[5] The modernization and midlife upgrade program by the KSEW Ltd. at the Naval Base Karachi reclassified her status as guided missile destroyer.

[6] Designed and constructed by the Yarrow Shipbuilders, Ltd. at Glasgow in Scotland, she was laid down on 28 September 1972, and was launched on 5 February 1974.

[5] She commissioned on 29 July 1976 in the Surface Fleet of the Royal Navy as HMS Arrow.

[5] During her service with the Royal Navy, she was notable for her wartime operations during the Falklands War with Argentina.

[5] She was named after the battle of Khaybar in Medina in the year 628,[9] and was commissioned on 1 March 1994.