Ministry of Maritime Affairs (Pakistan)

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs () which was formerly known as the Ministry of Ports and Shipping (renamed in October 2017) is a Federal Ministry of the Government of Pakistan. The current Minister for Maritime Affairs is Ali Haider Zaidi and the current Federal Secretary for Maritime Affairs is Rizwan Ahmed.
The Ministry is headquartered in Islamabad and its main attached departments are in the port city of Karachi.
Hierarchy.
The Ministry is headed by the Maritime Secretary of Pakistan. Keeping in view its close links with the seaports, a division of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs is established in Karachi which includes a number of attached departments/organisations each headed by a high-grade civil servant or bureaucrat.
Role of Ministry.
The Ministry officials look over the administrative and policy matters of the Federal Ministry including policies, procedures, rules and regulations. Apart from that, the attached wings and departments established in Karachi deal with their respective domains under the administration of the Federal Ministry of Maritime Affairs.