A Pakistan Navy frigate, PNS Saif, completed a three-day port call in Malé from 29–31 October, while flight-tracking data showed an Indian Navy P-8I surveillance aircraft operating east of Malé on the same day. The Maldivian government and MNDF issued no public statements on the visit, which comes amid growing defence engagement between the Maldives and Pakistan.
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The Pakistan Navy frigate PNS Saif, a 123-metre missile-equipped vessel commissioned in 2009, visited the Maldives from 29–31 October
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The Pakistan Navy frigate PNS Saif, a 123-metre missile-equipped vessel commissioned in 2009, visited the Maldives from 29–31 October
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PNS Saif, capable of carrying around 215 personnel and equipped with surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles alongside a helicopter deck, is the second Pakistani naval vessel to visit the Maldives this year.
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flight-tracking data showed an Indian Navy P-8I Neptune aircraft flying east of Malé at an altitude of 18,000 feet.
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The Pakistan Navy frigate PNS Saif, a 123-metre missile-equipped vessel commissioned in 2009, visited the Maldives from 29–31 October, according to the Pakistani High Commission in Malé.
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On the same day as PNS Saif’s arrival, flight-tracking data showed an Indian Navy P-8I Neptune aircraft flying east of Malé at an altitude of 18,000 feet. The aircraft, registered as IN3, was operating closest to Kaafu Atoll, where the capital is located.
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In October, Pakistan’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, held meetings in Malé with President Dr Mohamed Muizzu, Defence Minister Ghassan Maumoon, and Chief of Defence Force Major General Ibrahim Hilmy.
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In March, PNS Aslat conducted joint maritime patrols and training with the MNDF Coast Guard, during which the MNDF deployed the Indian-donated patrol vessel Shaheed Ali, according to sources familiar with the operation.
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A similar pattern was recorded in March when PNS Aslat was docked in the Maldives and another Indian P-8I, registered as IN329, was tracked flying over Maldivian airspace from the same Indian base.
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