(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Two Pakistan Navy ships and four delegations 'will continue the tradition of solid representation at the sixth Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (Dimdex 2018), the Pakistan embassy has said.
Dimdex 2018 will be held at the Qatar National Convention Centre from today.
In a statement yesterday, Commodore Irfan Taj, defence attache at the Pakistan embassy, described the Pakistani representation at Dimdex as 'very impressive. Pakistan has been regularly attending Dimdex, 'which speaks of its due commitment to the region's security and prosperity.
The delegations at Dimdex will represent various prominent defence and security agencies of Pakistan. The Minister of Defence Production, Rana Tanveer Hussain, will lead a four-member delegation, while Sardar Mansab Ali, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, will head a two-member delegation.
Rear Admiral Shuaib and Rear Admiral Zaka ur Rahman, Director-General of Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency, will also be in attendance. Commodore Faisal Abbasi, mission commander of the two Pakistani ships visiting Qatar, will represent the Chief of Naval Staff. The two Pakistan Navy ships that will make their presence felt at Dimdex are the fast attack missile craft ship ‘Himmat' and maritime security ship ‘Basol'.
‘Himmat', built at the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works in Pakistan, is equipped with state-of-the-art weaponry and sensors, including an indigenously developed, sophisticated missile system that can perform tasks in a variety of threat scenarios, the statement notes. ‘Basol', which is named after a Pakistani river, is a multi-purpose vessel outfitted with the requisite world-class technology for patrolling ports and maritime trade routes as well as carrying out search and rescue.
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