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HAVING secured a leading position in the country in the enterprise-level IT managed services and IT skills outsourcing fields, ABATS, the technology subsidiary of Ali Bin Ali group, has now set its sight on doing the same as IT services provider to the SME sector, a senior official of the company said on Wednesday. Talking to Qatar Tribune on the sidelines of the QITCOM.
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Govt mulls relocation of naval base after attack

KARACHI Pakistan said on Wednesday it was considering whether to relocate its Karachi naval air base after a Taliban attack killed 10 security personnel and destroyed two US-made surveillance aircraft.

Sunday’s assault was the worst on a military base since the army headquarters was besieged in October 2009, further embarrassing the armed forces three weeks after Osama bin Laden was found living under their noses.

After the attack took 17 hours to repel, Admiral Noman Bashir, the chief of naval staff, conceded that a relocation was possible.

“When the Mehran base was established 36 years ago it was far from the population.

But now it is surrounded by civilian populations on all sides, thus the security risks have multiplied,” said navy spokesman Commander Salman Ali.

(AFP)


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