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ISTANBUL: Turkey will sell four corvette ships to Pakistan Navy, Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli was quoted as saying by state-run Anadolu agency on Thursday.
Turkey said last year it had signed a memorandum of understanding for the sale, and Mr Canikli said the tender was now finalised.
He described it as Turkey’s biggest single military export deal and “a very important day” for the defence industry.
Published in Dawn, July 6th, 2018
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Jul 06, 2018 09:54am
Question is how these ships will be paid when Pakistan so low foreign reserve and trying borrow money.
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Jul 06, 2018 11:46am
Long live Turkey and Pakistan friendship...
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Jul 06, 2018 11:55am
I wonder when will Pakistan make it's own stuff.
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Jul 06, 2018 02:34pm
Priorities!
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Jul 06, 2018 06:04pm
Turkey is not known shipbuilding nation. Second hand ships? At what price?
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Jul 07, 2018 03:15am
Earlier a power generation ship was lease out to Pakistan, return without service to Karachi. Normally Turkish products are expensive. Let us hope the ships in instant case are in better shape, and serve Pak Navy for its expanding roles in Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean. Exclusively Pak has the longest coast along Arabian Sea,
and after Gwadar- CPEC joint ventures with China, the Pak Navy horizon of responsibility has widened. Pak Navy can built atleast 10 more Naval Ports along the natural deep sea line. It may buy unspecified numbers of Missile Gun Boats,
to monitor the coastal region, and modern submarines.
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Jul 07, 2018 03:29am
If these are new ships to be build for Pakistan Navy, then I hope deal includes involving Pakistani engenieers in designing and construction of these ships. Ideally. 1 or 2 ships should be build in Pakistan.
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Jul 07, 2018 08:28am
@Farhaz - it's not free then what to cheer about?
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