{"id":71657,"date":"2026-02-02T18:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:55:38","slug":"pakistan-navy-launches-xc-guards-exercises-to-strengthen-maritime-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Navy launches XC Guards exercises to strengthen maritime security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Navy has launched the XC Guards exercises which will continue until February 9, 2026. The opening ceremony was attended by Vice Admiral Faisal Amin as the chief guest.<\/p>\n<p>The exercises will include dialogues and practical maritime drills, with a focus on the challenges facing the marine sector. Vice Admiral Faisal Amin said the exercises aim to enhance confidence in the Joint Maritime Information Coordination Centre (JMICC) and emphasized the theme: \u201cSafe Seas, Stable Pakistan\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the economic potential of the fishing industry, he noted that billions of dollars could be generated annually. He added that despite improvements by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs over the past year, marine pollution is increasing. \u201cTwenty-five years ago, our seas were much cleaner,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vice Admiral Amin said the Pakistan Navy is working with the Sindh government on two major projects to control marine pollution. He stressed that the exercises will address non-traditional threats and include practical drills for environmental protection.<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned that the vessel monitoring system for fishing boats is near completion and highlighted the need to enhance fishermen\u2019s information and capacity. Through the XC Guards exercises, coordination among various maritime sector institutions has improved.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan Navy is committed to expanding the fishing sector and reducing marine pollution through every available forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Navy has launched the XC Guards exercises which will continue until February 9, 2026. The opening ceremony was attended by Vice Admiral Faisal Amin as the chief guest. The exercises will include dialogues and practical maritime drills, with a focus on the challenges facing the marine sector. Vice Admiral Faisal Amin said the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":71658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,16],"tags":[103],"ppma_author":[213],"class_list":{"0":"post-71657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest","8":"category-pakistan","9":"tag-top-stories"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan Navy launches XC Guards exercises to strengthen maritime security<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan Navy launches XC Guards exercises to strengthen maritime security\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Pakistan Navy has launched the XC Guards exercises which will continue until February 9, 2026. The opening ceremony was attended by Vice Admiral Faisal Amin as the chief guest. The exercises will include dialogues and practical maritime drills, with a focus on the challenges facing the marine sector. Vice Admiral Faisal Amin said the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"China Urdu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-02T13:55:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pakistan-Navy.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"LORD\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"LORD\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?p=71657#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?p=71657\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"LORD\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b810315e93eecda5b41ac46529f50a14\"},\"headline\":\"Pakistan Navy launches XC Guards exercises to strengthen maritime security\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-02T13:55:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?p=71657\"},\"wordCount\":224,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?p=71657#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/Pakistan-Navy.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Top Stories\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Latest\",\"Pakistan\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?p=71657#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?p=71657\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?p=71657\",\"name\":\"Pakistan Navy launches XC Guards exercises to strengthen maritime security\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?p=71657#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?p=71657#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/Pakistan-Navy.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-02T13:55:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b810315e93eecda5b41ac46529f50a14\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?p=71657#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?p=71657\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?p=71657#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/Pakistan-Navy.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/Pakistan-Navy.webp\",\"width\":600,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?p=71657#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pakistan Navy launches XC Guards exercises to strengthen maritime security\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/\",\"name\":\"China Urdu\",\"description\":\"English Version\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b810315e93eecda5b41ac46529f50a14\",\"name\":\"LORD\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Lord-Logo-Reds.jpgd20b48a29cf1fc23863cd6029125a028\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Lord-Logo-Reds.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Lord-Logo-Reds.jpg\",\"caption\":\"LORD\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaurdu.com\\\/eng\\\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pakistan Navy launches XC Guards exercises to strengthen maritime security","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pakistan Navy launches XC Guards exercises to strengthen maritime security","og_description":"The Pakistan Navy has launched the XC Guards exercises which will continue until February 9, 2026. The opening ceremony was attended by Vice Admiral Faisal Amin as the chief guest. The exercises will include dialogues and practical maritime drills, with a focus on the challenges facing the marine sector. Vice Admiral Faisal Amin said the [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657","og_site_name":"China Urdu","article_published_time":"2026-02-02T13:55:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":450,"url":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pakistan-Navy.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"LORD","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"LORD","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657"},"author":{"name":"LORD","@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/b810315e93eecda5b41ac46529f50a14"},"headline":"Pakistan Navy launches XC Guards exercises to strengthen maritime security","datePublished":"2026-02-02T13:55:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657"},"wordCount":224,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pakistan-Navy.webp","keywords":["Top Stories"],"articleSection":["Latest","Pakistan"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657","url":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657","name":"Pakistan Navy launches XC Guards exercises to strengthen maritime security","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pakistan-Navy.webp","datePublished":"2026-02-02T13:55:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/b810315e93eecda5b41ac46529f50a14"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pakistan-Navy.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pakistan-Navy.webp","width":600,"height":450},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71657#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pakistan Navy launches XC Guards exercises to strengthen maritime security"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/#website","url":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/","name":"China Urdu","description":"English Version","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/b810315e93eecda5b41ac46529f50a14","name":"LORD","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lord-Logo-Reds.jpgd20b48a29cf1fc23863cd6029125a028","url":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lord-Logo-Reds.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lord-Logo-Reds.jpg","caption":"LORD"},"url":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?author=5"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":213,"user_id":5,"is_guest":0,"slug":"lord","display_name":"LORD","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lord-Logo-Reds.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lord-Logo-Reds.jpg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71657"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=71657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}