Pakistan

Government starts rescuing cargo ship stuck at Karachi’s Seaview

Karachi: On the fifth day of a cargo ship Heng Tong 77 that got stuck on Wednesday, July 21 at Clifton Sea view, rescue teams are now helping to move the stuck vessel.

Published

1 month ago

Jul 26, 2021 08:05 AM

Fateh Farooq

Government starts rescuing cargo ship stuck at Karachi’s Seaview

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Heng Tong 77 is carrying approximately 118 tonnes of bunker fuel raising concerns of oil leakage.

Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi Sunday on Twitter announced that five days ago, a ship, loaded with containers, came aground due to high waves and got stuck at Karachi’s Sea view due to its weak engine.

Am quarantined due to #COVID19 with high fever & other symptoms. But I’m not dead as yet.
Therefore, have been monitoring all plans to rescue to stuck vessel.
Firstly, request all to not waste time on the rubbish being floated on media & by some self proclaimed shipping experts pic.twitter.com/cCoLFlx2Ax
— Ali Haider Zaidi (@AliHZaidiPTI) July 24, 2021

The ship will finally be recused on the fifth day after Karachi Port Trust's (KPT) refusal to rescue the ship from shallow waters, citing an inability to do so.

Federal Maritime Affairs Minister Ali Zaidi took to Twitter to share that a 200-meter floatation boom was deployed along the ship's starboard side.

Per the federal minister, arrangements have also been made to avoid oil spillage from the ship.

In series of Tweets, Ali Zaidi also shared that the KPT Marine Pollution Control and port security personnel were deployed on site 24 hours a day to avoid oil spillage.

The minister disclosed that the ship's captain did not call for help and further commented that a committee was formed to investigate the matter.

I am hopeful that this issue will be professionally resolved very soon as per IMO regulations & international maritime laws.
May Allah guide us on the path of his chosen ones! 🤲
— Ali Haider Zaidi (@AliHZaidiPTI) July 24, 2021

The federal minister says he is obstinate to find out who was responsible for the incident.

"This is Imran Khan's government. I have been indicated from day one that we will not allow anyone to take illegal advantage of our ports," the tweet read.

He also shared a notification by the Ministry of Maritime affairs for the formation of a fact-finding committee to investigate the incident.

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Ramiz Raja becomes PCB chairman unopposed

Lahore: Veteran cricketer and former Test captain-turned commentator Rameez Raja has emerged as the next chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday.

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1 week ago

Sep 13, 2021 12:25 PM

Mehak Javed

Ramiz Raja becomes PCB chairman unopposed

To elect the 36th PCB Chairman, a special meeting of the Board of Governors (BoG) took place today, (September 13) at the High Performance in Lahore.

The PCB Election Commissioner, Mr Justice (retd) Sheikh Azmat Saeed conducted the election, presiding over the meeting.

The members of the BoG including Mr Aasim Wajid Jawad, Ms Alia Zafar, Mr Asad Ali Khan, Mr Arif Saeed, Mr Javed Kurieshi, Mr Ramiz Raja and Mr Wasim Khan attended the special meeting.

At 1415 inside the Bob Woolmer Indoor School, NHPC, the newly-elected PCB Chairman will hold his media conference, which will be live-streamed on all PCB social media channels.

As per the PCB Covid-19 Protocols, which are designed to ensure health and wellbeing of all involved, only reporters and correspondents who are fully vaccinated and have immunisation certificates are invited to attend the media conference.

Moreover, TV news channels will be welcome to use PCB’s broadcast quality live-stream details of which will be shared shortly before the start of the media conference.

Pakistan

Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity rate drops to 4.22%

Pakistan is presently experiencing the fourth wave of coronavirus which is said to be deadlier and more contagious than previous three COVID waves.

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1 day ago

Sep 20, 2021 08:37 AM

Mehak Javed

Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity rate drops to 4.22%

Islamabad: Pakistan's coronavirus positivity ratio decreased to 4.22% from more than 11% a couple of weeks ago.

Pakistan is presently experiencing the fourth wave of coronavirus which is said to be deadlier and more contagious than previous three COVID waves.

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 2,167 cases of coronavirus were reported while 40 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 27,246. The daily Covid-19 positivity rate in Pakistan is at 4.22%.

The total number of cases has reached 1,226,008.

As many as 1,135,038 patients have recovered from the disease with 4,840 critical cases.

Punjab

The number of patients swelled to 422,790 in the province with 12,407 causalities.

Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 450,787 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,270.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The confirmed cases have surged to 171,388 in the province with 5,412 casualties.

Balochistan

There are 32,769 confirmed cases while 344 patients have died from the infection so far.

AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan

There are 33,787 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 729. On the other hand, there are 10,245 cases in GB with 182 coronavirus deaths.

Islamabad

There are 104,242 cases in the capital city while 902 people have lost their lives

Pakistan

Pakistan records dip in daily new COVID-19 cases

Islamabad: Pakistan has reported 2,928 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours, the lowest spike in daily new infections in nearly a week.

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4 days ago

Sep 17, 2021 08:44 AM

Mehak Javed

Pakistan records dip in daily new COVID-19 cases

Pakistan is presently experiencing the fourth wave of coronavirus which is said to be deadlier and more contagious than previous three COVID waves.

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 2,928 cases of coronavirus were reported while 68 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 27,072.

The total number of cases has reached 1,218,749.

As many as 1,125,952 patients have recovered from the disease with 4,960 critical cases.

Punjab

The number of patients swelled to 419,423 in the province with 12,345 causalities.

Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 448,658 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,224.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The confirmed cases have surged to 170,391 in the province with 5,354 casualties.

Balochistan

There are 32,707 confirmed cases while 344 patients have died from the infection so far.

AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan

There are 33,628 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 728. On the other hand, there are 10,222 cases in GB with 182 coronavirus deaths.

Islamabad

There are 103,720 cases in the capital city while 895 people have lost their lives.