Pakistan Navy Signs Contract to Build Lead Jinnah-Class Frigate – Quwa

On 03 November, the Pakistan Navy (PN) signed a contract with Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) to assemble the primary Jinnah-class frigate, an unique floor combatant collectively designed by the PN’s Platform Design Wing (PDW), which was beforehand often called the Naval Analysis and Design Institute (NRDI), and Askeri Fabrika ve Tersane İşletme AŞ (ASFAT), the principle contractor for the PN’s Babur-class (MILGEM) corvette program. 

Formally signed in the course of the 2025 Pakistan Worldwide Maritime Expo and Convention (PIMEC 2025), the PN said that the lead ship will be part of the fleet from 2027 to 2028. 

The Jinnah-class frigate – additionally designated AS3400 – has a displacement of three,300 tons, size of 119.45 m, and beam of 15.40 m. Initially deliberate for a combined-diesel-and-diesel (CODAD) propulsion system, the PN revealed that its ships will as a substitute use a combined-diesel-and-gas (CODAG) system (which can enhance the ship’s pace, however with the potential trade-off of much less vary or endurance).