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The Pakistan Navy (PN) (Urdu: پاکستان بحریہ; romanized: Pākistān Bahrí'a; pronounced [ˈpaːkɪstaːn baɦɽia]) is the naval warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The Chief of the Naval Staff, a four-star admiral commands the navy. The Pakistan Navy operates on the coastline of Pakistan in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman.
Pakistan. PNS Khalid (S137) PNS Saad (S138) PNS Hamza (S139) 2,050 tons. First submarine was built in France and under the Transfer of Technology agreement the next two were built at Karachi Shipyard, Pakistan. [1][2] Being upgraded by STM, Turkey. [3][4] As of January 2023, 2 submarines have been upgraded by STM, 1 remaining.
The Pakistan Naval Academy is "the first Armed Forces Academy in the country which has been certified to the international standards of quality (ISO-9001:2000)". [3] Quality policy of the Academy is: "Pakistan Naval Academy aims to impart quality education and professional training to cadets that fulfill the requirement of Pakistan Navy. This ...
Official website. The Chief of the Naval Staff (Urdu: رئیسِ عملۂ پاک بحریہ, romanized: Rais amlah pak bahriyah; reporting name as CNS), is a military appointment and a Statutory office held by a four-star admiral in the Pakistan Navy, who is nominated and appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan and confirmed by the ...
Naval Headquarters (Pakistan Navy) Adm. Gary Roughead, then-U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, at the pavilion of the Navy HQ in 2009. The Naval Headquarters (Reporting name: Navy NHQ) is the direct reporting and the command post of the Pakistan Navy, currently stationed in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Local rank: A higher rank awarded to a person temporarily when serving and restricted to service in a particular region or location. [1] The seniority is never considered in this rank as they are not promoted officially and without the signed approval of Prime Minister of Pakistan thus remaining the most junior two star officers in service with the payscale of previous rank.
The Pakistan Navy Special Service Group (reporting name: Navy SSG or simply Pakistan Navy SEALs, [3] [4]) is the special operations force tasked with the conducting the small-unit based military operations in all environmental formats of the sea, air, and land by adopting to the tactics of the unconventional warfare.
The Atlantique Incident was a major international incident that occurred on 10 August 1999 when a Pakistan Naval Air Arm patrol aircraft—a Breguet Atlantique with 16 personnel on board—was shot down in the border area of the Kutch region by Indian Air Force jets. Pakistan and India both claimed the aircraft to be in their respective airspace.