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JINNAH NAVAL BASE AT ORMARA COMPLETED AT A COST OF 4.5-BILLION RUPEES WAS INAUGURATED TODAY.

June 22, 2000 at 1800 hrs. National News Bureau

THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE GENERAL PERVEZ MUSHARRAF INAUGURATED THE JINNAH NAVAL BASE AT ORMARA TODAY. COMPLETED AT A COST OF 4.5-BILLION RUPEES IT IS SITUATED 240 KILOMETERS FROM KARACHI, THIS WILL BE THE SECOND NAVAL BASE OF PAKISTAN WHICH WILL PROVIDE BERTHING FACILITIES TO EIGHT SHIPS AND FOUR SUBMARINES. IN HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE REITERATED THAT PAKISTAN IS A PEACE LOVING COUNTRY WITH NO OFFENSIVE DESIGNS AGAINST ANYONE, HOWEVER, WE WILL DEFEND OUR NATIONAL INTERESTS MOST JEALOUSLY WITH ALL THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES. HE SAID THAT OUR NEIGHBOUR, TO THE EAST, UNFORTUNATELY ASPIRES TO DOMINATE NOT ONLY THE ARABIAN SEA, BUT ALSO INDIAN OCEAN AND FOR THIS IT IS BUILDING UP ITS NAVY MUCH BEYOND ITS REQUIREMENTS. GENERAL PERVEZ MUSHARRAF SAID THESE HEGEMONISTIC DESIGNS HAVE SERIOUS MILITARY, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS FOR PAKISTAN. HE SAID, IT IS DUE TO THESE DESIGNS, IT HAD BECOME IMPERATIVE FOR US TO PROVIDE THE NAVY WITH AN ALTERNATIVE NAVAL BASE TO COUNTER THE THREAT POSED TO OUR MARITIME FRONTIERS AND ASSETS. HE SAID THAT THE COMPLETION OF THIS SECOND NAVAL BASE OF THE COUNTRY FOR OUR NAVY WILL OPEN MANY NEW STRATEGIC, OPERATIONAL AND ECONOMICAL AVENUES, WHICH WILL GO A LONG WAY IN ACHIEVING OUR MARITIME AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. GENERAL PERVEZ MUSHARRAF SAID THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS HARBOUR WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT AND IT WILL BRING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL UPLIFT NOT ONLY ON THE TURN OF ORMARA BUT ALSO ON ENTIRE COASTAL AREAS. HE HOPED THAT JINNAH NAVAL BASE WILL PROVIDE A LOT FOR NAVAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. GENERAL PERVEZ MUSHARRAF ANNOUNCED THAT THE WORK ON COASTAL ROAD WILL COMMENCE FROM NEXT MONTH AND DECISION TO COMPLETE DEEP WATER SEA PORT HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN AND WORK IN THIS REGARD WOULD START SHORTLY. GENERAL PERVEZ MUSHARRAF SAID THAT COASTAL AREAS HAVE LOT OF POTENTIAL AND WE CAN MAKE PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES AND TOURISM OF THIS AREA. HE SAID THAT IT IS HEARTENING TO NOTE THAT PAKISTAN NAVY IS PROVIDING EDUCATION AND HEALTH FACILITIES TO THE PEOPLE OF ORMARA TOWNSHIP. HE LAUDED THE ROLE OF TURKISH FIRM STFA FOR THEIR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NAVAL BASE. THE STATE MINISTER OF TURKEY FARUK BAL EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR MORE COLLABORATION BETWEEN TURKEY AND PAKISTAN IN THE ECONOMICAL FIELD. COMMANDER PAKISTAN FLEET REAR ADMIRAL TAJ MOHAMMAD KHATTAK SAID THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF JINNAH NAVAL BASE IS A LANDMARK TO PAKISTAN NAVY.