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Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) - PM approves promotions of Pakistan Navy officers

PM approves promotions of Pakistan Navy officers

ISLAMABAD, Dec 31 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on the recommendation of the Flag Officers Promotion Board presided over by the Chief of Naval Staff has approved the promotion of Rear Admiral, Muhammad Asif Sandila to the rank of Vice Admiral in Pakistan Navy.

The Prime Minister also approved the promotion of seven Commodores to the rank of Rear Admiral in Pakistan Navy.

Their names are Cdre (Ops) Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Cdre (Ops) Syed Arifullah Hussaini, Cdre (Ops) Adnan Nazir, Cdre (Ops) Shah Sohail Masood, Cdre (Ops) Syed Bashir Ahmad, Cdre (Ops) Waseem Akram and Cdre (E) Shahid Saeed, says a press release issued by the Prime Minister’s media office here on Thursday.

 

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Promotions in Pakistan Navy notified

Promotions in Pakistan Navy notified
Pakistan Times Federal Bureau

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan has announced promotion of Rear Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila SI(M) to the rank of Vice Admiral and Commodore Zafar Mahmood Abbasi SI(M) to the rank of Rear Admiral with immediate Effect.
Vice Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila joined Pakistan Navy in 1872 and after initial training at Pakistan Naval Academy, he was selected for raining at Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth (UK).

He was commissioned in the Operations Branch in June 1975. He specialized as Principal Warfare Officer from UK. He did Naval Command and Staff Course from Indonesia and M. Sc (War Studies) from National Defence College, Islamabad.

He has held various command and Staff appointments on operational sea billets, he has commanded Pakistan Navy destroyer PNS BADR and has also commanded 25th destroyer Squadron of Pakistan Navy.

On staff side, he has served as Divisional Officer and Training Commander at Pakistan Naval Academy and Fleet Operations Officer to Commander Pakistan Fleet. At Naval Headquarters, he was assigned the duties of Flag Lt. to Chief of the Naval Staff.

Director project (Plans), Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Plans) and Principal Secretary to Chief of the Naval Staff. Director Project (Plans), Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Plans) and Principal Secretary to Chief of the Naval Staff.

He was promoted to Flag rank in Nov. 2005. As Flag Officer, he has headed the Operations and Project Branches of PN in the capacity of Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Projects) at Naval Headquarters Islamabad.

In the field, he has been DG Maritime Security Agency and Commander Pakistan Fleet before taking over his present appointment as Commander Logistics, Pakistan Navy. He is recipient of the award of Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) and - Chevalier de l’ order National Due Merit - for rescue of French national in Maldives during Tsunami in December 2004.

Rear Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi SI(M) joined Pakistan Navy in 1971 as Naval Cadet. After completion of initial training he was selected for training at Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth in UK. Upon commissioning in June 1981, he was awarded the coveted Sword of Honor.

He has also served as Executive Officer of a Type-21 Frigate. He was selected as the commissioning Commanding Officer of the first ever indigenously built Tripartite Mine Hunter PNS MUJAHID, and has also performed the duties of Commander 21st Mine Warfare Squadron.

From Nov 2001 to Aug 2003 he commanded a Type-21 Destroyer. PNS KHAIBAR. He has also served as Commandant Pakistan Naval Academy. From November 2005 to April 2007 he commended 25th Destroyer Squadron.

His important start appointments include service as Fleet Torpedo and Ant Submarine Officer and Director Naval Warfare and Operational Plans. ACNS(O) an ACNS (Plans) at Naval Headquarters.

He did his specialization in Under water Warfare from Pakistan and Surface Warfare from USA. He is graduate of Royal Australian Naval Staff College and qualified Armed Forces War Course form National Defence University, Islamabad.

Presently, Roar Admiral Abbasi is serving as Chief Inspector (Navy) at Naval Headquarters, Islamabad. He is married and has a son and two daughters.

 

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No intentions to be involved in arms race: PM,2/8/2010 2:17:23 PM

Prime Minister Gilani announced Rs 50 million fund for the welfare of Pakistan Navy sailors.


No intentions to be involved in arms race: PM
Updated : Monday February 8 , 2010 1:23:49 PM



KARACHI: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said Pakistan not intends to be involved in an arms race but believes effective defence as guarantee to peace.

The Prime Minister was addressing the ceremony of induction of second F-22 frigate, PNS Shamsheer in Pakistan naval fleet here on Monday.

The warship built in collaboration with China arrived at Karachi Port on Saturday.

Prime Minister Gilani announced Rs 50 million fund for the welfare of Pakistan Navy sailors.

Gilani said Pakistan have no expansionist designs in the region but self reliance in defence sector is necessary for the country. He said Pakistan playing key role for the global peace and stability.

PNS Shamsheer is the second of the series of four ships being constructed for the PN in collaboration with China at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. The third ship is also nearing completion and is expected to be handed over to Pakistan in the third quarter of 2010. The fourth ship is under construction at the Karachi Shipyard under transfer-of-technology arrangements, and will be completed by 2013.

The F-22P frigate is a Sword Class Ship, capable of surviving in a multi-threat environment. The ship is fitted with long-range surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles and latest automatic 76mm guns. In a multi-threat environment, the ship is capable of delivering torpedoes and depth charges and also caries Z9EC helicopters. It is also equipped with advance command and control, electronic warfare systems, and a hi-tech air defence system (CIWS). The platform is fitted with long-range surface and air surveillance radars and a long-range SONAR. The frigate is 123 meters long and has a displacement of 3000 tonnes.

 

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Three Pak Navy rear admirals promoted

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Navy on Saturday announced that its three rear admirals have been promoted to the rank of vice admirals with immediate effect. “Rear Admiral Tanveer Faiz SI (M), Rear Admiral Abbas Raza SI (M) and Rear Admiral Tayyab Ali Dogar SI (M) have been promoted to the rank of vice admiral,” according to an official statement. Vice Admiral Tanveer Faiz was commissioned in Pakistan Navy in June 1975 in the operations branch. As a junior officer, he served onboard various ships. Later, he joined the submarine service. He has held various command and staff appointments Vice Admiral Abbas Raza joined the Pakistan Navy in June 1973. He got commission in the operations branch in 1975 and won the coveted Sword of Honour. He did his staff course from the Royal Navy Staff College, Greenwich, UK. Vice Admiral Tayyab Ali Dogar was commissioned in the operations branch of the Pakistan Navy on 1 June 1976. He did his staff course from Command and Staff College, Dhaka, and earned his masters degree from the National Defence University, Islamabad. His naval career includes the command of two submarines and a submarine squadron. staff report

 

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Naval Chief Admiral Noman Bashir honored in Washington

WASHINGTON, March 18 (APP): Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Noman Bashir (Nishan-e-Imtiaz Military) was decorated Thursday with U.S. Legion of Merit award in recognition of his meritorious serivces, visionary leadership and enhancing regional maritime security.

U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead decorated Admiral Noman Bashir with the award on behalf of the American President.

A welcome ceremony was held for the Pakistani Naval Chief at Washington Navy Yard, the Pakistani embassy said. The Pakistani Naval Chief is paying an official visit to the United States.

 

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Pakistan is going to get $65 milion guided missile frigate on 31 august from USA
acording to geo news

 

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Pakistan to upgrade, strengthen naval fleet

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has adopted a comprehensive strategy to increase, upgrade and strengthen its naval fleet in order to effectively face challenges of terrorism, piracy on the high seas and incidents of illegal activities in the sea, according to a press release issued from Malaysia. According to the press release, Pakistan Naval Staff Chief Admiral Noman Bashir made these comments, while talking to reporters on the second day of Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2010 exhibition, held in Kuala Lumpur, from 19th to 21st April. Bashir who is heading the Pakistan delegation to the DSA-2010 said as part of a comprehensive strategy, the Pakistan Navy is in the process of acquiring new ships, increasing its sea surveillance capability, improving and upgrading its submarine operations and strengthening its coastal patrolling capability. Elaborating, he said navy had already acquired two new F-22 frigates from China, the third vessel is to be commissioned in two to three months time, and a fourth one is being built in collaboration with Chinese ship builders at the Karachi shipyard. Bashir said the Pakistan Navy was also re-enforcing naval aviation by acquiring long-range maritime patrol aircrafts. Two US-built aircraft had already been acquired, whereas, two more are scheduled to arrive later. staff report

 

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ASIAN DEFENCE: Second Pakistani Agosta 90B SSK to be retrofitted with MESMA AIP System from 2011

 

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A second Khalid-class (Agosta 90B) submarine of the Pakistan Navy is to be retrofitted with a MESMA (Module d'Energie Sous-Marine Autonome) air independent propulsion (AIP) system from 2011, according to French shipbuilder and systems specialist DCNS.A DCNS spokeswoman told Jane's on 20 April that the MESMA unit would be installed in the 1,760-ton boat during its first long overhaul period in Pakistan.Two of Pakistan's three Khalid-class submarines - PNS Khalid (S 137) and PNS Saad (S 138) - do not yet have AIP, but the spokeswoman was unable to say which of them would receive it.

The unit was completed by DCNS in Cherbourg and transferred on 15 April to a test site at Indres-Nantes, where it will be tested before being shipped to Pakistan.The liquid oxygen MESMA system is installed within a hull plug measuring 6.2 m in diameter and 8.6 m long and weighing 160 tons. It has a power output of 200 kW, quadrupling a submarine's dived performance at 4 kt and allowing it to carry out extended underwater operations of two weeks or more.Pakistan ordered the three Khalid-class boats from France in the early 1990s, with Khalid and Saad entering service in 1999 and 2003. The final boat, PNS Hamza (S 139), was fitted with the MESMA system during its construction at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works and was commissioned in September 2008.

 

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alrady posted - mods pls merge!

 

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Passing out parade of Pak Marines’ 34th batch held

KARACHI: The 34th batch of the Pak Marines formally joined regular Pakistan Naval Force on Tuesday upon completion of the 54-week training. The passing out parade was held at the Marines Training Centre, PNS Qasim where Rear Admiral Khawaja Ghazanfar Hussain SI (M), Naval Secretary was the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest said that in Pakistan Navy, the role of Pak Marines has always been vital and exceptional. He said that apart from safeguarding coastal installations, they were also protecting the southeastern borders of the country and providing air defence to important naval installations. staff report

 

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There is one big news about Pakistan Navy that I have recently found a place where one can find event held by Pakistan Navy held on 22-25 Feb. 2009. I hope that visiting such place can recall the memories of that event. So, check it at Navy Defence Show

 

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Indians are furious on Indian forum including Bharat BakBak after the news breaking out that IN has destroyed all documents relating to sinking of Pakistani submarines in 1971. They have always claimed that Indian Navy sank Pakistan Navy submarine "Ghazi" . Truth is now coming out that Indian Navy naver sank the submarine but it sank due to an internal explosion during mining the water off Indian coast.

Now General Jacob, an Indian hero of 1971 war is claiming that Indians never sank Ghazi. Read the article below to learn what the truth is.


The truth behind the Navy's 'sinking' of Ghazi
2010-05-25 19:09:29
Last Updated: 2010-05-26 10:24:29


Lt General JFR Jacob, (retd), hero of the 1971 India Pakistan war, explains why the Indian Navy destroyed documents related to the sinking of the Pakistani submarine, PNS Ghazi.

Earlier this month, there were reports that all documents connected with the sinking of the Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi during the 1971 war had been destroyed by the Indian Navy.

It is not difficult to conjecture the reasons why.

Back in November 1971, our signal intercept units had been monitoring the movements of the Ghazi on her entering the Bay of Bengal. The last intercept we got from the Ghazi was on 27 November. We had been passing on all intercepts to the Navy.

PNS Ghazi blew up due to an internal explosion while laying mines off the port of Vishakapatnam, probably at the end of November or the beginning of December 1971.

On December 3, I received a call from Vice Admiral Krishnan, Commander of the Eastern Naval Command, who said that fishermen had found some floating wreckage, and that he had gone to the site where the wreckage was found.

Among the debris was a lifebelt with 'Diablo' printed on it. Diablo was the name of the United States Navy submarine that was transferred to the Pakistan Navy and renamed Ghazi.

Krishnan said he had no doubt that the wreckage was that of the Ghazi and that the sinking of the Ghazi was an act of God. He stated that the Navy was unaware that the Ghazi had sunk. He had rewarded the fishermen who had found the wreckage. I told him that there was no threat now to the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, which had been the prime target of the Ghazi.

On the morning of December 4, Krishnan again called me, asking if I had sent a report on the Ghazi. I replied in the negative, saying that as it was a naval matter, I had presumed that he had done so. He seemed relieved and told me that I should forget our conversation of the previous day and that he was in discussions with the Navy chief, Admiral SM Nanda, in Delhi.

On December 9, the Navy announced that they had sunk the Ghazi on December 4, after the start of the war. Later, officers were decorated for their role and the offensive action of their ships in the sinking of the Ghazi.

After the war, however, teams of divers confirmed that it was an internal explosion that sank the Ghazi. The log of the Ghazi was recovered and the last entry as far as I can recall was on November 29, 1971. Sadly, that too has been destroyed.

The Navy had earlier decided to change the date of Navy Day to December 4, the day they had proclaimed that they had sunk the Ghazi.

But I had spoken to the press regarding the sinking of the Ghazi and later published my conversations with Vice Admiral Krishnan in my book 'Surrender at Dacca' in 1997. The Navy then realised that they could no longer maintain their claims to have sunk the Ghazi on December 4.

The Navy then went on to state that December 4, the new date for Navy Day, marked the start of the war. For the record, the war started on December 3 at 1800 hours, when Pakistan bombed our airfields.

As the old saying goes, truth is the first casualty in war.

General JFR Jacob played a critical role in the 1971 India Pakistan war as the Eastern Command Chief.

http://sify.com/news/the-truth-behin...ztj3bhjeh.html

 

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Indians are furious on Indian forum including Bharat BakBak after the news breaking out that IN has destroyed all documents relating to sinking of Pakistani submarines in 1971. They have always claimed that Indian Navy sank Pakistan Navy submarine "Ghazi" . Truth is now coming out that Indian Navy naver sank the submarine but it sank due to an internal explosion during mining the water off Indian coast.

Now General Jacob, an Indian hero of 1971 war is claiming that Indians never sank Ghazi. Read the article below to learn what the truth is.


The truth behind the Navy's 'sinking' of Ghazi
2010-05-25 19:09:29
Last Updated: 2010-05-26 10:24:29


Lt General JFR Jacob, (retd), hero of the 1971 India Pakistan war, explains why the Indian Navy destroyed documents related to the sinking of the Pakistani submarine, PNS Ghazi.

Earlier this month, there were reports that all documents connected with the sinking of the Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi during the 1971 war had been destroyed by the Indian Navy.

It is not difficult to conjecture the reasons why.

Back in November 1971, our signal intercept units had been monitoring the movements of the Ghazi on her entering the Bay of Bengal. The last intercept we got from the Ghazi was on 27 November. We had been passing on all intercepts to the Navy.

PNS Ghazi blew up due to an internal explosion while laying mines off the port of Vishakapatnam, probably at the end of November or the beginning of December 1971.

On December 3, I received a call from Vice Admiral Krishnan, Commander of the Eastern Naval Command, who said that fishermen had found some floating wreckage, and that he had gone to the site where the wreckage was found.

Among the debris was a lifebelt with 'Diablo' printed on it. Diablo was the name of the United States Navy submarine that was transferred to the Pakistan Navy and renamed Ghazi.

Krishnan said he had no doubt that the wreckage was that of the Ghazi and that the sinking of the Ghazi was an act of God. He stated that the Navy was unaware that the Ghazi had sunk. He had rewarded the fishermen who had found the wreckage. I told him that there was no threat now to the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, which had been the prime target of the Ghazi.

On the morning of December 4, Krishnan again called me, asking if I had sent a report on the Ghazi. I replied in the negative, saying that as it was a naval matter, I had presumed that he had done so. He seemed relieved and told me that I should forget our conversation of the previous day and that he was in discussions with the Navy chief, Admiral SM Nanda, in Delhi.

On December 9, the Navy announced that they had sunk the Ghazi on December 4, after the start of the war. Later, officers were decorated for their role and the offensive action of their ships in the sinking of the Ghazi.

After the war, however, teams of divers confirmed that it was an internal explosion that sank the Ghazi. The log of the Ghazi was recovered and the last entry as far as I can recall was on November 29, 1971. Sadly, that too has been destroyed.

The Navy had earlier decided to change the date of Navy Day to December 4, the day they had proclaimed that they had sunk the Ghazi.

But I had spoken to the press regarding the sinking of the Ghazi and later published my conversations with Vice Admiral Krishnan in my book 'Surrender at Dacca' in 1997. The Navy then realised that they could no longer maintain their claims to have sunk the Ghazi on December 4.

The Navy then went on to state that December 4, the new date for Navy Day, marked the start of the war. For the record, the war started on December 3 at 1800 hours, when Pakistan bombed our airfields.

As the old saying goes, truth is the first casualty in war.

General JFR Jacob played a critical role in the 1971 India Pakistan war as the Eastern Command Chief.

http://sify.com/news/the-truth-behin...ztj3bhjeh.html

Atlast truth came out.............

Not only that Indian Security forces accepted their how they faced serious damage in Kargil and 65 war.