Sri Lanka has allowed Pakistan’s Chinese-constructed frigate warship PNS Taimur to make a port name in Colombo at the same time as on its manner to enroll in the Pakistan Navy in Karachi on August 15 after the Bangladesh authorities denied it permission to dock at Chattogram Port.
The docking of the Chinese-made Pakistani warship at Sri Lankan port got here days after Colombo entreated Beijing to defer the go to of a Chinese studies vessel on the strategic Hambantota port after India’ expressed safety concerns.
The warship changed into to anchor outdoor the Chattogram port from August 7 to ten on its adventure from Shanghai to Karachi. The Sheikh Hasina authorities in Bangladesh denied permission to PNS Taimur as August is a month of mourning for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina whose father Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rehman changed into assassinated on August 15, 1975.
“The warship that’s ready with laser guided missiles is now anchored on the Colombo port after the Sri Lankan authorities gave it permission,” an reliable stated.
“It will now depart Colombo port on twelfth August for Karachi,” he stated.
PNS Taimur which has been constructed at China’s Dong port in Shanghai and is predicted to attain Karachi on August 15. The warship additionally took element in physical games in Malaysia and Cambodia alongside its adventure to Karachi.
This deliver changed into commissioned via way of means of the Pakistan Navy at Hudong Zhonghua (HZ) Shipyard, China, Pakistan Navy stated on 23 June. PNS Taimur is the second one deliver of 4 Type 054 A/P Frigates built for the Pakistan Navy.
The first 054 A/P Frigate PNS TUGHRIL joined PN Fleet in January 2022, at the same time as any other frigates of the equal magnificence are currently beneathneath creation in China, Sri Lanka each day the Ceylon Today reported.
PNS Taimur is a technologically superior and rather succesful sea asset having hi-tech guns and sensors, today’s fight control and digital conflict device to combat beneathneath multi-hazard environments, it stated.