History

Surface warriors contain diverse categories of platform, which are capable of carrying out multiple roles including surface operations,anti-submarine operations,anti-air operations,protecting SLOc,search & rescue operation, antipiracy missions,CMCP & Naval diplomacy,showing flag at foreign ports of call.

The Surface warriors has been grouped into various squadrons which include:

      •   9th Auxliary Squadron


      •   25th Destroyer Squadron



      •   18th Destroyer Squadron



      •   10th Patron Craft Squadron



       •   Fast Patron Craft Squadron

      •    Auxron 21 Squadron



PARTICIPATION IN COALITION MARITIME CAMPAIGN PLAN (CMCP)

Defence forces of Pakistan are contributing actively in the global fight against terrorism. This participation is in consonance with Pakistan’s government stance to fight terrorism in all its forms and their manifestation. In the maritime domain Pakistan Navy is contributing significantly towards counter-terrorism efforts of Coalition Forces. Pakistan Navy is the only regional Navy forming part of the Coalition Maritime Campaign Plan (CMCP), which is the maritime component of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The legal basis for OEF is UN resolution 1373 adopted by the Security Council in Sep 2001. The maritime operations being conducted to restore international peace and security are also under the UN Charter Chapter VII. Ships of 25th Destroyer Squadron with embarked helicopters have been undertaking these deployments regularly.

PARTICIPATION IN MULTINATIONAL EXERCISES AND SAR MISSIONS

•    Ships of 25th Destroyer Squadron have been actively participating in multinational exercises both with regional and extra-regional navies. Major exercises include AMAN, Inspired Union, Naseem ul Behr and Thammar Al Tayyab..
•    Apart from participation in multinational exercises the ships of 25th Destroyer Squadron have been actively involved in various Search and Rescue and Humanitarian Assistance (SR and HA) operations. Flagship of squadron, PNS TARIQ, was the first foreign ship to have provided assistance to thousands of stranded people in the islands of Maldives during Tsunami of 2005.