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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Gilani assures full support to strengthen Pakistan NavyISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, on Monday, said government would continue to extend full support to strengthen defence capabilities of the Pakistan Navy.
He was talking to the newly appointed Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Asif Sandila at the Prime Minister’s House.
Prime minister asked the naval chief to continue the policy of induction of women as officers and sailors in the Pakistan Navy as his government did not believe in gender discrimination and was committed to mainstream them in nation-building. The prime minister also directed the naval chief to encourage recruitment of Baloch youth in the navy like Pakistan Army that had recruited around 6,000 people of the province.
The prime minister said the Pakistan Navy should also open up recruitment centres, educational institutions and hospitals in remote and less developed areas of the country, especially in Balochistan, Sindh and southern Punjab. The prime minister said completion of the road between Gwadar and Ratodero would connect the port city with the rest of the country and boost trade activities. He hoped it would also increase many times operational activities at the port.
The prime minister said the democratic government was also building an international port at Gwadar to serve as a convenient aerial bridge with the rest of the country and the world.
The prime minister said he had already issued instructions that all the activities relating to the import of fertiliser and export of wheat be handled by the Gwadar Port to use its potential and also prove its competitiveness as far as operational capabilities are concerned. The prime minister appreciated the relief efforts of the Pakistan Navy during the catastrophic rains in the interior Sindh by dropping food bags in the areas cut off due to the rainwater. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk