Question: Name the ships that was handed over by China to the Pakistan Navy for joint security along the sea route of the China—Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)?
(a) Dasht and Zhob
(b) Hingol and Basol
(c) Liu and Xing
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
Related facts:
- On 14 January 2017 China handed over the two ships to the Pakistan Navy on Saturday for joint security along the sea route of the China—Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
- The ships named after two rivers Hingol and Basol near Gwadar.
- They were received by Commander of the Pakistan Fleet Vice Admiral Arifullah Hussaini.
- The CPEC is a collection of highway, railway, pipeline and communications projects, the sum of which create an overland trade route connecting Kashgar in far-western China and Gwadar.
- Security of Gwadar city has been handed over to the army’s new division raised during the tenure of former army chief Gen Raheel Sharif.
- The Chinese government will provide two more ships to Pakistan Navy which have been named Dasht and Zhob after two districts in Balochistan.
Reference:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1308491
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/China-hands-over-2-ships-to-Pakistan-Navy-for-Gwadar-security/article17040366.ece