Commander, Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK) is a formal title in the

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to denote the head (usually a

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or three star vice admiral) as the commander of Pakistan Fleet Command with duties sanctioned by the navy for fleet support, progressive transition of the fleet, and ensuring

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of the force. The COMPAK is also assigned with responsibilities to ensure

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and staff capabilities of the fleet such as deployment of the forces, in addition to ensure equipment capacities designed to improve "operational readiness". The COMPAK is one of the four major administrative authorities and one of the seven total commands of the navy such as Commander, Karachi (COMKAR), a major naval base, Commander, Logistics (COMLOG), Northern Command (COMNOR), Commander, Coast (COMCOAST),

Commander Central Punjab Commander Central Punjab (abbreviated COMCEP), is a military formation of the Pakistan Navy in the Northern Pakistan, covering the area of responsibility (AOR) of defending the Punjab Province. It is headquartered in PNS Punjab in Lahore, Punjab ...

(COMCEP), Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), and the commander fleet itself. The fleet commander heads

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, and other surface operations and

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designed for multiple roles such as equipments, including watercraft, weapons, arms, and naval bases.

Surface and submarine warfare

*25th Destroyer Squadron *18h Destroyer Squadron *5th Subron *Aviation *9th Auxmin *21st Auxiliary Squadron (AUXRON-21) *Auxron 21 Squadron *PNS RAZA *Pakistan Navy Tactical School (PNTS) *PNS Haider *FMG *WATT *MHQ *BEAMER

Appointment style

When a new head takes the command as COMPAK, it is literary known as "change of command" ceremony held at the official workplace of the commander in

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. During the ceremony, a

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is presented to the new head, while the incumbent officer hands over scroll command to the new COMPAK.

List of commanders

References

{{reflist Commands of Pakistan Navy