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PAKISTAN
SUMMARY OF CLAIMS
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TYPE
DATE
SOURCE
LIMITS
NOTES
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TERRITORIAL SEA
1878
Territorial Waters
3nm
U.K. colonial legislation; formally repealed
Jurisdiction Act
1969.
Dec 66
President's Proclamation
12nm
Dec 76
Territorial Waters &
Maritime Zones Act, 1976
12nm
Foreign warships must obtain permission
prior to transiting territorial sea; foreign
supertankers, nuclear-powered ships, and
ships carrying nuclear or other noxious
materials must give prior notification.
This requirement is not recognized by the
U.S. U.S. protested requirement and
other aspects of this law in 1982 and 1997
and conducted operational assertions in
1986, 1991 and 1996.
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ARCHIPELAGIC,
Dec 76
Territorial Waters &
Enabling legislation for straight baselines
STRAIGHT BASELINES, &
Maritime Zones Act, 1976
and declaration of historic waters.
HISTORIC CLAIMS
Aug 96
Notification
Established straight baselines.
The U.S. does not recognize the
excessive straight baseline claim and
protested in 1997 and 1999.
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CONTIGUOUS ZONE
Dec 76
Territorial Waters &
24nm
Enacted security zone as part of
Maritime Zones Act, 1976
jurisdiction claimed within contiguous
zone.
This claim is not recognized by the U.S.
U.S. protested claim in 1997 and
conducted operational assertions in 1986,
1991, and 1996.
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CONTINENTAL SHELF
Mar 50
Law No. M(M)-5(24)
100
fthms
Dec 76
Territorial Waters &
Maritime Zones Act, 1976
CM/
200nm
Same claims to jurisdiction as in EEZ.
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FISHING ZONE/EEZ
Feb 66
President's Proclamation
12nm
Fishing zone; authorized fisheries
conservation zone of up to 100nm.
Mar 73
President's Proclamation
50nm
Fishing zone.
Dec 76
Territorial Waters &
Maritime Zones Act, 1976
200nm
Requirement of prior authorization to
conduct military exercises and manuevers
in the EEZ. Claimed authority to regulate
passage of foreign ships through
"designated areas" of EEZ.
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TYPE
DATE
SOURCE
LIMITS
NOTES
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FISHING ZONE/EEZ
Feb 97
Declaration on ratifying
Freedom of navigation and overflight
(Cont.)
the LOS Convention
recognized but claims that foreign state
aircraft must file flight plans with civil
aviation authority. Claimed authority to
extend any law and enforce any regulation
necessary to control conduct in the zone.
The U.S. does not recognize these
excessive claims. U.S. protested claims
in 1982 and 1997 and conducted
operational assertions in 1986, 1991 and
1998.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
Dec 76
Territorial Waters &
200nm
Exclusive jurisdiction claimed within EEZ.
REGULATION
Maritime Zones Act, 1976
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LOS CONVENTION
Dec 82
Signed.
Aug 94
Signed Part XI Agreement.
Feb 97
Ratified.
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STRAIGHT BASELINE LEGISLATION
The government of Pakistan published a Ministry of Foreign Affairs Notification in the 29 August 1996 The Gazette of Pakistan which
included a listing of geographic coordinates defining the straight baselines for Pakistan. From these straight baselines Pakistan will
measure the breadth of its territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone, and continental shelf. These baselines are
claimed by authorization given in the 1976 Pakistan law on Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act. The baseline from which the
limits of the territorial waters, the Contiguous Zone, the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf shall be measured is
specified below:
TABLE 2-159
PAKISTAN STRAIGHT BASELINE SYSTEM
POINT
LATITUDE NORTH
LONGITUDE EAST
a
2502.20’
6135.50
b
2500.95
6146.80
c
2505.30
6221.00
d
2506.30
6351.01
e
2509.00
6435.20
f
2518.20
6511.60
g
2449.45
6640.00
h
2352.80
6726.80
j
2347.30
6735.90
k
2333.90
6807.80
The waters within the aforesaid straight baseline shall form the internal waters of Pakistan.
NOTE: There was no point (I) in the listing published in The Gazette of Pakistan.
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