Steel cutting ceremony of the Navy Fleet Tanker, designed by DELTA MARINE and being built for Pakistan Navy, was held at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works on 27 November 2013. The ceremony was attended by Ambassador of Turkey Sadiq Babur Girgin, Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral M. Zakaullah, Under Secretary Defence Industries Turkey Murad Bayar, retired Lt-Gen Tanvir Tahir, secretary of defence production,STM Chairman Recep Barut, senior Turkish delegates and other civil and military officials from Turkey and Pakistan.