We should be bold, innovative, pragmatic and safe in conduct of Naval operations: Chief of the Naval Staff

Karachi, May 02, 2013 (PPI-OT): Pakistan Navy’s Annual Safety Review for the year 2012 was held at Bahria Auditorium today. Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila was the chief guest on the occasion. The safety review is held every year with aim to monitor the safety standards at various Pakistan Navy units and to create safety awareness and safety culture. Through detailed analysis of past incidents, pertinent lessons are drawn based on which active measures are initiated to avoid recurrence.

Addressing the ceremony, Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila, expressed his satisfaction over the positive change of enhanced safety culture within Pakistan Navy. The Naval Chief said that safety and operational preparedness complement each other in the optimum execution of naval operations and the best solution for being safe is to be conscious of hazards during all evolutions. We cannot afford to put to harm precious lives and costly equipment by ignoring safety rules.

The Naval Chief was assertive of the fact that adopting safety as a habit a culture or more aptly a way of life is of utmost importance. We should lead by examples so that our future generations take safety as a by-product of good performance. He urged all those responsible for the training to give due focus to this aspect and aim to produce a well trained and safety conscious personnel for the field.

He reiterated that we are a developing country and the nation spends significant amount of its resources to support the Armed Forces. Regardless of the resource management at national level, resource constraint will continue to be faced, hence we must remain mindful of this factor and avoid wastage/loss in our daily working.

He re-emphasized that resources will always be limited; we must make up for these limitations with better training and enhanced safety consciousness. On the other hand, it is equally important to understand that safety concerns should not make us timid.

We should be bold, innovative, pragmatic and yet safe in conduct of Naval operations. Our goal should be a safe and efficient Navy. Earlier, Commander Pakistan Fleet, Rear Admiral Khan Hasham Bin Saddique, received the Chief Guest on his arrival at Bahria Auditorium. In the end, the Chief Guest gave away the safety trophies and congratulated all the safety winners.

For more information, contact:
Lieutenant Commander Shakeel Ahmad
Assistant Director
Directorate of Public Relations
Pakistan Navy
Tel: +9221 2006 3210
Cell: +92333 217 1764 and +92300 217 1038