On 26 July, the Pakistan Navy (PN) announced that it took delivery of its third Yarmook-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), PNS Hunain, from Damen Group’s shipyard in Galati, Romania. As of 09 August, PNS Hunain was en-route to Pakistan from Romania. The…
In its upcoming fiscal budget for 2024 to 2025, the Pakistani government proposed allocating PKR 2.12 trillion to the country’s armed forces. If finalized, this would be a 17.6% increase over last year’s defence budget, which stood at PKR 1.804 trillion. Based…
On a show on Pakistan’s state-owned television network, PTV, two retired Pakistan Navy (PN) officials - Vice Admiral Ahmed Saeed and Rear Admiral Saleem Akhtar - discussed the PN’s ongoing acquisition of Hangor-class (S26) submarines from China. Adm. Saeed highlighted that the…
In 2015 the PN initiated a significant program to both modernize and expand its surface and sub-surface fleets. The process started with a contract to acquire eight S26 air-independent propulsion (AIP)-equipped submarines (SSP) from China in 2015. This was followed by the…
Admiral Ashraf will inherit an expansive modernization effort across the PN’s surface, sub-surface, and aviation domains, one that is arguably unprecedented in scope and complexity in the PN’s history.