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December 10, 2020
Pakistan Navy on Thursday assumed command of a multinational anti-piracy task force operating in the Indian Ocean region.
The command of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) was handed over to the navy in an impressive ceremony held at the Central Command Headquarters in Bahrain. The ceremony was attended by various diplomats and military dignitaries, including the ambassadors of Pakistan and Turkey stationed in the Gulf nation.
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Pakistan Navy assumes command of multinational anti-piracy taskforce
Command was previously held by the Turkish Navy
PHOTO: EXPRESS
Pakistan Navy on Thursday assumed command of a multinational anti-piracy task force operating in the Indian Ocean region.
The command of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) was handed over to the navy in an impressive ceremony held at the Central Command Headquarters in Bahrain. The ceremony was attended by various diplomats and military dignitaries, including the ambassadors of Pakistan and Turkey stationed in the Gulf nation.
This will be the ninth time that Pakistan Navy will take over the command of this task force. It conducts counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and the Horn of Africa. The command of CTF-151 was previously held by the Turkish Navy.