On February 14, 2024, the Pakistan Navy announced the keel laying of the second Hangor-class submarine at the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) facilities in Karachi.
On 12 September 2023, Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania held a launching ceremony for the PNS Hunain, one of a series of Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) 2600 that Damen is constructing for the Pakistan Navy.
On August 2, 2023, the fourth corvette of the PN MILGEM project , the Babur-class corvette PNS TARIQ (283), was ceremonially launched at the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works in Karachi, Pakistan.
On May 10, 2022, China’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard delivered the final two China’s Hudong Zhonghua Type 054A/P frigates to the Pakistan Navy with a ceremony held in Shangai, China.
PNS Yarmouk, the Pakistan Navy’s first Yarmook-class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), opened its gates to visitors for NAVDEX 2023 exhibition in Abu Dhabi, which is being held in Abu Dhabi between February 20 and 24, 2023.
American shipbuilder Swiftships announced the keel laying of a new class of “gun boats” designed for the Pakistan Navy.
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.
The indigenous submarine development project in Pakistan has reached another milestone. The keel laying of the first HANGOR-class submarine and the steel cutting of the second submarine were carried out at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) on December 24, 2022.
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.
