China to build four submarines in Pakistan - The Times of India: "ISLAMABAD: China will build in Karachi four of the eight submarines that it is selling to Pakistan, a minister said.
The deal for the submarines has been finalized and four of them would be built here, minister for defence production Rana Tanveer Hussain said on Tuesday.
Construction of the submarines would simultaneously begin in Pakistan and China, Dawn quoted him as saying.
Hussain did not specify when the construction would begin, but said it would start soon.
Pakistan Navy has been pursuing different options for expanding its submarine fleet. Naval officials say more submarines were needed to address force imbalance with India, which too is increasing and modernising its fleet of submarines. "
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