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title: "Pakistan announces 400-acre Garments City at Port Qasim in Karachi"
description: "Most outlets reported the announcement of a 400-acre Garments City at Port Qasim by the Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, Junaid Anwar Chaudhry. 24 News HD and Business Recorder highlighted the establishment of the project and its public-private partnership model, while Arab News Pakistan focused on the projected $2.2 billion in annual exports. All excerpts noted the location and involvement of the Maritime Affairs Ministry, but only Arab News Pakistan and Business Recorder mentioned job creation and economic projections, respectively."
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# Pakistan announces 400-acre Garments City at Port Qasim in Karachi

business · latest filing 18 Aug 2026, 5:09 AM PKT · 17–18 Aug 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the announcement of a 400-acre Garments City at Port Qasim by the Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, Junaid Anwar Chaudhry. 24 News HD and Business Recorder highlighted the establishment of the project and its public-private partnership model, while Arab News Pakistan focused on the projected $2.2 billion in annual exports. All excerpts noted the location and involvement of the Maritime Affairs Ministry, but only Arab News Pakistan and Business Recorder mentioned job creation and economic projections, respectively.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Business Recorder** — [MoMA envisages plan to set up ‘garment city’ at Port Qasim](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40435297/moma-envisages-plan-to-set-up-garment-city-at-port-qasim) · 18 Aug 2026, 5:09 AM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Maritime Affairs has envisaged as a public-private partnership-based plan to establish a 400-acre garment city project at Port Qasim Karachi, projecting creation of over 138,000 jobs and generating annual exports of around USD 2.2 billion with the completion of the first phase of the plan. Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, while cha...
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [Pakistan plans Karachi apparel hub targeting $2.2 billion in annual exports](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2654948/pakistan) · 17 Aug 2026, 12:08 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing
  > KARACHI: Pakistan’s Maritime Affairs Minister Junaid Anwar Chaudhry on Monday announced his ministry’s plans to establish a 400-acre apparel zone at Karachi’s Port Qasim, saying that its first phase was expected to create over 138,000 jobs and generate annual exports of around $2.2 billion.&nbsp;
- **24 News HD** — [Minister announces establishment of Garments City at Port Qasim](https://www.24newshd.tv/17-Aug-2026/minister-announces-establishment-garments-city-port-qasim) · 17 Aug 2026, 10:30 AM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, presided over a meeting to establish a Garments City on 400 acres of land at Port Mohammad Bin Qasim (PMBQ) in Karachi, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Monday.

## Part of a bigger story

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- [Pakistan to Build Garments City at Port Qasim, Creating 138,000 Jobs](https://harzaviya.com/stories/3561-pakistan-to-build-400-acre-garments-city-at-port-qasim) · 17 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 85% related
- [Pakistan plans automotive processing zone at Port Qasim](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2935-pakistan-to-establish-50-acre-auto-processing-zone-at-port) · 13 Aug 2026 · 4 outlets · 74% related

3 articles from 3 outlets, 17–18 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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