AMENDMENT TO PN &

PAF TACTICAL SOPs TO

DEAL WITH INTRUDERS
IN THE ENHANCED
LIMITS OF TERRITORIAL
WATERS AND THE
NATIONAL AIR SPACE
ABOVE IT
 LEGAL ADVISER / ADDL
SECY, MINISTRY OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
 DIR PLANS (NAVY), JSHQ

 ASSTT CHIEF OF AIR STAFF

(OPS), AHQ
 SEQUENCE OF
PRESENTATION
 BASELINE CRITERIA AND HOW
APPLIED BY PAKISTAN
 ENHANCEMENT IN TERRITORIAL
WATERS AND NATIONAL AIR SPACE
 OBSERVATIONS OF SOME STATES
ON THE BASELINE
 GOVT. OF PAKISTAN’S RESPONSE
TO THESE OBSERVATIONS

 OPINION OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN

AFFAIRS

 CONCLUSION
 P A K I S T A N
INTE MARITIME ZONES
RNA
TERRITORIAL SEA L WA OF
TERS PAKISTAN
CONTIGUOUS ZONE SCALE 1: 4000000
PAK- IRAN
M. BDRY
INDIA
EXCLUSIVEECONOMIC
EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE
ZONE K
PA
K
OM
AN
M
AR
IT
IM
E
BD
RY

CONTINENTAL AREAS IN SQ KM (APPROX)

SHELF
INTERNAL WATERS 17200
TERRITORIAL SEA 18000
CONTIGUOUS ZONE 35000
EEZ 240000
CONTINENTAL SHELF 57000
 DEEPLY INDENTED OR CUT
INTO
 THERE IS A FRINGE OF
ISLANDS IN THE IMMEDIATE
VICINITY OF THE COAST
 THE COASTLINE IS UNSTABLE
DUE TO BEING IN DELTAIC
REGION
 KHOR KALMAT

ASTOLA
GWADAR PASNI ORMARA
KARACHI

SIR MOUTH
 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
TO DRAW A STRAIGHT
BASELINE
 IT SHOULD NOT DEPART TO AN
APPRECIABLE EXTENT FROM THE
GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE COAST
 THE SEA AREAS BEING ENCLOSED BY
STRAIGHT LINES MUST BE
SUFFICIENTLY CLOSELY LINKED TO THE
LAND DOMAIN TO BE SUBJECT TO THE
REGIME OF INTERNAL WATERS
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
TO DRAW A STRAIGHT
BASELINE
 STRAIGHT BASELINES MAY BE DRAWN
ON ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
PECULIAR TO THE REGION CONCERNED,
THE REALITY AND IMPORTANCE OF
WHICH ARE CLEARLY EVIDENCED BY
LONG USAGE
 IT SHOULD NOT BE APPLIED IN A
MANNER TO CUT OFF THE TERRITORIAL
SEA OF ANOTHER STATE FROM THE
HIGH SEAS OR EEZ
 KHOR KALMAT

ASTOLA
GWADAR PASNI ORMARA
KARACHI

SIR MOUTH
 PAKISTAN
KHOR KALMAT
Int
ern
ASTOLA a lW
a te
rs
A GWADAR PASNI ORMARA
KARACHI

BASELINE OF PAKISTAN
SIR MOUTH
K
 KHOR KALMAT Int
ern
PASNI ORMARA al
GWADAR ASTOLA W
ate
rs
KARACHI

STRAIGHT BASELINE
LIMIT OF TERRITORIAL SEA
FROM STRAIGHT BASELINE
LIMIT OF TERRITORIAL SEA
FROM NORMAL BASELINE SIR MOUTH

K
INDIA
USA
BELGIUM
GERMANY
IRELAND
OBSERVATION
• SEVERAL PARTS OF THE
BASELINE ARE NOT IN
CONFORMITY WITH
ARTICLE 7 OF THE
UNCLOS-1982
 RESPONSE

KHOR KALMAT
Int
ern
ASTOLA a lW
a te
rs
A GWADAR PASNI ORMARA
KARACHI

BASELINE OF PAKISTAN
SIR MOUTH
K
 IRAN

12
0 NM

BASELINE OF IRAN
OBSERVATION
SOME OF THE LINES ARE OF
EXCESSIVE LENGTH

RESPONSE
UNCLOS-82 DOES NOT LAY DOWN
THE MAXIMUM OR MINIMUM
LENGTH OF VARIOUS SEGMENTS
FORMING THE STRAIGHT BASELINE
MAYANMAR

GULF OF
MARTABAN
220
NM
 90 NM

BASELINE OF
MAURITANIA
BASELINE OF N M
13 0
COLUMBIA
 IRAN

12
0 NM

BASELINE OF IRAN
OBSERVATION
SEVERAL SECTIONS OF
BASELINE ARE DRAWN ON
THE BASIS OF POINTS WHICH
DO NOT LIE ON THE LOW
WATER LINE OF THE COAST
 RESPONSE

KHOR KALMAT
Int
ern
ASTOLA a lW
a te
rs
A GWADAR PASNI ORMARA
KARACHI

BASELINE OF PAKISTAN
SIR MOUTH
K
BANGLADESH

BASELINE OF
BANGLADESH
 50 NM

UNITED KINGDOM
OBSERVATION
SOME SECTIONS DO NOT
FOLLOW THE GENERAL
DIRECTION OF THE COAST
 RESPONSE

KHOR KALMAT
Int
ern
ASTOLA a lW
a te
rs
A GWADAR PASNI ORMARA
KARACHI

BASELINE OF PAKISTAN
SIR MOUTH
K
OBSERVATION

PARTS OF THE COASTLINE

ARE NEITHER DEEPLY
INDENTED NOR FRINGED
WITH ISLANDS ISLANDS
MAYANMAR

GULF OF
MARTABAN
220
NM
BASELINE OF CHINA

NM
1
12
OBSERVATION
INDIA: WHILE THE GOVERNMENT
OF INDIA RESERVES ITS RIGHT TO
SEEK SUITABLE REVISION OF THE
BASELINE AS NOTIFIED BY PAKISTAN
SO FAR AS IT IMPINGES UPON
INDIA’S SOVEREIGN JURISDICTION,
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
UNEQUIVOCALLY REJECTS AS
UNACCEPTABLE THE POINT (K) AS IT
ENCROACHES UPON THE
TERRITORIAL WATERS OF INDIA
WHICH ARE WITHIN ITS SOVEREIGN
JURISDICTION
 RESPONSE

KHOR KALMAT
Int
ern
ASTOLA a lW
a te
rs
A GWADAR PASNI ORMARA
KARACHI

BASELINE OF PAKISTAN
SIR MOUTH
K
CONCLUSION