Naval Headquarters (Pakistan)

Direct reporting post of Pakistan Navy.

Naval Headquarters

Part of Joint Staff Headquarters
Islamabad, Pakistan
Site information
Type| HQ
Owner| Ministry of Defense (MoD)
Operator| Secretariat-III Navy
Controlled by| Chief of the Naval Staff
Open to
the public| No
Site history
Built| 1975; 50 years ago (1975)
Built for| National Navy HQ of Pakistan Armed Forces
Built by| Corps of Engineers
(Construction and expansion since 1975)
Garrison information
Current
commander| VCNS Vice Admiral Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami
Designations| Navy HQ
Adm. Gary Roughead, then-U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, at the pavilion of the Navy HQ in 2009.

The Naval Headquarters, also known as the Navy NHQ, is the direct reporting and the command post of the Pakistan Navy, currently stationed in Islamabad, Pakistan.

## History

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Main article: British conquest of Sindh

In 1859, the British Royal Navy in India established its first command post in Manora Fort when Captain Thomas Maitland from HMS Wellesley succeeded in capturing most of the southern region of British India, which now is modern-day Pakistan.: 473 [1] In 1864, the Gen. Charles James Napier had built city's one of first Church and the first Lighthouse in 1888.: 475 [1]

On 14 August 1947, Vice Admiral James Wilfred decided to move the command post from Monora Island to Mules Mansion in Karachi– nation's first capital.[2]: 126 [3] Based in Mules Mansion in Karachi, the Navy's NHQ faced many problems relating to strategic communication with the Air Force HQ (in Peshawar at that time) and the Army GHQ (then in Rawalpindi), operational planning, and execution that resulted in military's overall performance failure in 1971.: 69 [4]

Recommendations accepted from the report of the War Enquiry Commission, the Navy's NHQ was shifted Islamabad to provide coordination with the Army's GHQ on 15 March 1975.: 69 [4] Initially, Navy's NHQ was housed in a government secretariat building Islamabad but later built its own headquarter buildings in Islamabad.[5]

## Secretariat

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The Pakistan Navy's NHQ is a command post of the Pakistan Navy where the secretariat of the Chief of the Naval Staff functions to ensure the ceremonial and operational command of the navy.: 86–87 [6]

There are three chief of staff branches that composed of multiple offices to oversee the administrative operations of the navy.[7] In fact, the Navy's NHQ functions exactly on similar protocol of Army GHQ.[8] Each of the navy's branches and the deputy chiefs of naval staff of the administrative branches works under the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (CGS).[9] The vice chief of naval staff, who usually heads the Navy's NHQ Staff, reports directly to chief of naval staff on daily routine basis.[9]

### Branches of the Pakistan Navy

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There are three high staff level branches of the Pakistan Navy that are headed by the vice-admirals and multiple administrative branches that are commanded by the deputy chiefs of naval staff who are ranked at the rear-admirals.: 89–90 [6]

The Chief of Navy Staff Secretariat is not considered as a part of the navy branch but functions separately as an office of the chief of navy staff.: 47 [6]

Staff Headquarters at the Navy's NHQ  |

| Chief of Naval Staff Secretariat  |

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Military Secretary

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(CNS Secy.)

Operations Branch  |

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DCNS of Military Operations

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DCNS of Projects

Dte. of Naval Intelligence

Dte. of Inter-Services Public Relations

Dte. of C4I

(OC: COS Ops. Brnch.)

Logistics Branch  |

|  |

DCNS of Materials

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DCNS of Supply

(OC: COS Log. Brnch.)

Personnel Branch  |

|  |

DCNS of Welfare and Rehabilitation

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DCNS of Training and Evaluation

DCNS of Administration

Dte. of Naval Secretariat

(OC: COS Per. Brnch.)

Source:"Pakistan Navy Organizations (official website)". www.paknavy.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

## See also

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* Joint Staff Headquarters (Pakistan)
* Air Headquarters (Pakistan Air Force)
* General Headquarters (Pakistan Army)

## References

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1. ^ a b Murray, John (1859). A handbook for India. Part ii. Bombay. p. 600. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
2. ^ Waters, Conrad (30 October 2011). Seaforth World Naval Review 2012. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78383-098-5. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
3. ^ Aziz, Qutubuddin (2001). Jinnah and Pakistan. Islamic Media Corporation. p. 208. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
4. ^ a b Karim, Afsir (1996). Indo-Pak Relations: Viewpoints, 1989-1996. Lancer Publishers. p. 200\. ISBN 978-1-897829-23-3. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
5. ^ "Pakistan Navy Command and Staff conference held in Naval Headquarters". Times of Islamabad. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
6. ^ a b c Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2002). The Armed Forces of Pakistan. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-1633-5. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
7. ^ www.webspider.pk, Web Spider (pvt) Ltd. "Pakistan Navy Command and Staff Conference". www.hilal.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
8. ^ "Navy Chief presided over Command and Staff Conference at NHQ". Times of Islamabad. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
9. ^ a b "Organization in the Navy". www.paknavy.gov.pk. Pakistan Navy Official Website. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

## External links

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