Pakistan Navy inaugurates maritime Centre of excellence amid closing ceremony of 3rd maritime security workshop at PN War College Lahore.

ISLAMABAD -- Closing Ceremony of 3rd Maritime Security Workshop 2019 (MARSEW-19) organized by Pakistan Navy under the theme "Economic Prosperity through Blue Economy", was held at Pakistan Navy War College, Lahore.

Governor Punjab, Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Vice Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Muhammad Fayyaz Gilani was present at the impressive closing ceremony. During the ceremony, Chief Guest also inaugurated Maritime Centre of Excellence at Pakistan Navy War College. Spanning over nine days, the Maritime Security Workshop was conducted in two phases and was attended by parliamentarians, senior bureaucrats, academicians and representatives from media besides senior officers from the armed forces.

The first phase entailed on-campus academic discourses; wherein, prominent speakers, scholars and academia dilated upon security dynamics in Indian Ocean Region, challenges and opportunities in Pakistan's maritime sector, Blue Economy and its contribution towards Pakistan's economic prosperity and importance of Gwadar port in China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

During the second phase, the participants of MARSEW-19 visited Naval Headquarters at Islamabad, Creeks areas of Sindh, Coastal areas of Baluchistan including Gwadar Port, Jinnah Naval Base Ormara and were briefed on CPEC related maritime projects and Pakistan Navy's contribution in socio-economic uplift of coastal communities. The participants visited important organizations of maritime sector including Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KS and...