Pakistan freight, in numbers

Drawn from the government's own policy documents, which are blunter about the sector than anyone else is.

13%

Share of GDP from transport and logisticsAnd 5.3% of all jobs. This is not a niche of the economy.

300,000+

Registered trucks and trailers, 2021There were 800 at independence in 1947.

12%

Share of the fleet that is articulatedInternational practice for long-haul traffic puts the figure at 50% or above.

95%

Share of national freight moving through two portsKarachi Port and Port Qasim, together.

20–25

Trucks required to count as a “fleet operator”That is the policy's own threshold. Everyone below it is classed as a “market transporter” — which is almost everyone.

155.9M

Mobile broadband subscriptions62.3% of the population, on 204.8M total cellular subscriptions.

A fragmented fleet, two chokepoints, and a smartphone in nearly two thirds of the country's hands. The sensing layer for this market is already deployed and already paid for. What is missing is not hardware.