PNS Saif (FFG-253) is a F-22P Zulfiquar-class guided missile frigate which serves as the front line warship of the Pakistan Navy since her commission in 2010.

[2] Saif was constructed and built in China by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Co. where her keel laying was performed.

[3] Saif was subjected to the extensive sea trials conducted by the Pakistan Navy in China under Captain Zubair Shafiq on June-July 2010, and was acquired on 9 November 2010.

[5] She is the second warship to have the name Saif, which is a talwar (Urdu: تلوار) or sword (Arabic: سيف).

Her commissioning ended the construction phase of the project in China.