ISLAMABAD – The launching ceremony of the most modern offshore patrolvessel, Pakistan Navy Ship HUNAIN (Desig), being built for Pakistan Navywas held at M/s DAMEN Shipyard Galati, Romania, on Wednesday. Chief of theNaval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi was the chief guest at theceremony, a Pakistan Navy news release said.
Speaking on the occasion, the Naval Chief highlighted the importance ofmaritime security under the prevailing conventional and non-conventionalmaritime threats to energy and trade highways passing through the IndianOcean Region.
In this context, he underscored that the Pakistan Navy had tremendouscontribution in successfully providing a secure sea environment formaritime trade since 2004. Admiral Niazi expressed his confidence thatthe induction of multipurpose and highly adaptive platforms, equipped withthe latest weapons and sensors suite, would further strengthen combatcapability of the Pakistan Navy fleet in safeguarding maritime frontierswhile ensuring maritime security in the Indian Ocean region, especially inthe Arabian Sea.
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He also commended the exceptional professionalism and dedication ofDAMEN Shipyard in putting steel into a warship in short span of time,while underscoring trust and confidence of Pakistan Navy in M/s DAMEN.
