Pakistan on Tuesday gifted the historic lead ship PNS TARIQ to Britain as a goodwill gesture.
In response to the Pakistan Navy, the Switch Settlement Signing Ceremony for the ex-Pakistan Navy Ship TARIQ to Falls of Clyde Worldwide of United Kingdom was organised at Pakistan Excessive Fee in London.
Chief of the Naval Workers Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi graced the ceremony as Chief Visitor. Former First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Workers Royal British Navy, Admiral Lord Alan West attended the ceremony as Visitor of Honour.
Ex PNS TARIQ was previously decommissioned by Pakistan Navy on Aug 4, 2023 and has been gifted by the Pakistani authorities to a UK based mostly agency Falls of Clyde Worldwide that plans to transform the ship right into a floating museum. The ship will likely be on static show at Clyde Maritime Heritage Centre in Glasgow as an emblem of widespread naval heritage of the Royal and Pakistan navies.
Talking on the event, Admiral Lord Alan West mentioned that the shut relationship between the navies and nations of Pakistan and UK are clearly proven by the historic settlement centered on one ship that served each every international locations over a few years.
Addressing on the ceremony, Chief of the Naval Workers Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi acknowledged the meritorious companies of PNS TARIQ for the defence of Pakistan. The chief visitor hoped that handing over of TARIQ to FOCI will additional strengthen the bonds of friendship between UK and Pakistan because the ship will proceed to represent the shared maritime heritage of each the navies in occasions to return.
The historic ship served within the Royal Navy as HMS AMBUSCADE for 18 years and took part within the Falklands Warfare earlier than being inducted and re-commissioned in Pakistan Navy as PNS TARIQ in 1993. The ship served for over three a long time in PN & distinguished herself on many operational deployments, incomes the popularity of a flexible, agile and ever-ready fight ship.