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May 26, 2011

Terrorist Attack On Pakistan PNS Mehran Base

PNS Mehran Base & PAF Base Faisal Under Attack.Multiple explosions and gunfire has been heard near the PAF Museum on Dalmia Road in Karachi. So far there are no reports of injuries, but towering flames are rising from inside the compound. there were around 12 blasts which were followed by gunshots. Later, smoke clouds and huge flames could be seen on the site.

 Law enforcement agencies and rescue teams have rushed to the site. There are no reports of casualties yet. State of emergency has been declared in all the hospitals in Karachi.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is staging a sit-in in Karachi at Netty Jetty Bridge. A large number of PTI workers along with PTI Chief Imran Khan are participating in the sit-in against the US drone attacks in the tribal areas of Pakistan.
KARACHI: Terrorists have launched an armed attack on PNS Mehran, a heavily guarded facility of Pakistan Navy, located along Sharea Faisal, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Sunday. 
TV images showed smoke billowing from PNS Mehran where terrorists have blown up a four-engine plane of Pakistan Navy by firing a rocket.
Five injured in the incident have so far been shifted to a local hospital.
Earlier, four blasts were reported from the area near PAF base Faisal.
Ambulances and fire tenders were seen rushing toward the base following the powerful blasts that were heard across a wide radius.
Gunshots fired from sophisticated weapons were also heard following the blasts.

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even explosions and gunfire were heard inside the PAF Museum on Shahrah-e-Faisal Road in Karachi. Towering flames arose from inside the PNS Mehran compound. Eight to 15 terrorists entered the compound suggest initial reports.
12:18am
Sources say that the initial target of the terrorists was the P3C Orion plane. The plane has reportedly been destroyed.
“This plane acts as the eyes and ears of the Pakistan Navy” says security analyst, Ikram Sehgal.
AFP updates — “It’s a terrorist attack. More than 10 terrorists are inside. They have attacked a navy air station located in a Pakistan Air Force base,” said provincial home ministry official Sharfuddin Memon.
“One of the four aircraft inside the premises has been damaged,” he added.
12:09am
American teams were working on the plane which came under attack.
P3C Orion is the name of the plane. It is a four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft.

other information Orion Aircraft
P3C Orion Aircraft inducted into Pakistan Navy . KARACHI: The induction ceremony of two modified P3C Orion aircraft acquired from the US was held at the Pakistan Navy Base Mehran on Tuesday.
Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir was the chief guest at the ceremony.
US Brig Gen Mike Nagata of the Office of Defence Representative in Pakistan, and the US Consul General in Karachi Stephens G Fakan were also present.
Speaking on the occasion, the naval chief called the ceremony a historic event on many accounts. He said with the induction of these aircraft, the capability of Pakistan Navy and its Aviation Wing would be enhanced, adding that, “We have to contribute to make the areas that surround our country on land and the sea safe and secure and that we take this as our responsibility as well as moral obligation”.
The navy chief pointed out that the aircraft would help the force in furthering this very effort. Admiral Bashir said the fully modified aircraft were capable of undertaking missions that they are designed for and with their induction, the friendship between Pakistan and the US had been cemented further. app
Islamabad – In a ceremony held on Friday, April 30, in Jacksonville, Florida, the U.S. Navy transferred two P-3C Orion aircraft to the Government of Pakistan to enhance the Pakistan Navy’s maritime patrol operations.
Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Pakistan Navy Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Shahid Iqbal; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Plans, Programs and Operations Brig. Gen. Thomas Masiello; and Director, Navy International Programs Office Rear Admiral Steve Voetsch attended the ceremony to commemorate the occasion.
The aircraft are the first of a total of eight P-3C aircraft the U.S. will provide to the Pakistan Navy by 2012, including one aircraft to be used for spare parts
During the last three years, U.S. civilian and security assistance to Pakistan has totaled more than $4 billion.  Assistance has included support for medical aid, school refurbishment, bridge and well reconstruction, food distribution, agricultural and education projects. Specific security assistance includes 14 F-16 fighter aircraft, 10 Mi-17 helicopters, more than 450 vehicles for Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, hundreds of night vision goggles, day/night scopes, radios, and thousands of protective vests and first-aid items for Pakistan’s security forces.  The U.S. also provided training for more than 370 Pakistani military officers in a wide range of leadership and development programs covering topics such as counterterrorism, intelligence, logistics, medical, flight safety, and military law.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.: The U.S. Navy transferredtwo P-3 Orion aircraft to the Islamic Republic ofPakistan in a ceremony at Naval Air StationJacksonville, Fla., April 30 as part of the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program.
“It is indeed a pleasure for me to take part in this elegant ceremony to receive the first upgraded P-3C aircraft for the Pakistani Navy,” said Husain Haqqani, Pakistan ambassador to the United States. “This represents the expanding strategic partnership between Pakistan and the United State and will fill an important gap in our country’s maritimesecurity by helping us more effectively monitor sea lanes and provide for maritime traffic in theArabian Sea.”
By 2012, the Pakistan Navy will receive a total of eight P-3C aircraft as part of the program. All eight aircraft were procured from the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) and are being upgraded with modern mission systems and avionics, which will provide Pakistan the capability to conduct maritime patrol in littoral and deep-water environments.
“The induction of the P-3C aircraft into the Pakistan Navy will ensure terrorists, pirates and drug traffickers are unable to use our maritime borders for infiltration and other illegal activities,” said Haqqani.
Brig. Gen. Thomas Masiello, deputy assistant secretary of state for plans, programs and operations, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, served as the senior U.S. official at the ceremony and addressed the audience, full of military, industry and civic leaders.
“Let us remember that the friendship between the United States and Pakistan is not an unbalanced one. Pakistan is a major non-NATO ally that has strongly supported the United States after the attack by Al Qaeda on September 11, 2001,” said Masiello. “Now, nearly nine years later, Pakistan commands the multinational coalition of Combined Task Force 150 in its maritime security operations to interdict extremists and support Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Pakistan’s stability and prosperity are in the best interest of people everywhere. Our countries’ futures are intertwined – so now, more than ever, their struggles are our struggles.”
The United States is fully committed to a stable, long-term strategic partnership with a democratic Pakistan-one based on shared interests and mutual respect that will continue to expand and deepen in future years. The United States and Pakistan share a common goal of a stable and secure South Asiaregion.
The Pakistan Navy is a critical partner nation in Coalition Maritime Forces operations and fully supports cooperative strategies in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility.
Lieutenant Yasir Abbad Shaheed 

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