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In 1975, the Navy acquired the Albacora-class submarine from the Portuguese Navy and named it Ghazi (S-134), in memory of PNS Ghazi. [75] Her loss to the Pakistan Navy through an accident was a watershed and a significant event, leading the Navy's engineering to the implementation of a rigorous submarine safety programme. [53]
PNS/M Ghazi (S-134), formerly known as NRP Cachalote (S165), was a diesel-electric submarine that served in the Pakistan Navy from 1975 until decommissioned in 2006. [2] Based on the French Daphné-class design, she was built in Portugal with French assistance as a member of the Albacora class and had served in the Portuguese Navy before being purchased by Pakistan in 1977. [3]
After the 1971 war, the Submarine Force continued to update its services. In 1975, negotiations with the Portuguese Navy led to the acquisition of a Daphné-class submarine, which was renamed PNS Ghazi (S134). The submarine underwent a major refit in France and was re-commissioned in 1977. [5]
Zafar Muhammad Khan (death: 4 December 1971) was a Pakistani naval officer who was the captain and commanding officer of the PNS Ghazi submarine during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The PNS Ghazi was sunk under mysterious circumstances while on a reconnaissance mine-laying mission in the approaches to the Indian port of Visakhapatnam (Bay of ...
Children of War, a 2014 Hindi drama film, revolves around the events of 1971 Bangladesh genocide and the liberation war. The Ghazi Attack, a 2017 war film directed by Sankalp Reddy. It is based on the sinking of PNS Ghazi during the war. 1971: Beyond Borders, a 2017 Indian war drama film written and directed by Major Ravi. [288] [289]
The Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971 refers to the maritime military engagements between the Indian Navy and the Pakistan Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.The series of naval operations began with the Indian Navy's exertion of pressure on Pakistan from the Indian Ocean, while the Indian Army and Indian Air Force moved in to choke Pakistani forces operating in East Pakistan on land.
Commander Niazi in PNS Ghazi. Karamat Rahman Niazi was born on 30 April 1930 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, British India, to a Pathan noble family who belonged to the Niazi tribe. [2] [3] After graduating from a local high school, he commissioned in the Pakistan Navy as a midshipman in 1948 in Operations Branch and initially did his training at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in the ...
Ghazi Shaheed is a 1998 thriller drama film based on the disasters that befell the PNS Ghazi on the Bay of Bengal. It was directed by Kazim Pasha and stars Shabbir Jan as Commander Zafar Khan and Adnan Jilani as Lieutenant-Commander Pervez Hameed. The film was financed and produced by the ISPR and the Navy and was filmed mostly in the Arabian Sea.