Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Steel cutting ceremony of PN ship held

By Masood Sattar Khan
(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The steel cutting ceremony of MILGEM Class Corvettes, to be constructed for Pakistan Navy, was held at the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KS&EW) on June 9. 

The Managing Director, KS&EW, Admiral (rtd) Ather Saleem, was the chief guest on the occasion, Rear Admiral M Arshad Javed, Spokesperson and Director General Public Relations, Pakistan Navy, tweeted. 

The keel laying ceremony of the first MILGEM class Corvette for PN was held at Istanbul Naval Shipyard Turkey earlier this month. The contract for four corvettes for Pakistan Navy with transfer of technology was signed with ASFAT Turkish State-owned defence firm in Islamabad. 

The contract entails construction of two ships will be built in Turkey while the remaining two will be developed at the KS&EW with transfer of technology.

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