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List of serving admirals of the Pakistan Navy 
Summary
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, 22 Rear Admirals and 3 Local Rear Admirals.
List of Active Four-Star Officers edit
| Rank | Name/Branch | Photo | Position | Decorations | Date of Retirement |
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Admiral 
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Naveed Ashraf, Ops
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Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) NHQ, Islamabad
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7 October 2026 |
List of active Three-Star Officers edit
| # | Rank | Name/Branch | Position | Decorations | Date of Retirement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vice Admiral 
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Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami, Ops | Vice Chief of the Naval Staff, (VCNS), NHQ, Islamabad | 8 September 2025 | |
| 2 | Abdul Samad, Ops | Commander Naval Strategic Forces Command (CDR NSFC), Islamabad | 5 July 2027 | ||
| 3 | Abid Hameed, Engg | Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Materials (DCNS-M), NHQ, Islamabad | 5 July 2027 | ||
| 4 | Raja Rab Nawaz, Ops | Commander Coastal Areas (COMCOAST), Karachi | 5 July 2027 | ||
| 5 | Muhammad Faisal Abbasi, Ops | Commander Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK), Karachi | 5 July 2027 |
List of designated and active Two-Star Officers edit
| # | Rank | Name/Branch | Position | Decorations | Date of Retirement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rear Admiral 
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Abdul Basit Butt, Ops (superseded) |
Director General, Joint Warfare & Training (DG JW&T), JSHQ, Rawalpindi |  Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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1 January 2025 |
| 2 | Mian Zakirullah Jan, Ops (superseded) | Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Training and Personnel (DCNS-T&P), NHQ, Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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30 April 2025 | |
| 3 | Javaid Iqbal, Ops (superseded) | Deputy President National Defence University, Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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20 August 2025 | |
| 4 | Tariq Mehmood, Engg (superseded) | Director General, Maritime Technology Complex (DG MTC), Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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2 April 2027 | |
| 5 | Muhammad Saleem, Ops | Commander Karachi (COMKAR), Karachi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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4 August 2027 | |
| 6 | Javed Iqbal, Engg | Director General (Technical), Port Qasim (DGT PQ), Karachi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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14 January 2028 | |
| 7 | Muhammad Sohail Arshad, Engg | Commander Logistics (COMLOG), Karachi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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14 January 2028 | |
| 8 | Salman Ilyas, Const | Managing Director, Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (MD KS&EW), Karachi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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14 January 2028 | |
| 9 | Jawad Ahmed, Ops | Chairman Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (CPNSC),Karachi |  Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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1 April 2028 | |
| 10 | Abdul Munib, Ops | Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Operations (DCNS-O), NHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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29 June 2028 | |
| 11 | Habib Ur Rehman, Engg | General Manager-Engineering (GM-E), Karachi Port Trust,Karachi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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20 October 2028 | |
| 12 | Syed Ahmed Salman, Supp | Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Supply (DCNS–S), NHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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23 November 2028 | |
| 13 | Faisal Amin, Ops | Naval Secretary Naval Secretariat, NHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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1 January 2029 | |
| 14 | Shifaat Ali Khan, Ops | Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), Karachi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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1 January 2029 | |
| 15 | Amir Mahmood, Ops | Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Welfare and Housing (DCNS-W&H), NHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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14 July 2029 | |
| 16 | Imtiaz Ali, Ops | Director General, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (DG PMSA), Karachi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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14 July 2029 | |
| 17 | Muhammad Hussain Sial, Engg | Director General, Naval Research and Development Institute (DG-NRDI), Karachi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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10 December 2029 | |
| 18 | Khyber Zaman, Ops | Additional Secretary III at Ministry of Defence (AS-III MOD), Rawalpindi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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17 February 2030 | |
| 19 | Shafquat Hussain Akhtar, Ops | Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Projects (DCNS Proj), Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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17 February 2030 | |
| 20 | Mazhar Mahmood Malik, Engg | Managing Director PN Dockyard (MD Dockyard), Karachi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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15 December 2030 | |
| 21 | Shahzad Hamid, Ops | Director General Naval Intelligence (DGNI), NHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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15 December 2030 | |
| 22 | Azhar Mahmood, Ops | Commander Central Punjab (COMCEP), Commandant Pakistan Navy War College, Lahore | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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15 December 2030 |
List of designated and active Local Two-Star Officers edit
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 and without the signed approval of Prime Minister of Pakistan thus remaining the most junior two star officers in service with the payscale of previous rank.
| # | Rank | Name/Branch | Position | Decoration | Date of Retirement |
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| 1 | Rear Admiral (Local) | Shahid Ahmed, Ops (superseded) | Director General (Operations), Port Qasim (DGO PQ), Karachi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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| 2 | Adnan Majeed, Ops | Commander West (COMWEST), Gwadar | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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1 September 2027 | |
| 3 | Rizwan Ahmed, Ops (superseded) | General Manager, Operations (GM-O) at Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Karachi | 16 September 2027 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Local Rank". Archived from the original on December 5, 2019.
External links edit
- Pakistan Navy (Official website)