Pakistan Maritime Security Agency

Pakistan Maritime Security Agency
پاکستان بحری سلامتی ایجنسی
Pakistan Maritime Security Agency; پاکستان بحری سلامتی ایجنسی
	Pakistan Maritime Security Agency racing stripes
	Emblem of PMSA
Abbreviation	PMSA
Motto	Indeed ALLAH is with us
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 1987
Employees	2,000 active duty personnel
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Pakistan
Constituting instrument	Maritime Security Agency Act, 1994.;
Specialist jurisdiction	Coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.;
Operational structure
Headquarters	HQs Pakistan Maritime Security Agency,Plot No 34-A, Dockyard Road, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Agency executives	ADM Naveed Ashraf, Chief of Naval staff; R/ADM Shahzad Iqbal SI(M), Director-General;
Parent agency	Pakistan Navy
Facilities
Vessels	23 vessels
Aircraft	3 aircraft
Notables
Significant Battle	See list Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts Kargil War in 1999; Indo-Pakistani standoff in 2001; Indo-Pakistani standoff in 2008; Indo-Pakistani skirmishes in 2014; War on Terror War in Afghanistan; NATO logistics in the Afghan War; Piracy off the coast of Somalia; Piracy in the Persian Gulf; ; ;
Anniversary	1 January;
Website
	www.pmsa.gov.pk
	Blue, Red and White;

The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (reporting name: PMSA) (Urdu: پاکستان بحری سلامتی ایجنسی) is a branch of the Pakistan Navy. It is a Navy-managed and Navy-controlled Marine law enforcement agency whose mission is to provide protection to Pakistan's maritime interests and enforcement of maritime law with jurisdiction over the domestic and international waters of Pakistan including the exclusive economic zone. The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency is distinct from Pakistan Coast Guards, which is a security force under Pakistan Army.

Created on 1 January 1987 in compliance to the UN Convention on Law of the Sea of 1982, the PMSA functions as a federal regulatory agency under the Ministry of Defence (MoD) whose command level leadership and personnel comes directly from the Pakistan Navy.^: conts. Apart from enforcing maritime law, the PMSA conduct to assists in military operations against human trafficking, smuggling, and deep sea search and rescue.^: 112

The leadership of the agency comes from the external billets appointment approved by the Pakistan Navy and its executive officer is designated as the Director-General who usually at the two-star rank admiral a senior flag officer of Rear Admiral rank in the Navy. The current director of the agency is Rear Admiral Shahzad Iqbal who took the directorship of the agency in 2024.

Since 2014, the mission objectives and area of responsibility of the PMSA has expanded substantially like to provide maritime protection to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.