The Pakistan Navy has played an integral part in the civil society of Pakistan , almost since its inception . In 1996 , General Jehangir Karamat described Pakistan armed forces ' relations with the society : In times of national calamities and emergencies , the Pakistan Navy has been deployed in relief operations and nation building programs in the country . In 2004 , a tactical task force under then-Commodore Asif Sandila coordinated the peacetime relief operations in Maldives , Sri Lanka , Indonesia , and Bangladesh when the underwater earthquake caused a tsunami and struck the South Asian nations . In 2005 , the Navy deployed the PNS '' Badr ( D-184 ) '' to help assists the relief efforts for the earthquake that struck the northern part of the country on October 2005
underwater earthquake caused a tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
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