PNS Akram
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PNS Akram (Urdu: پایگاه بحریہ اکرم) is a naval base located in Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan.[1] Established in 1983 and commissioned as PNS Akram in 1987, it serves as the forward operating base for the Pakistan Navy and acts as a military depot for all naval personnel stationed as part of the Western Command.[2] The base also acts as a surveillance station from which the Pakistan Navy monitors activities at the Gwadar Port and the northern Arabian Sea.[3] It was named in honor of Admiral Afzal Akram Rahman Khan, and is the first naval base to be established on the Makran coast of Pakistan's Balochistan province.[4]
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