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Thursday, July 02, 2009

PN sails ship to battle piracy off Somalia coast

Tariq class destroyerThe Pakistan Navy (PN) has announced that one of its main battleships PNS Badr has sailed from the Karachi dockyard to participate in the Coalition Task Force-151 mandated to suppress acts of piracy in Gulf of Aden and off Somalia coast.

Commander Pakistan Fleet Rear Admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila told newsmen at a press conference on Wednesday that the PNS Badr sailed from the Pakistani dockyard on June 29 and would reach on July 5 the maritime area in the Indian ocean in which the warships and aircraft under the Task Force-151 have been active.

The PN ship would remain stationed off the Somalia coast for two weeks and if any situation emerged the government would decide for stationing any of the country’s warships for a longer period of time.

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