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Asif underlines need for effective strategy to overcome security challenges in Indian Occasion

KARACHI: Defence Minister Khwaja Muhamamd Asif on Monday said that maritime security had assumed importance due to the challenges of sea pirates, human smuggling and others in Indian Occasion.

Addressing the concluding session of three-day Maritime Security Conference, Asif said that volume of international trade had increased due to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which necessitated the need for an effective strategy to overcome security challenges.

The minister said that in modern times security of the Indian Ocean had become more important.

He said there exists the challenges of pirates, human smuggling and other menaces in the Ocean. Khawaja Asif lauds the Multinational Naval Exercise AMAN 2017 continuing in the Arabian Sea.

The conference was organized by National Center for Maritime Policy Research (NCMPR) and Bahria University.