On January 25, 2022, the Turkish engineering company STM announced the delivery of the second upgraded Agosta 90B-class submarine, PNS/M KHALID (S-137), to the Pakistan Navy in Karachi.
On Nov. 25, 2022, the PN MILGEM-class corvette PNS Khaibar (282) was ceremonially launched for the Pakistan Navy at Turkiye’s Istanbul Naval Shipyard.
On October 12, 2022, Damen Shipyards ceremonially laid the keel of the first multi-purpose patrol vessel OPV 2600 for the Pakistan Navy. At the same ceremony, the first steel plates were cut for the construction of the second OPV 2600.
The Pakistan Navy formally commissioned its second Type 054 A/P frigate, PNS Taimur (266).
During the Sea Spark 2022 exercise, the Pakistan Navy carried out live missile and torpedo firings from the surface, air, and subsurface units in the North Arabian Sea.
On January 24, the Pakistan Navy commissioned the first Type 054 A/P class frigate, PNS TUGHRIL, at the Pakistan Navy Dockyard in Karachi.
According to a Pakistan Navy Facebook post, the Pakistan Navy’s first Type 054A/P Frigate, PNS TUGHRIL, was commissioned on November 8 at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in China.
The Pakistan Navy inducted its first of three modern maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) dubbed locally as “Sea Sultan” and designated “Long Range Maritime Patrol jet”.
Turkey launched the first Babur-class MILGEM corvette for Pakistan on August 15. at Istanbul Shipyard in the presence of Pakistani President Alvi and Turkish President Erdogan.
China’s Hudong Zhonghua launched the third Type 054 A/P Frigate for Pakistan Navy on August 3rd. This is the third of four vessels on order by Pakistan.
