Pakistan Navy

The Pakistan Naval Air Arm ever since its creation with the commissioning of its home base PNS Mehran in 26 September 1975 has been a vital part of Pakistan Navy and this force is dominated by PN helicopter fleet,...

Since 2016 Indian navy (IN) submarines tried to sneak into the waters of Pakistan on several occasions. Each time PN air arm long range maritime patrol aircraft (LRMPA) have tracked, intercepted and forced these submarines to surface and stopped...

Pakistan navy recently inducted leading ship Tughril-class frigate (Type-054AP) into its fleet with three more to be inducted of same class next year. Pakistan navy is looking to procure a small number of Z-9D for its newly inducted Tughril-class...

In November 2021, Pakistan Navy commissioned PNS Tughril (Type-054AP), first ship of its class in a ceremony held in Hodong Xing shipyard Shanghai. From visuals the PNS Tughril (261) looked clearly different from the Type-054 Alpha class of PLAN. The...

KARACHI SHIPYARD & ENGINEERING WORKS PN DOCKYARD The KS&EW held steel cutting ceremony of Warship No. 5 of the Hangor Class of Guided Missile Attack Submarines of the Pakistan Navy. The ceremony was attended by Chief of Naval Staff of the...

Pakistan Navy successfully detected and located an intruding Indian Kalvari-Class (French Scorpène, non-AIP) attack submarine, which had crossed over into Pakistan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on the 16th of October 2021. The submarine was 110 nautical miles off the...

The commissioning ceremony of the lead-ship of the Tughril-Class of Guided Missile Frigates of the Pakistan Navy, PNS TUGHRIL, will take place in November 2021. This is the third Pakistan Navy warship to hold the name PNS Tughril after...

As Pakistani military observers may have noticed in the last decade, the Pakistan Navy is being revamped, and heavily invested in, culminating in a major procurement drive that includes newer and more powerful frigates, corvettes, submarines, and maritime patrol...

On 15th August 2021, the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi and the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as well as Chief of Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy, Admiral Amjad...

The Governments of Pakistan and Qatar have successfully completed a military sale of the entire combat fleet of Westland WS-61 Sea King helicopters of the Qatar Emiri Air Force to the Pakistan Navy. The deal comprises of a total...