Aside from expansion of two ports in Karachi  6  BIS Review 32/2008  city, commissioning of Gawadar port, awarded to Port of Singapore for management and operation. Located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf and outside the Straits of Hormuz, this port will serve as a regional hub for energy transportation.
The Government has now developed a policy and legal framework for the Public Private Partnership (PPP) which will be supported by the Infrastructure Project Financing Facility (financed by the Government and Multilateral Development Banks). A Project Development Fund will help identify, prepare and procure PPP projects to support economically viable projects, mobilize private capital resources and float the corporate and infrastructure bonds.