24°47′24″N66°58′47″E / 24.79000°N 66.97972°E /24.79000; 66.97972
| PNS Qasim | |
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 Badge of PMS Qasim | |
| Active | 1990; 35 years ago (1990) |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Branch |  Pakistan Navy |
| Type | Naval Base |
| Garrison/HQ | Manora Island,Sindh, Pakistan |
| Nickname(s) | QASIM |
ThePakistan Navy Station Qasim (reporting name:PNS Qasim), is a naval base located inManora Island, off theKarachi coast in Sindh, Pakistan.[1]
While serving as a militarylogistics base for the Pakistan Marines, PNSQasim also provides initial military training to Pakistan Marines, a maritime land warfare branch of thePakistan Navy. The base is named after the Arab generalMuhammad bin Qasim who conqueredDaybul and the coastal areas of Sindh around 712 CE.[2]
On 14 April 1990, thePakistan Navy re-formed and re-commissioned its land-based maritime fighting unit asPakistan Marines to address and provide a coastal defense by headquartering itFort Manora in Manora Island, off the Karachi coast.[3] Originally, the Marines were formed in 1971 to provide a company strength unit to theEastern Command based in formerEast-Pakistan.[3] Initially started inPNS Dhaka, it was roughly modeled on the BritishRoyal Marines and mandate to conduct the riverine andamphibious military operations but lost its prominence in 1974.[3]
Addressing the need for coastal defense, the 1st Marines Battalion were formed by the Navy inPNS Himalaya and later Navy moved the Marines permanently in PNS Qasim in Manora Island on 25 November 1990.[3][4]
TheMarines Training Centre (MTC) is an initial military training school to provide basic and advanced training for thePakistan Marines. The Marines Training Centre was established in 1990 with the Pakistan Army's instructors were the first faculty to serve on. Since 2000, the navy has been running the training operations though the army's instructors still continue to provide advanced instruction as faculty members.[5]
Since 1998, the Marines Training Centre also serves as the headquarters of the Naval Police, and conducts basic and refresher training for navy's military police units.[3]
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