KARACHI: The Pakistan Navy’s Annual Safety Review for the year 2016 was held at Bahria Auditorium on Thursday. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah was Chief Guest on the occasion.
The safety review is held every year with the aim to create safety awareness and inculcate safety culture among naval personnel which provides a road map to further enhance the safe working environment in Pakistan Navy.
Admiral Zakaullah while addressing the audience, expressed his satisfaction over the adherence to safety culture in the Pakistan Navy. The Naval Chief further added that a Safety Review is actually a process of self accountability which helps to evaluate and gauge the safety standards in light of the occurrences of in previous years. The Naval Chief highlighted that during war or peace time, safety and professionalism complement each other in the successful execution of naval operations. However, besides the constraint of resources, provision of war equipment entails that we must be mindful of safety protocols in order to keep precious lives and costly equipment safer during all evolutions. The Admiral further said that professionalism is indispensable to nurture a robust safety culture which can only be attained through effective training and devotion. He emphasized that adherence to safety rules doesn’t mean that one should become timid and reluctant during the execution of professional duties, rather, everyone is expected to be pre-emptive and dauntless in following the SOPs during the execution of the mission.
In the end, the Naval Chief congratulated all the winners and gave away safety trophies and awards.
