Global InformationPakistan Navy information
| Pakistan Navy | |
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| پاکستان بحریہ | |
 Crest of Pakistan Navy | |
| Founded | 14 August 1947 (76 years, 8 months ago) |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Type | Navy |
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| 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!)[3] (Qur'an, 3:173) |
| Colours | |
| Anniversaries | Navy Day: 8 September |
| Fleet | List of active Pakistan Navy ships |
| Engagements | See list:
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| Website | Pak Navy Website |
| Commanders | |
| Commander-in-Chief |  President Asif Ali Zardari |
| Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff |  General Sahir Shamshad Mirza |
| Chief of the Naval Staff |  Adm. Naveed Ashraf[4] |
| 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 uniform naval warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The President of Pakistan is the Supreme Commander of the Navy. 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. It was established in August 1947, following the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom.[5]
Its primary objective is to ensure the defence of the sea lines of communication of Pakistan and to safeguard Pakistan's maritime interests by executing national policies through the exercise of military effect, diplomatic and humanitarian activities in support of these objectives.[6][7] 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 privacy off the coasts.[8][9]
The Pakistan Navy is a volunteer force which has been in conflict with neighbouring India twice on its sea borders, and 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.[10]: 88 The Navy has several components including the Naval Aviation, Marines, and the Maritime Security Agency (a coast guard).[11][12][13] Since its commencement on 14 August 1947, 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.[14]
The Navy is commanded by the Chief of the Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, who is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. The Chief of Naval Staff is nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the President of Pakistan. The current Chief is Admiral Naveed Ashraf who was appointed on 7 October 2023.[15] Admiral Naveed Ashraf is the 23rd Chief of the Pakistan Navy, taking charge after Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi.[16]
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- ^ Zahra-Malik, Mehreen; Macfie, Nick (10 January 2017). "Pakistan fires 'first submarine-launched nuclear-capable missile'". Reuters. Islamabad. Reuters Pakistan Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Tribune, EMEA (7 October 2020). "Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi is new chief of Pakistan Navy". EMEA Tribune. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
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