Pakistan Navy

Pakistan Navy
Pakistan Navy
پاکستان بحریہ
	Crest of Pakistan Navy
Founded	14 August 1947; (77 years, 10 months ago)
Country	Pakistan
Type	Navy
Role	Naval warfare; Maritime security; Power projection; Coastal defence; Second-strike capability;
Size	30,000 active-duty personnel; 5,000 reserve force; 3,200 Marines; 2,000 Maritime Security Agency;
Part of	Pakistan Armed Forces
Headquarters	Naval Headquarters (NHQ), Islamabad-44230
Motto(s)	Arabic: حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ ; Urdu: ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے اور وہ بہترین کارساز ہے۔ ; (English: Allah is Sufficient for us - and what an excellent (reliable) Trustee (of affairs) is He!); (Qur'an, 3:173)
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Anniversaries	Navy Day: 8 September
Fleet	List of active Pakistan Navy ships
Engagements	See list: Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts Indo-Pakistani War of 1965; Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Bangladesh Liberation War; Indo-Pakistani War of 1999; Indo-Pakistani standoff in 2001; Indo-Pakistani standoff in 2008; India–Pakistan border skirmishes (2016–2018); 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; Conflict in Arab world Gulf War; Pakistan Armed Forces deployments in Saudi Arabia; War in Afghanistan NATO logistics in the Afghan War; War in Afghanistan (2001–2021); Somali Civil War Operation United Shield; Operation Restore Hope; Operation Umeed-e-Nuh; Sri Lankan civil war Military assistance to Sri Lanka; War on Terror War in Afghanistan (2001–2021); War in North-West Pakistan; Balochistan insurgency; Operations Near the Horn of Africa; UN Peacekeeping missions 2004 Tsunami relief operations; Operation Madad; Yemeni civil war Evacuation of Pakistani citizens; Blockade of Yemen; Red Sea crisis; Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes (2024–present) ;
Website	paknavy.gov.pk
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	President Asif Ali Zardari
Chief of the Naval Staff	Adm. Naveed Ashraf
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff	V/Adm. Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami
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Aircraft flown
Helicopter	Harbin Z-9; Alouette III; Westland Sea King
Patrol	ATR-72-500; Lockheed P-3C Orion; Embraer Lineage 1000
Reconnaissance	GIDS Uqab; EMT Luna X; Hawker 850XP
Transport	ATR 72-500

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 and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. The Pakistan Navy operates on the coastline of Pakistan in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman. It was established in August 1947, following the creation of Pakistan.

The primary role of the Pakistan Navy is to defend Pakistan's sea frontiers from any external enemy attack. In addition to its war services, the Navy has mobilized its war assets to conduct humanitarian rescue operations at home as well as participating in multinational task forces mandated by the United Nations to prevent seaborne terrorism and piracy off the coasts.

The Pakistan Navy is a volunteer force which has been in conflict with neighbouring India twice on its sea borders. It has been repeatedly deployed in the Indian Ocean to act as a military advisor to Gulf Arab states and other friendly nations during the events of multinational conflict as part of its commitment to the United Nations.^: 88 The Pakistan Navy has several components including Naval Aviation, Marines, and the Maritime Security Agency (a coast guard). Since its commencement, the defensive role of the navy has expanded from securing the sealines and becoming the custodian of Pakistan's second strike capability with an ability to launch underwater missile system to target enemy positions.

The Chief of the Naval Staff is nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the President of Pakistan. Admiral Naveed Ashraf is the incumbent chief since 7 October 2023.