At the outset in 1947, when Pakistan born as a sovereign state, the Pakistan Navy
had only a few ships. The lack of expertise at that time, left Pakistan Navy with
no option but to send its officers, for training to Britannia Royal Naval College,
Dartmouth in UK. Though the training at Dartmouth was considered beneficial, but
our cultural differences and divergent operational requirements compelled us to
start our own training in Pakistan, with whatever meagre resources were available.
The training for Naval Officers in Pakistan was incepted in 1960 by establishing
the Academy on board PNS BABUR, a Dido Class Cruiser of Second World War vintage.
In 1965, PNS BABUR was required for operational duties and cadets' training was
shifted to a a part of the present premises. By 1970, the officers training needs
increased substantially due to own requirements as well as to cater for the training
of a large number of officers from brotherly Muslim Countries. This necessitated
the establishment of an independent training institution. Hence, in December 1970,
Pakistan Naval Academy was commissioned as PNS RAHBAR at Manora. Since then, the
Academy is fulfilling primary training requirements of officers of Pakistan Navy
and other Muslim countries, such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Palestine,
Turkmenistan, Lebanon, Iran, Ghana, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya and Oman. Up till now
a total of 1912 officers from friendly countries have been trained in PNA. The
PNA is the first Armed Forces Academy, which is ISO 9001: 2000 certified.
The Academy got the status of degree awarding institute in 1965 and the degree
of BSc (NA) was used to be given. In 1990, the Academy was affiliated to Karachi
University for award of BSc (Hons) degree in Naval Sciences to Naval officers.
The same status continued till July 1997. After that, split BE programme started
in which cadets are required to complete 36 credit hours at the Academy credited
towards BE degree programmes conducted at PNEC and degree is awarded by National
University of Sciences & Technology (NUST). Whereas officers in the Logistic
Branch get BBA (Hons) degree from IBA.
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