The Pakistan Navy Station Iqbal (

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: PNS Iqbal) is a

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located off the

Karachi coast The Port of Karachi (, ''Bandar gāh Karāchī'') is one of South Asia's largest and busiest deep-water seaports, handling about 60% of the nation's cargo (25 million tons per annum) located in Karachi, Pakistan. It is located on the Karachi H ...

Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...

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. The PNS ''Iqbal'' serves as the command post of the Pakistan Navy Special Service Group that were commissioned in 1966. Besides serving as the headquarter of the Special Service Group (Navy), the PNS ''Iqbal'' is a submarine base for the ''Cosmos''-class submarine, and served as a submarine base since its establishment in 1968. The School of Special Operations Forces is also based in the PNS ''Iqbal'' where navy personnels are trained, qualified, and certified for special operations including qualified in advanced underwater diving courses. In 1991, the PNS ''Iqbal'' was selected to be served as the temporary operational base for the

Pakistan Marines The Pakistan Marines (Urdu: ) or simply as Pak Marines, is an expeditionary and amphibious warfare uniform service branch within the Pakistan Navy, consisting of the naval officers and other personnel to perform their duties within the Marine ...

when the 1st Marines Battalion was established before the Marines were relocated at Qasim Fort located in the

PNS Qasim The Pakistan Navy Station Qasim ( reporting name: PNS Qasim), is a naval base located in Manora Island, off the Karachi coast in Sindh, Pakistan. While serving as a military logistics base for the Pakistan Marines, PNS ''Qasim'' also provides ...

in Karachi coast.

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