Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (Pakistan)

Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff
ڈپٹی چیف آف دی نیول اسٹاف
Flag of the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff
Ministry of Defence Navy Secretariat-III at MoD
Abbreviation	DCNS
Seat	Naval Headquarters (NHQ) Islamabad, Pakistan
Appointer	Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS)
Formation	3 March 1972;53 years ago (1972-03-03)
Succession	Subjected to the decision of the Chief of the Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy.
Unofficial names	Deputy Naval Chief
Deputy	Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (ACNS)
Salary	According to Pakistan Military officer's Pay Grade(BPS-22,21)
Website	Official website

The Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS) are several very important administrative senior military appointments and principle staff commands, headed and commanded by the Principal Staff Officers (PSOs) at the NHQ. They are also the commander of their respective branch in the Pakistan Navy and these commands are held by senior flag officers of Rear Admiral and Vice Admiral rank in the Navy and are directly reporting and functioning under the Chief of the Naval Staff. DCNS appointments play a very important administrative role for the proper functioning of an entire navy. The DCNS appointments ranges from rear admiral to vice admiral rank depending on assignment nature.

Naval Headquarters

Principle Staff Commands and Principle Staff Officers

Due to the influence from the Royal Navy and later by the United States Navy since its earliest inception, the Pakistan Navy has a unique command structure and the Navy's functionality is divided in various branches there are seven military branches also known as Staff Commands in the navy that are in fact administrative directed by the several appointed Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS) and they operate from NHQ.

Principle Staff Commands	Call Sign	Principal Staff Officers
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Materials	DCNS-M	V/ADM Abid Hameed
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Projects	DCNS-P	R/ADM Shafquat Hussain Akhtar
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Training and Personnel	DCNS-T&P	V/ADM Muhammad Saleem
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Operations	DCNS-O	V/ADM Raja Rab Nawaz
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Supply	DCNS-S	R/ADM Syed Ahmed Salman
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Administration	DCNS-A	R/ADM Syed Ahmed Salman
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Welfare and Housing	DCNS-W&H	R/ADM Shifaat Ali Khan

See also

• Chief of the Naval Staff
• Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
• Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
• Deputy Chief of the Army Staff

References

Source: Pakistan Navy Official Website PN Organizations}

External links

• Official website of Pakistan Navy
• However, the most senior admiral in the Navy, Admiral Mohammad Zakaullah, was instead promoted to the four-star appointment. He continued serving as the DCNS (Operations) at the Navy NHQ.