Overview
- Admiral Naveed Ashraf spoke to officers at the Pakistan Navy War College on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, urging a reassessment of conventional warfighting concepts.
- He said future conflicts will require a technologically skilled and intellectually capable workforce and stressed the need for greater emphasis on innovation and strategic thinking.
- The naval chief reaffirmed the Pakistan Navy’s focus on platform modernization and indigenization as part of longer-term force development.
- No new procurements or formal policy changes were announced in the speech, but the remarks set leadership priorities likely to shape training, doctrine, and procurement planning.
- Ashraf framed the push inside a more contested Indian Ocean Region, a shift that could prompt closer inter-service cooperation and faster adoption of domestic technological solutions.