ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday summoned the Charge d’ Affaires of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad and lodged a strong protest over a highly provocative and unacceptable action by a vessel of the Indian Navy in Pakistan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on 15 September 2026.
The Indian vessel carried out aggressive maneuvers in dangerously close proximity to a Pakistani naval ship while the Pakistan Navy was undertaking its biennial exercise SEASPARK-26. The Indian vessel’s aggressive maneuvers resulted in contact between the two vessels, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The incident constituted a serious violation of international law and the bilateral agreement on Advance Notice on Military Exercises, Manoeuvres and Troop Movements, 1991, and risked escalating tensions in the region, the Foreign Ministry said.
The Indian High Commission Charge d’ Affaires was asked to convey to the government of India that Pakistan strongly rejects this belligerent Indian action, the Foreign Ministry said.
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Pakistan Lodges Strong Protest Over Indian Naval Provocation in its Exclusive Economic Zone
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Pakistan urged the Indian side to adhere strictly to international law and bilateral agreements, particularly those aimed at preventing incidents at sea.
The Charge d’ Affaires of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi will lodge the same demarche with India’s Ministry of External Affairs.
Pakistan urged the international community to call upon India to abandon its belligerent posture and refrain from irresponsible actions that could further destabilise South Asia. “This region can ill-afford to remain perpetually hostage to India’s reckless pursuit of conflict and instability,” the Foreign Ministry said.
Security sources said that interfering in the Pakistan Navy’s exercises – launching their helicopters inside the ADIZ, closing closer to 3 NMs from PN ships, and irresponsibly manoeuvring in the close vicinity of Pakistani ships – all depict a continuous pattern and malign intentions of the Indian Navy
Feeling of being left out in the past conflict with humongous burden of performance, Indian Navy having the largest budget whereas performance remaining low, Indian Navy continues to engage in such theatrics to keep itself relevant, security sources said.
With embarrassment being felt at multiple levels due to their inability to protect Indian ships in the current maritime situation in the Arabian Sea, the Indian Navy was compelled to resort to such cheap theatrics in an attempt to placate their domestic sentiment and justify enormous expenditure to their political masters, security sources said.
Security sources said that the Indian Navy’s poor standard of training and seamanship can be gauged from the fact that the INS Kolkata lost control and brushed a Pakistan Navy ship.
