[1] Jinnah Naval Base is situated about 240 km west (149 miles) of Karachi at Ormara in Pakistan's Balochistan province.

[2] The Ministry of Defence approved the proposal of constructing the naval base away from the maritime boundaries of India, and initially awarded the contract to two European countries–Belgium and Turkey– with the ground breaking ceremony taking place on 17 March 1994.: 133 [3] The project was aimed towards spending ₨.

: 35 [4] The time line for the naval base to become operational was March 1997.: 13 [5] On 22 June 2000, the Jinnah Naval Base was inaugurated by then-Chief Executive Gen. Pervez Musharraf in a ceremony attended by Faruk Bal, the Turkish Minister of State, and V-Adm. Taj Muhammad.

[6] Gen. Musharraf termed the opening of the base a long-standing requirement of Pakistan Navy that had become a reality after many years of hard work.

The contract was awarded to Turkish company STFA and Jan De Nul of Belgium for offshore and land development in December 1992.