need for public-private collaboration, indigenous innovation and private-sector leadership to unlock the full economic value of Pakistan's maritime domain, he added.