Customs revenue from Mughalpura Dry Port (MDP), Lahore, has crossed the mark of Rs 400 million during January this year, while a number of imports and exports trains between Lahore and Karachi also increased to 60 per month.
This was stated by National Logistic Cell (NLC) Dry Port Managing Director Brigadier Ghulam Akbar Niazi (Retd) while speaking at the inaugural ceremony of a training programme arranged by the Academy for Education and Training (Tafet) here on Monday.
Raziq International Chief Executive Officer Nadeem Khan was the main speaker, while TAQ Logistics Director Air Marshal Khurshid Anwar Mirza (Retd) also spoke on the occasion.
Niazi also said the Customs revenue from NLC Dry Port Thokar Niaz Beg also touched the mark of Rs 360 million during the same month. As many as 100 vehicles are, at present, engaged in the import and export activities, and are plying between Lahore and Karachi, he added.
Highlighting the importance of business ethics in the freight forwarding profession, he advised the participants to be sincere with their profession and attain technical and professional skills.
It may be mentioned that this training programme is approved by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), National Trade and Transport Facilitation Committee (NTTFC) of the Ministry of Commerce, and Pakistan International Freight Forwarders Council (PIFFC), a body of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPPCI).
The programme is aimed at providing training to the freight forwarding community in Pakistan. As many as 28 representatives from 10 leading freight forwarding companies are participating in the first module titled 'Scope of Freight Forwarding'.
The comprehensive training programme is comprising 12 modules covering all aspects of the profession such as scope of freight forwarding, packaging, carriage of goods by sea, air, rail and road, customs and port procedures, consolidation, inter-modal transport and warehousing, documentation, incoterms, documentary credits, cargo and liability insurance.
The two Tafet faculty members had qualified the instructors' workshop jointly organised by NTTFC and PIFFC, with the technical assistance of UNCTAD in Karachi.
Tafet, which functions under a trust created by like-minded freight forwarders, is one of the four institutes which has been approved by UNCTAD, NTTFC and PIFFC to conduct the training programme in Pakistan.
The institute has planned to commence the programme at Lahore, and complete the 12-module training in the next six months on 'no profit, no loss' basis. Two modules will be covered every month.
At the end of each module, the participants will be examined, and those qualified shall be awarded certificates by Tafet. Upon successful completion of all 12 modules, the participants will be awarded diploma duly endorsed by UNCTAD, NTTFC, PIFFC and Tafet.
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