Ministry of Maritime Affairs (Pakistan)

Ministry of Maritime Affairs
وزارت بحری امور
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of Pakistan
Headquarters Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory
Ministers responsible
  • Shahid Ashraf Tarar, Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs
  • Iftikhar Rao, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (with status of Minister of State)
Agency executives
Website www.moma.gov.pk

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs (Urdu: وزارت بحری امور), previously known as the Ministry of Ports and Shipping, is a Federal Ministry of the Government of Pakistan. The current Minister for Maritime Affairs is Shahid Ashraf Tarar and the current Federal Secretary for Maritime Affairs is Iram Anjum Khan. The longest-serving Federal Secretary for Ports and Shipping are Muhammad Saleem Khan and Rizwan Ahmed. The Ministry is headquartered in Islamabad and its main attached departments are in the port city of Karachi.

Hierarchy

The Ministry is headed by the Maritime Secretary of Pakistan. Keeping in view its close links with the seaports, a division of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs is established in Karachi which includes a number of attached departments/organisations each headed by a high-grade civil servant or bureaucrat.

Wings and attached departments

History

  • Before 2004, Ports and Shipping was a subject and part of the Ministry of Communications.
  • In 2004, the Ministry of Ports and Shipping emerged as a separate and independent Federal Ministry of the Government of Pakistan.
  • In October 2017, the Ministry was again restructured and renamed as Ministry of Maritime Affairs.

Role of Ministry

The Ministry officials look over the administrative and policy matters of the Federal Ministry including policies, procedures, rules and regulations. Apart from that, the attached wings and departments established in Karachi deal with their respective domains under the administration of the Federal Ministry of Maritime Affairs.

See also