Tragedies at sea on July 6, 2023The Adriana and Titan are gone. Onboard the first were hundreds, between 400 and 750, despairing migrants, on the latter, only five men, three of them multi-millionaires. The dissimilarity provides a glimpse of the vastly unequal world we live in. Capitalism, industrialization and globalization have not brought comfort but rather misery to a vast majority […]
AMAN 23: Upholding a Shared Vision for Maritime Security on December 16, 2022Since 2007, a major international naval exercise called AMAN (Peace) organised every two years by Pakistan Navy with an aim to improve navy-to-navy cooperation. Exercise AMAN enhances interoperability potential between regional and other navies. The magnificent gathering brings together navies from a large number of other countries. The cress manning ships from participating nations together […]
Developing geopolitics in Indian Ocean and Pakistan Navy on February 15, 2022In its introduction, the latest (2021) ‘Strategic Survey’ published by the distinguished London based International Institute for Strategic Studies notes, ‘geopolitics is driven by changes in the ability of states to use and resist power’. The first, its adds, depends on power resources, and the second on domestic resilience’. Geopolitics, the application of the influence […]
Adieu to a prescient sailor on May 6, 2021A very few individuals in the annals of Pakistani military history can be credited for leaving behind an illustrious legacy and a lasting impression on human minds. Late Admiral Karamat Rehman Niazi was one such personality. He was a gifted person by nature-an impressive blend of sagacity and foresight. Admiral Karamat Rehman Niazi, former Chief […]
PAKISTAN NAVY BOLD OPERATIONS AT SEA TO RESCUE STRANDED PAKISTANI SEA FARERS on April 25, 2021 In pursuance of established National Objectives, Pakistan Navy always actively participate in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations under the ambit of Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW). On 21 March 2021, the report of OSV MEHR (a Tanzanian flag ocean tug boat) being dead in water in Red Sea with 6 x […]
AMAN-21-The message resonates on March 7, 2021“From now onward Pakistan would only partner another country in peace; we will not become part of any other conflict, we will not join any other country in its conflict” Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, Speaking at World Economic Forum, 2020 With its tag line, “together for peace” resonating powerfully in the far reaches […]
Aman-21: the message resonates on March 7, 2021With its tag line “Together for Peace” resonating powerfully in the far reaches of the Indian Ocean region and beyond, the 42-country multinational mega biennial exercise AMAN-21 of Pakistan Navy concluded this February 16. A grand international fleet review was held in the North Arabian Sea on the culminating day. With dozens of warships representing […]
Admiral Fasih Bokhari: adieu to a sailor on November 26, 2020Admiral Fasih Bokhari, the former Chief of the Naval Staff, Pakistan Navy sounded “Ring off Main Engines” one last time. The Admiral passed away peacefully in the small hours of November 24. The term, “Ring off Main Engines” was common in earlier nautical jargon. It was an order to the marine engineering staff onboard to […]
Admiral Fasih Bokhari Sounds the Concluding “Ring off Main Engines” on November 25, 2020Admiral Fasih Bokhari, the former Chief of the Naval Staff, Pakistan Navy sounded “Ring off Main Engines” one last time. The Admiral passed away peacefully in the small hours of November 24. The term, “Ring off Main Engines” was common in earlier nautical jargon. It was an order to the marine engineering staff onboard to […]
Military duty and COVID-19 on April 23, 2020An April 20 column in the Indian press censures Pakistan for continuing with missile test firings and so called terror missions in Indian Occupied Kashmir amid rising concerns about COVID-19. The op-ed singles out Pakistan Navy for releasing area warnings in Arabian Sea to conduct missile firings. World-wide, armed forces remain alive and alert to […]