Pakistan Naval ships safely escorted two merchant vessels carrying millions of litres of oil from Fujirah in the UAE to the Karachi Port, officials said.
The development comes as Pakistan faces a fuel crisis due to the ongoing war between Iran and the joint US-Israel front, which has disrupted traffic of cargo and merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
Two vessels carrying 100 million to 120 million litres of oil reached Karachi port this morning, the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) officials said.
Pakistan Navy's Operation Muhafiz-ul-Bahr aims to safeguard the country's maritime trade and energy lifelines as the regional security environment becomes increasingly volatile.
