The oiler was constructed in the People's Republic of China by the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company and entered service in 1987.

[1] In April 2003, Nasr and PNS Babur deployed to the Port of Chittagong in Bangladesh to support the Bangladeshi Navy.

[7] She provided relief to the Maldives after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, and was the first foreign contingent to start rescue operations there.

[8] In 2018, Nasr and Khaibar, under the command of Commodore Javaid Iqbal, paid a goodwill visit to Tanzania, Mauritius, and Kenya to support their navies activities.

[10] In 2021, Nasr under the command of Capt Misbah ul Amin TI(M) conducted a disaster relief mission in Africa, sailing to Port Sudan, Djibouti,[11] and Cotonou,[12] and delivering 1,000 tonnes of rice as humanitarian aid from Pakistan to Djibouti, Sudan, Benin and Niger.