Sustainability of shipping business in Pakistan: an analytical study of international and domestic laws

Abstract

The significance of geo strategic position of Pakistan is admired by the international community in many dimensions along with its capacity and viability of shipping business and trade. This thesis analyzes that how the state of Pakistan revamped its domestic legal framework under the ambit of international legal framework for sustainable shipping business. This thesis also highlighted the existing legal and administrative infrastructure for shipping business in Pakistan, and explored the improvements needed for making shipping business of Pakistan sustainable. There is a need of time that the practical measures should be taken by the concerned authorities and policy makers for achieving the goals of sustainable shipping business and blue economy by following the internationally recognized standards and practices, and implementation of domestic and international laws in true letter and spirit. These findings aim to help policy makers, decision makers and lawmakers to amend practicable preparedness strategies. The doctrinal legal research methodology has been followed. It adopts critical and analytical method along with qualitative conduct of the research.