Overview
- The Pakistan Navy’s Command and Staff Conference, held Wednesday at Naval Headquarters in Islamabad, reviewed readiness and set near-term priorities for regional maritime risks.
- Admiral Naveed Ashraf warned that tensions in the Middle East threaten freedom of navigation and could disrupt key shipping routes known as sea lines of communication at strategic choke points.
- He stressed a capability focus built on perpetual combat readiness and the targeted acquisition of niche, cutting-edge technologies.
- Leaders highlighted the navy’s forward presence in the Gulf of Oman as a signal of support for commercial vessels and regional stability.
- The forum also marked one year since the Marka-e-Haq conflict, with leaders invoking its lessons to reinforce unity and resolve across the force.