Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral Naveed Ashraf visited Naval Ships at sea, creeks areas on the coastal belt of Sindh, and coastal areas of Balochistan to oversee the conduct of Exercise Seaspark-2024 and meet the deployed troops in the exercise on February 15, 2024.

Exercise Seaspark-2024 is a major maritime exercise of the Pakistan Navy (PN), which is regularly conducted every two years on two force concepts, i.e., Blue Force (own force) and Orange Force (enemy force). The purpose of the exercise is to plan and conduct naval operations as per wartime procedures to check operational readiness, major mobilization of personnel, and practice coordination between various elements of PN to undertake complex operations.
During the visit to Maritime Headquarters at Karachi, the Naval Chief was given a briefing by the Orange and Blue Naval Force Commanders on the conduct of operations by respective forces. Thereafter, CNS visited Keti Bandar Post and Battalion Headquarters of Pakistan Marines at Shah Bandar where he was briefed on combat readiness for the defense of creeks areas, which constitute the South Eastern maritime boundary with India. During the visit, the CNS interacted with troops deployed in difficult marshy areas and appreciated their devotion and high morale.
Later on, he also visited Jinnah Naval Base at Ormara and naval ships operating at sea. During these visits, CNS expressed his satisfaction with the professional excellence, high morale, and perpetual readiness of the PN to ensure the impregnable maritime defense of the motherland and reaffirmed the resolve of the PN to safeguard national maritime interests.