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Pakistan Protests India’s Arabian Sea Collision After India Summons Saad Warraich
Pakistan summons Indian Chargé d’Affaires to protest provocative Indian Navy actions in Pakistan's EEZ during SEASPARK-26 A naval collision occurred between Pakistani and Indian ships in the Arabian Sea, triggering protests
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“An Indian naval vessel, identified as INS Kolkata, carried out aggressive manoeuvres dangerously close to a Pakistani naval ship, resulting in contact between the two vessels.”Read the original ↗
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“the Indian vessel changed course dangerously on September 15 and struck the PNS Haneen despite repeated warnings.”Read the original ↗
Some wording implies manoeuvre contact; Pakistan also claims the Indian vessel struck a specific ship.
Collision Spurs Diplomatic Protests
Pakistan lodged a protest after India summoned Pakistan’s Charge d’Affaires, Saad Warraich, in Delhi over a collision involving a Pakistani Navy vessel and a frontline warship of the Indian Navy in the Arabian Sea.
“Pakistan on Wednesday summoned India’s Charge d’Affaires and lodged a protest”
The New Indian Express reported that Pakistan said the incident occurred on September 15 while the Pakistan Navy was undertaking its biennial exercise SEASPARK-26 and that the Indian vessel carried out aggressive manoeuvres in dangerously close proximity, resulting in contact between the two vessels.
Pakistan’s Foreign Office said the incident constituted a “serious violation” of international law and the 1991 bilateral agreement on Advance Notice on Military Exercises, Manoeuvres and Troop Movements, and risked escalating tensions in the region.
In New Delhi, Indian official sources said the Pakistani offshore patrol vessel Hunain suffered heavy damage, while the Indian warship continued its assigned task and “did not suffer any significant damage,” according to The New Indian Express.
The dispute was framed as the first publicly known incident in the military domain between the two countries since the four-day military hostilities in May 2025 in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, as described by The New Indian Express.
Quotes, Accusations, and Tit-for-Tat
India and Pakistan exchanged protests on Wednesday, with India summoning Pakistan’s charge d’Affaires in New Delhi and Pakistan summoning India’s Charge d’Affaires in Islamabad over what each side described as unacceptable conduct at sea.
The Express Tribune said Pakistan’s Foreign Office summoned the chargé d'affaires (Cd'A) of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad and issued a demarche over a "highly provocative and unacceptable action" by an Indian naval vessel in Pakistan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
In parallel, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs told The Express Tribune that it lodged a “strong protest” with Pakistan’s charge d’affaires over the “unacceptable and unprofessional conduct of Pakistani naval units at sea that led to a collision with a unit of the Indian Navy.”
Al Jazeera net described the Indian account as a collision in international waters when a Pakistan Navy vessel approached an Indian warship conducting routine surveillance in the northern Arabian Sea at high speed, and said the Indian Foreign Ministry stated Pakistan’s conduct “directly violates” the 1991 treaty governing military exercises.
Al Jazeera net also reported that Pakistan’s Foreign Office said it summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner and delivered a strongly worded protest over the provocative action of an Indian warship, adding that the incident “threatens to escalate tensions in the region.”
Rules at Sea and What’s at Risk
The dispute centered on the 1991 bilateral agreement on Advance Notice on Military Exercises, Manoeuvres and Troop Movements, which Pakistan said the incident violated while India said Pakistan’s conduct contravened the same framework.
“keep a distance of at least three nautical miles”
Arab News PK reported that the agreement mandates that naval ships and submarines keep a distance of at least three nautical miles from each other to avoid any accident in international waters, tying the collision to a specific safety requirement.
Arab News PK also described the collision as the first overt military tension between the nuclear-armed neighbors since their four-day conflict last year, and said it raised fears of a wider war before a ceasefire was reached.
In the same account, Arab News PK said India earlier summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat over the collision, describing the incident as “unacceptable and unprofessional” and asking Pakistan to ensure its military units exercise caution.
The New Indian Express said Pakistan urged India to adhere strictly to international law and bilateral agreements aimed at preventing incidents at sea, while Pakistan’s Foreign Office asked the Charge d’Affaires to convey that Pakistan strongly rejects the “belligerent” action.