List of serving admirals of the Pakistan Navy

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This is the list of serving Admirals of the Pakistan Navy. At present, the Navy has 1 Admiral (Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS)), 5 Vice Admirals, 28 Rear Admirals and 2 Local Rear Admirals.

List of designated and active Four-Star Officers[]

Rank Name/Branch Photo Position Decorations Date of Retirement
Admiral
Pakistan-Navy-OF-9-collected.svgUS-O10 insignia.svg
Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi, Ops
Amjad Khan Niazi.jpg
Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) NHQ, Islamabad
 Order of Excellence Nishan-e-Imtiaz.pngNishan-i-Imtiaz (military)

Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Star of Good Conduct Sitara-e-Basalat.png Sitara-e-Basalat (Military)
Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.pngFrench,Chevalier Knight Medal
Rib bar 2 of Order of State.png Legion of Merit of Turkey

Sword of Honour @ Royal Military College of Canada.jpgSword of Honour

7 October 2023

List of designated and active Three-Star Officers[]

# Rank Name/Branch Position Decorations Date of Retirement
1
Vice AdmiralPakistan-Navy-OF-8-collected.svgUS-O9 insignia.svg Faisal Rasul Lodhi, Ops Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS), NHQ, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		25 February 2024
2 Zahid Ilyas, Ops Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Training and Personnel (DCNS-T&P), NHQ, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Star of Good Conduct Sitara-e-Basalat.png Sitara-e-Basalat (Military)
Sword of Honour @ Royal Military College of Canada.jpgSword of Honour 		25 February 2024
3 Imran Ahmad, Engg Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Projects (DCNS-P), NHQ, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		8 September 2025
4 Naveed Ashraf, Ops Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Operations (DCNS-O), NHQ, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Medal of Good Conduct Tamgha-e-Basalat.png Tamgha-e-Basalat (Military) 		8 September 2025
5 Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami, Ops Commander, Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK), Karachi Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		8 September 2025

List of designated and active Two-Star Officers[]

# Rank Name/Branch Position Decorations Date of Retirement
1 Pakistan-Navy-OF-7-collected.svgUS-O8 insignia.svg Rear Admiral Muhammad Zubair Shafique, Ops (superseded) General Manager, Operations (GM-O) at Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Karachi Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		16 December 2023
2 Muhammad Shafique, Ops (superseded) Vice President, National Defence University, NDU, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		16 December 2023
3 Muhammad Shuaib, Ops (superseded) Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		26 July 2024
4 Zaka ur Rehman, Ops (superseded) Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		26 July 2024
5 Abdul Basit Butt, Ops Director General, Joint Warfare & Training (DG JW&T), JSHQ, Rawalpindi Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		1 January 2025
6 Ather Saleem, Engg Managing Director, Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (MD KS&EW), Karachi Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		9 March 2025
7 Ahmed Fauzan, Engg Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Materials (DCNS-M), NHQ, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sword of Honour @ Royal Military College of Canada.jpgSword of Honour 		14 March 2025
8 Mirza Foad Amin Baig, Ops Director General, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (DG PMSA), Karachi Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sword of Honour @ Royal Military College of Canada.jpgSword of Honour 		30 April 2025
9 Mian Zakirullah Jan, Ops Commander, Karachi (COMKAR), Karachi Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		30 April 2025
10 Adnan Khaliq, Engg General Manager, Engineering (GM-E) at Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Karachi Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Medal of Good Conduct Tamgha-e-Basalat.png Tamgha-e-Basalat (Military) 		16 July 2025
11 Javaid Iqbal, Ops Commander, Coastal Areas (COMCOAST), Karachi Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		20 August 2025
12 Abdul Samad, Ops Commander, Naval Strategic Forces Command (CDR NSFC), Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		20 June 2026
13 Tariq Ali, Supp Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Supply (DCNS–S), NHQ, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		3 March 2027
14 Abid Hameed, Engg Commander, Logistics (COMLOG), Karachi Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		2 April 2027
15 Tariq Mehmood, Engg Director General, Maritime Technology Complex (DG MTC), Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 2 April 2027
16 Raja Rabnawaz, Ops Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Welfare and Housing (DCNS–W&H), NHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 2 April 2027
17 Muhammad Faisal Abbasi, Ops Director General, Naval Intelligence (DG NI), NHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 2 April 2027
18 Muhammad Saleem, Ops Director General, Media (DG Media), Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 4 August 2027
19 Javed Iqbal, Engg Director General, Port Qasim (DG PQ), Karachi Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		14 January 2028
20 Muhammad Sohail Arshad, Engg Director General, Command, Control, Communication, Computers and Intelligence (DG C4I), NHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 14 January 2028
21 Salman Ilyas, Const Director General, Naval Research Institute & Designing House Platform (DG NRI & DHP), Karachi Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		14 January 2028
22 Jawad Ahmed, Ops Commander, West (COMWEST), Gwadar Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 1 April 2028
23 Abdul Munib, Ops Naval Secretary (NS), NHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 29 June 2028
24 Habib Ur Rehman, Engg Managing Director Dockyard (MD Dockyard), Karachi Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 20 October 2028
25 Syed Ahmed Salman, Supp Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Administration (DCNS-A), NHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 23 November 2028
26 Faisal Amin, Ops Additional Secretary-III (PN), Ministry of Defence (AS-III MOD), Rawalpindi Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 1 January 2029
27 Syed Faisal Ali Shah, Ops Director General, Joint Cantonment Gwadar (DG JCG) at JSHQ, Rawalpindi Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) 		1 January 2029
28 Shifaat Ali Khan, Ops Commander, Central Punjab (COMCEP), Lahore Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 1 January 2029

List of designated and active Local Two-Star Officers[]

Local rank: A higher rank awarded to a person temporarily when serving and restricted to service in a particular region or location.[1] The seniority is never considered in this rank as they are not promoted officially thus remaining the most junior two star officers in service with the payscale of previous rank.

# Rank Name/Branch Position Decoration Date of Retirement
# Rear Admiral (Local) Masood Khurshid, Ops Commander, North (COMNOR), Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 7 June 2022
# Naeem Sarwar, Ops Director General, Public Relations (DG PR), NHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 7 June 2022

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Local Rank".

External links[]

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