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China delivers third maritime patrol ship to Pakistan

The Newspaper's Staff ReporterUpdated about 6 hours ago

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KARACHI: A third Chinese-built maritime patrol ship PMSS Dasht — named after the Balochistan river — arrived here at the Karachi Shipyard on Thursday.

The ship built for the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) was commissioned at Guangzhou, China.

Its arrival in Pakistan after visits to Malaysian, Indonesian and Sri Lankan ports was marked with a welcome ceremony where PMSA director general Rear Admiral Jamil Akhtar HI(M), senior officers and families of the ship crew gathered to welcome the ship.

Rear Admiral Akhtar highlighted the need for a stronger Maritime Security Agency in the overall security environment of the North Arabian Sea, particularly in the wake of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

“It is after realising the maritime security needs that the government of Pakistan undertook this programme as a timely response to evolving challenges in our maritime domain,” he said, thanking the government for allocating funds for this project.

He said that PMSA ships would help in the economic benefits of CPEC, as the agency would be able to stand guard against the security challenges posed by “our enemies including criminal elements”.

Earlier in January, PMSA ships Hingol and Basol, also named after Balochistan rivers, were inducted into the PMSA fleet.

The PMSA, being the sole law enforcement agency at sea, is mandated for maritime law enforcement functions in all maritime zones of Pakistan, including anti-poaching, anti-smuggling, anti-narcotics and anti-human trafficking missions.

Published in Dawn, May 12th, 2017
 
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22 MAY, 2017 3:26 PM


KARACHI (92 News) – A ceremony was held in Karachi on Monday to formally induct the third vessel namely Darya-e-Dasht in Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA).

Minister for Ports and Shipping Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo who was the chief guest on the occasion congratulated the PMSA on induction of the vessel.

He lauded the services of Pakistan Navy and PMSA for the security of Pakistan Marine borders.

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On the occasion, PMSA Director General Rear Admiral Raja Jameel Akhtar said that the agency is playing a vital role for the security of maritime.

The Ambassador of China Sun Weidong, Consul General of China in Karachi also attended the induction ceremony.

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http://92newshd.tv/darya-e-dasht-formally-inducted-pmsa/#.WSK-M-uGPIU
 
Just curious where is the navigational and search radar on theses mps
 
I remember when China gave some war type ship to Pakistan's navy and it stopped at Hong Kong before going to Pakistan.
Our school took us on a trip to visit it tbh, was an enjoyable experience.
It happened back in 2011/12 if i remember correctly.
 
waiting for 1500 tons two ships being built as part of contract.
 
Not happy with the weapon system if we had to use guns better we bought lanches of wood and put few armed guys and in less amount we did that job
 
Not sure if the old opv- has life left or close to retirement and these 6 will be the total force for pmsa- anyway one of type 21 retired will also become pmsa- ship
 

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