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Pakistan Maritime Security Agency
The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (reporting name: PMSA) (Urdu: پاکستان بحری سلامتی ایجنسی) is a branch of the Pakistan Navy. It is a Navy-managed and Navy-controlled Marine law enforcement agency whose mission is to provide protection to Pakistan's maritime interests and enforcement of maritime law with jurisdiction over the domestic and international waters of Pakistan including the exclusive economic zone. The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency is distinct from Pakistan Coast Guards, which is a security force under Pakistan Army.
Created on 1 January 1987 in compliance with the UN Convention on Law of the Sea of 1982, the PMSA functions as a federal regulatory agency under the Ministry of Defence (MoD) whose command level leadership and personnel comes directly from the Pakistan Navy. Apart from enforcing maritime law, the PMSA assists in operations against human trafficking, smuggling, and deep sea search and rescue.
The leadership of the agency comes from the external billets appointment approved by the Pakistan Navy and its executive officer is designated as the Director-General who usually at the two-star rank admiral a senior flag officer of Rear Admiral rank in the Navy. The current director of the agency is Rear Admiral Shahzad Iqbal who took the directorship of the agency in 2024.
Since 2014, the mission objectives and area of responsibility of the PMSA has expanded substantially like to provide maritime protection to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
The mission of Pakistan Maritime Security Agency states:
"To assert and enforce national jurisdiction and sovereignty in all Maritime zones of Pakistan and to protect Pakistan's Maritime interests"
— Pakistan Maritime Security Agency,
In 1971, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) had established the Pakistan Coast Guard but the Coast Guards were under the command of the Pakistan Army and were unable to perform the deep sea search and rescue operations or enforce maritime law to protect Pakistan's maritime interests. The void had been filled by the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard that had been very active in the Indian Ocean. The Navy had to perform the coast guard duties apart from the combat service and had to deploy its assets to guard the maritime interests of the country.
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Pakistan Maritime Security Agency
The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (reporting name: PMSA) (Urdu: پاکستان بحری سلامتی ایجنسی) is a branch of the Pakistan Navy. It is a Navy-managed and Navy-controlled Marine law enforcement agency whose mission is to provide protection to Pakistan's maritime interests and enforcement of maritime law with jurisdiction over the domestic and international waters of Pakistan including the exclusive economic zone. The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency is distinct from Pakistan Coast Guards, which is a security force under Pakistan Army.
Created on 1 January 1987 in compliance with the UN Convention on Law of the Sea of 1982, the PMSA functions as a federal regulatory agency under the Ministry of Defence (MoD) whose command level leadership and personnel comes directly from the Pakistan Navy. Apart from enforcing maritime law, the PMSA assists in operations against human trafficking, smuggling, and deep sea search and rescue.
The leadership of the agency comes from the external billets appointment approved by the Pakistan Navy and its executive officer is designated as the Director-General who usually at the two-star rank admiral a senior flag officer of Rear Admiral rank in the Navy. The current director of the agency is Rear Admiral Shahzad Iqbal who took the directorship of the agency in 2024.
Since 2014, the mission objectives and area of responsibility of the PMSA has expanded substantially like to provide maritime protection to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
The mission of Pakistan Maritime Security Agency states:
"To assert and enforce national jurisdiction and sovereignty in all Maritime zones of Pakistan and to protect Pakistan's Maritime interests"
— Pakistan Maritime Security Agency,
In 1971, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) had established the Pakistan Coast Guard but the Coast Guards were under the command of the Pakistan Army and were unable to perform the deep sea search and rescue operations or enforce maritime law to protect Pakistan's maritime interests. The void had been filled by the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard that had been very active in the Indian Ocean. The Navy had to perform the coast guard duties apart from the combat service and had to deploy its assets to guard the maritime interests of the country.