Operation Madad was a non-combative and assistance military operation commenced and executed by

Pakistan Navy ur, ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے اور وہ بہترین کارساز ہے۔ English language, English: Allah is Sufficient for us - and what an excellent (reliable) Trustee (of affairs) is He!(''Quran, Qur'an, Al Imran, 3:173' ...

after the massive national floods hit the country. Its primary operations were to conduct

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raids to support affected areas of Pakistan following the

2010 Pakistan floods The floods in Pakistan began in late July 2010, resulting from heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and, Balochistan regions of Pakistan, which affected the Indus River basin. Approximately one-fifth of Pakistan's tot ...

. ''Madad''was the major and the largest naval operation commenced by the Pakistan Navy since the 1971 Naval conflict.

Bases and Operations

The naval bases that were involved and served as the major bases in Operation Madad. *

PNS Ahsan The PNS Ahsan ( ur, ) is a Military base, naval base located in Makran, Balochistan Province. The base is named after legendary naval intelligence officer and former Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan), Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral Syed Moham ...

in Gwader — served as the Operation Commander Center for affectees of Balochistan Province. *

PNS Makran Pakistan Naval Station Makran, known as PNS Makran ( ur, ) formerly known as Coastal Naval Air Station, Pasni, is a Naval air station and a military airport located in Port city, Coastal city of Pasni of Balochistan. It is one of the two active ...

— served as air hub for the naval air aviation *

Jinnah Naval Base Jinnah Naval Base ( ur, ) is a strategic naval base of the Pakistan Navy located at Ormara, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is named after Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah. It is Pakistan's second largest naval base. Location Jinnah Naval Base ...

— supervised the entire operation *

PNS Mehran The PNS Mehran is the naval station and the premier air–to-air/ air–to–ground training naval air station located in the joint vicinity of the Faisal Air Force Base (Faisal AFB) in Karachi, Sindh, in Pakistan. Established in 1975 with the ...

— provided air operations in Sindh Province.

Operation

Vice-Admiral Abass Raza, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff of Naval Operations, state that:" l assets of Pakistan Navy have been made safe and secured in case the cyclone ‘Phet’ hits the coastal areas of Karachi and parts of Balochistan. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral

Noman Bashir Noman Bashir (Urdu: نعمان بشير) was a Pakistan Navy admiral who served as the 18th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) from 7 October 2008 until retiring on 7 October 2011. His appointment as Chief of Naval Staff was approved by President A ...

personally supervised the operation.

References

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