The establishment of Pakistan Marines were undertaken in June 1, 1971 to support the riverine and Amphibious operations in Pakistani province of East-Pakistan.[3] It was headquartered in PNS Dhaka under the command of then 2 star Rear-Admiral Mohammad Shariff. In 1974, Marine Corps were disbanded from the services of Pakistan Armed Forces by President, later elected Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhu
tto as the Service branch was were completely failed to achieve any minor or major objectives in the both 1971 Winter War and the Bangladesh Liberation War. On April 14, 1990, the Marine Corps were again given the commissioned in the Pakistan's Pakistan Defence Forces, and is recognized as one of her seven uniformed services as of 2000. In 1990, Pakistan Navy decided to establish the first Marine Battalion at Qasim Fort which was at that time under the operational control of PNS Himalaya. The Commissioning Crew consisted of eight senior flag rank officers, 67 Chief Petty Officers and Sailors from general Service and 43 Marines office[4] r. The base oversaw and witnessed the Indo-Pakistani War of 1999, Atlantique Incident, 2002 Indo-Pakistani Standoff, War on Terror and Sir Creek Conflict.
