F-22P Zulfiquar class frigate

The F-22P frigate PNS Zulfiquar
Class overview
Name:	Zulfiquar (Sword) class
Builders:	Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works, Karachi
Operators:	Pakistan Navy (PN)
Preceded by:	Type 053H3 frigate
Cost:	USD$175 million
Planned:	4
Completed:	4
Active:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Frigate
Displacement:	2,500 tonnes (standard) 3,144 tonnes (full load)
Length:	123.2 m (404 ft)
Beam:	13.8 m (45 ft)
Draught:	3.76 m (12.3 ft)
Propulsion:	CODAD (Combined Diesel and Diesel) 4 × Pielstick 16PA6STC @ 5,1 MW 4 × MTU diesels generator set 8V396TE54 @ 680 kW
Speed:	29 kn (54 km/h) maximum
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km)
Complement:	170 crew
Sensors and processing systems:	SUR 17 air surveillance radar SR-60 air/surface search radar KH 2007 navigation radar Atlas ASO-94 Hull Mounted Sonar Type 347 CIWS fire-control radar CIWS electro-optical director Radar warning receiver suite
Electronic warfare & decoys:	RWD-8 intercept, NJ8I-3 jammer Decoy flare, chaff launchers
Armament:	Guns: 1 × 76.2 mm calibre AK–176M main gun Type 730B CIWS (2 × 30 mm 7-barrel Gatling guns) Missiles: 1 × 8-cell FM-90N SAM launcher 2 × 4-cell C-802 SSM launchers Other: 2 × 3-cell ET-52C torpedo launchers 2 × 6-cell RDC-32 anti-submarine rockets
Aircraft carried:	1 × Harbin Z-9EC ASW helicopter
Aviation facilities:	Flight deck and enclosed hangar
Notes:	Ships in class include: PNS Zulfiquar (251) PNS Shamsheer (252) PNS Saif (253) PNS Aslat (254)

The F-22P or Zulfiquar-class frigate (Urdu: ذوالفقار ‎ English: Sword class), is a general purpose frigate built by Pakistan under license from China for the Pakistan Navy (PN). They are an adaptation of the Type 053H3 frigates of China but include elements of the Type 054 frigates as well.

The first ship, PNS Zulfiquar, was handed over to the PN on 30 July 2009 and the second, PNS Shamsheer, on 23 January 2010. The third frigate, PNS Saif was commissioned on 15 Sep 2011. The fourth and last frigate of F-22P series, PNS Aslat was inducted on 17 April 2013.

Pakistan had been negotiating with China for the supply of 4 frigates since the late 1990s. The contract was signed on 4 April 2006 with the conclusion of negotiations for financing and technology transfer. The first ship was delivered on 30 July 2009, the second on 23 January 2010 and the third one on 15 December 2010. The first three were built at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai, China, while the last ship was constructed in Pakistan by Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) and was completed in 2013. The $750 million contract also includes 4-6 Harbin Z-9EC anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters as well as ammunition for the frigates. On 31 March 2015 Pakistan's Ministry of Defence approved and ordered four more F-22P Frigates.

The lead ship, PNS Zulfiquar, was launched on 5 April 2008 and handed over to the Pakistan Navy on 30 July 2009. On the way to Pakistan, the frigate made a goodwill visit to Port Klang, Malaysia, in late August 2009. Another goodwill visit was made to the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka, during which the PNS Zulfiquar's Commanding Officer Captain Zahid Ilyas visited the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, at the Navy Headquarters on 5 September. PNS Zulfiquar arrived at Karachi, Pakistan, on 12 September 2009 and the induction ceremony was held on 19 September 2009.