In late January, a government minister told the BBC that there were more than 8,000 containers piled up in Karachi\"s two ports, containing goods from medicine to food. Some of that has started to clear, according to local media reports, but much is still stuck.Pakistan, like many countries, is suffering as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and Russia\"s invasion of Ukraine, following which global fuel prices have soared. Pakistan relies heavily on imported fossil fuels and importing food has also become more expensive.