| PNS KARSAZ | |
|---|---|
 Badge of the PNS Karsaz | |
| Active | 24 September 1954 – present (70 years, 1 month)[1] |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Branch |  Pakistan Navy |
| Type | Training formation |
| Nickname(s) | KARSAZ |
| Website | pns karsaz |
The Pakistan Navy Station Karsaz (reporting name: PNS Karsaz) is an initial military school of the Pakistan Navy that provides training to its sailors to be commissioned in the operations branch.[2] It is the largest training formation of the Pakistan Navy that is focused towards providing the skilled technical and physical training.[2]
It is located in the neighborhood of Karsaz in Karachi that provides skilled education on the subjects of the mechanics and the electronics for the Navy's enlisted personnel upon their passing out from the PNS Himalaya— the Navy's only basic training boot camp in Manora Island in Karachi coast, Sindh in Pakistan.: 81 [3]: 129 [4]
The PNS Karsaz serves to its purpose of conducting the instructional basis vocational education that ranges from the basic–to-mid–to–advance level professional courses on mechanics and military electronics for its Operations Branch.: 195 [5] Established with the assistance from the U.S. Navy in 1954,: 190 [6] the training and technical education does not restrict to the Navy's enlisted personnel but the enlisted personnel from the Army and the Air Force have been educated, certified, and earned their badges of qualifications from the PNS Karsaz.[2]
Besides providing career training to the Pakistani military's enlisted personnel, the PNS Karsaz has provided crucial training to the allied nations and enlisted members from the navies of Bangladesh, Jordan, Maldives, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Sri Lanka.[2]
- ^ Pike, John. "PNS Karsaz". www.globalsecurity.org. globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d "PNS Karsaz". www.paknavy.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ Siddiqi, Aslam (1964). A path for Pakistan. Pakistan Pub. House. p. 250.
- ^ Hasan, Masudul (1975). Short Encyclopaedia of Pakistan. Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Ferozsons. p. 203.
- ^ Karim, Afsir (1996). Indo-Pak Relations: Viewpoints, 1989-1996. Lancer Publishers. p. 200. ISBN 9781897829233.
- ^ Carter, Captain Harry (2012). The Life and Loves of a United States Naval Aviator. iUniverse. p. 250. ISBN 9781475950724.