Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf visited Naval Ships at sea, creeks areas on the coastal belt of Sindh and Baluchistan to review the conduct of Naval Exercise Seaspark 2024.
He also met the troops deployed in the exercise.
Exercise Seaspark 2024 is a major maritime exercise of Pakistan Navy which is regularly conducted after every two years.
The exercise aims at planning and conducting naval operations as per wartime procedures to check operational readiness, major mobilization of personnel and practice coordination between various elements of Pakistan Navy to undertake complex operations.
During the operations at sea, Pakistan navy warships and aircraft also detected Indian Navy ships, submarines and aircraft, attempting to covertly observe the exercise and interpret PN war plans. Accordingly necessary safeguards were taken by PN.
During the visit of Maritime Headquarters at Karachi, the Naval Chief was given a briefing by Naval Force Commanders on the conduct of operations by respective forces.
Later, the Naval Chief visited Keti Bandar Post and Battalion Headquarters of Pak Marines at Shah Bandar where he was briefed on combat readiness for defence of Creeks areas which constitute the South Eastern maritime boundary with India.
He interacted with troops deployed in difficult marshy areas and appreciated their devotion and high morale.
The Naval Chief also visited Jinnah Naval Base at Ormara and Naval Ships operating at sea and expressed satisfaction on the professional excellence, high morale and perpetual readiness of Pakistan Navy to ensure impregnable maritime defence of motherland and reaffirmed the resolve of Pakistan Navy to safeguard national maritime interest.
