Port Qasim
The Port Muhammad Bin Qasim, or Qasim Port Authority, also known as Port Qasim, is a deep-water seaport in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, on the coastline of the Arabian Sea under the administrative control of the Secretary to the Government of Pakistan for Maritime Affairs.Photo: Sana Sneha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Port
- Description: deep-water seaport in Pakistan
- Also known as: “Muhammad Bin Qasim Port”, “Port Mohammad Bin Qasim”, and “Port Muhammad Bin Qāsim”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include K-Electric Bin Qasim Power Station and Port Qasim Power Project.
K-Electric Bin Qasim Power Station
Power station
K-Electric Bin Qasim Power Station is a thermal power plant fueled by natural gas and fuel oil located near Port Bin Qasim, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It consists of two units, BQPS-1 and BQPS-2. K-Electric Bin Qasim Power Station is situated 2½ km east of Port Qasim.
Port Qasim Power Project
Power station
Photo: VileGecko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The 1,320 megawatt Port Qasim Power Project comprises two 660 megawatt supercritical coal power plants, one of which was inaugurated in December 2016 as part of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor. Port Qasim Power Project is situated 3½ km east of Port Qasim.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shah Town and Bin Qasim Town.
Shah Town
Suburb
Shah Town is one of the neighbourhoods in the Bin Qasim sub-division of Malir District, Karachi. There are mostly Sindhi and Urdu speaking inhabitants in Shah Town, including Urdu speakers, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochs, Brahuis, Memons, Bohras, Christians and Ismailis. Shah Town is situated 8 km north of Port Qasim.
Bin Qasim Town
Suburb
Bin Qasim is one of the six administrative sub-division within the Malir District of Karachi, Pakistan, lying in the eastern part of the city, north of Port Qasim. Bin Qasim Town is situated 8 km northeast of Port Qasim.
Steel Town
Town
Photo: BetaSolutions, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Steel Town is an 8,126-acre suburb that houses employees of Pakistan Steel Mills, where permanent serving officers and workers are offered subsidised rents. Steel Town is situated 10 km north of Port Qasim.
Port Qasim
- Categories: deep water port and transportation
- Location: Malir District, Sindh, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Port Qasim” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميناء قاسم”
- Asturian: “Puertu Qasim”
- Bengali: “কাসিম বন্দর”
- Cebuano: “Port Muhammad Bin Qāsim”
- Chinese: “卡西姆港”
- French: “Port Muhammad Bin Qasim”
- Hindi: “मुहम्मद बिन कासिम बंदरगाह”
- Japanese: “カシム港”
- Russian: “Касим”
- Sindhi: “پورٽ قاسم اٿارٽي”
- Sindhi: “پورٽ قاسم”
- Sindhi: “ديبل بندرگاهه”
- Sindhi: “قاسم بندرگاھ”
- Sindhi: “محمد بن قاسم بندرگاھ”
- Spanish: “Puerto Qasim”
- Tamil: “காசிம் துறைமுகம்”
- Urdu: “بندر گاہ محمد بن قاسم”
- Urdu: “محمد بن قاسم بندرگاہ”
- Western Panjabi: “پورٹ قاسم”
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