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Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Pakistan are areas designated by the government of Pakistan to promote industrial growth and attract investment. In Pakistan, the SEZ Act was established on 13 September 2012, alongside the subsequent notification of SEZ Rules within the same year.
There were two routes from Pakistan to Afghanistan (both were closed in November 2011 following the Salala incident [4] and reopened in July 2012). Both routes started in Karachi, Pakistan's principal port in its southern Sindh province, on the Arabian Sea.
Pakistan has carried out a number of joint military exercises with China, [35] [36] Russia, [37] Saudi Arabia, [38] Iran, [39] [40] and Turkey. [41] In 2010, the Pakistan Air Force participated in the multinational air exercise called Exercise Red Flag at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. [42] [43] They sent several F-16s across the Atlantic with ...
Pakistan is believed to have also been forging alliances between North Korea, Iran and Libya. During the Iran–Iraq War, North Korea and Pakistan supported Iran.North Korean made weapons and military equipment were shipped to the Pakistani port city of Karachi from where they were transported by land and escorted by the Pakistan armed forces to the Iranian border.
Jackson Market, also known as Jackson Bazaar, (Urdu: جیکسن مارکیٹ) is a flea market located in Keamari, Karachi. [1] [2] It is known as a marketplace of second-hand goods and is popular among lower-middle class of Karachi. [1] [3] It is also sometimes called black market because of smuggled goods sold there. [4]
In 2015 the Pakistan Army ordered 12 Bell AH-Z Viper attack helicopters, with an option of 3 more to replace its aging AH-1F Cobras. Following cancellation of $300 million military aid to Pakistan by the US government, the helicopters were put into storage at Davis-Monthan AFB , Arizona .
With the United States' assistance, Pakistan established the National Command Authority (NCA) on the line of U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and uses its Megaport Program at the Port Qasim in Karachi which it deployed the radiation monitoring and imaging equipment monitored by a Pakistani central alarm station. [18]
PAF Base Masroor (ICAO: OPMR) is the largest airbase operated by the Pakistan Air Force.It is located in the Mauripur area of Karachi, in the Sindh province. [1]The base was originally known as RIAF Base Mauripur (1940-47), RPAF Station Mauripur (1947-56), and after 23 March 1956, as PAF Station Mauripur.