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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 ...
In 1974, the naval base, PNS Zafar, was commissioned and constructed in the memory of Commander Zafar Muhammad Khan that now serves as the headquarter for Northern Naval Command. [69] 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]
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.
Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 Part of the Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts, Cold War, and Bangladesh Liberation War First row: Lt-Gen. A.A.K. Niazi, the Cdr. of Pakistani Eastern Comnd., signing the documented Instrument of Surrender in Dacca in the presence of Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora (GOC-in-C of Indian Eastern Comnd.). Surojit Sen of All India Radio is seen holding a microphone on the ...
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.
PNS Zarrar PNS Karrar: 120 tons Few more MRTP-33 or MRTP-35 crafts are planned. [39] Larkana-class Gun boat: 1 Pakistan: PNS Larkana: 180 tons [40] Hovercraft Hovercraft: 14 United Kingdom: 10 tons Hovercraft are mostly used by Pakistan navy marines & SSG(N). Pakistan is using British origin Griffon 8100TD & Griffon 2000 TD type of hovercraft.
Operation Searchlight was a military operation carried out by the Pakistan Army in an effort to curb the Bengali nationalist movement in former East Pakistan in March 1971. [8] [9] Pakistan retrospectively justified the operation on the basis of anti-Bihari violence carried out en masse by the Bengalis earlier that month.
The PNS Zafar, or Naval Base Zafar is a naval base located in the vicinity of the Navy NHQ in Islamabad, Pakistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Commissioned in 1974, it serves as a headquarter of the Northern Command of the Pakistan Navy .