The steel-cutting or the ground-breaking ceremony to begin construction of the 3rd PN MILGEM ADA class corvette (known as JINNAH-Class) by Turkey for Pakistan was held in the southern port city of Karachi on 9th June 2020.

The ceremony of steel-cutting at the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KS&EW) -- Pakistan Navy's specialized shipbuilding division -- was attended by officials of Pakistan Navy, and Pakistan representatives of ASFAT company, Managing Director of KS&EW- Rear Admiral Ather SALEEM and the General Manager Ship building- Commodore Muhammad Jahanzeb AHASN.