Pakistan Navy ship and submarine to visit Oman

Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Jurrat and submarine Khalid will visit the Sultanate from February 23 to 26.

The flotilla is commanded by Commodore Ahmed Saeed, who will hold meetings with Oman military and civil authorities, the Embassy of Pakistan in Muscat said in a press release. While berthed at Port Sultan Qaboos, the ship and the submarine will be open to visitors.

PNS Jurrat is a missile boat acquired from China and commissioned in Pakistan Navy in 1981. The new multi-purpose auxiliary craft with enhanced capabilities was launched in 2002 at Karachi Shipyard and commissioned in February 2006.

PNS Khalid is the first of the Agosta 90-B class submarines acquired by Pakistan Navy from France, and was inducted into the fleet in December 1999.