The Pakistan Navy will take over command of the multinational CTF-151 naval force next month, right after the AMAN 2025 Flagship Maritime Exercise.
The Pakistan Navy-led CTF-151 will be operating in the Gulf of Aden and protecting the global maritime flow from piracy.
A variety of countries assign vessels, aircraft, and personnel to the task force, with a specific counter-piracy mission-based mandate.
CTF 151’s mission is to take actions, within its area of operations, to directly suppress piracy outside territorial waters of Coastal States, target trafficking of humans and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing by gathering and sharing information;
provide task force input into Information and Strategic Communications effects; and conduct Key Leader Engagements and Maritime Security Enhancement Training activities, in order to contribute to deter illicit non-state actors from the use of the high seas, develop capacity for regional leadership and reassure the international community.