List of serving admirals of the Pakistan Navy

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This is the list of serving Admirals of the Pakistan Navy. As of 2025, the Navy has 1 Admiral (Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), 6 Vice Admirals, 23 Rear Admirals and 1 Local Rear Admiral.

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List of Active Admirals

Name and BranchPhotoPositionDecorationsDate of Retirement
Chief of The Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf NI(M) Official.jpg
Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) NHQ, Islamabad
7 October 2028

List of active Vice Admirals

#Name and BranchPositionDecorationsDate of retirement
1 Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami, Ops (superseded) Vice Chief of the Naval Staff, (VCNS), NHQ, Islamabad8 September 2025
2 Abdul Samad, OpsCommander Naval Strategic Forces Command (CDR NSFC), Islamabad5 July 2029
3Abid Hameed, Engg Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Materials (DCNS-M), NHQ, Islamabad5 July 2029
4 Raja Rab Nawaz, Ops Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Operations (DCNS-O), NHQ, Islamabad5 July 2029
5 Muhammad Faisal Abbasi, Ops Commander Karachi (COMKAR), Karachi5 July 2029
6Muhammad Saleem, Ops Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Training and Personnel (DCNS-T&P), NHQ, Islamabad9 January 2030

List of active Rear Admirals

#Name and BranchPositionDecorationsDate of Retirement
1Javaid Iqbal, Ops (superseded)Deputy President National Defence University, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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20 August 2025
2Muhammad Sohail Arshad, EnggCommander Logistics (COMLOG), Karachi Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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14 January 2028
3Salman Ilyas, ConstManaging Director, Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (MD KS&EW), Karachi Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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14 January 2028
4Jawad Ahmed, Ops Commander Central Punjab (COMCEP), Commandant Pakistan Navy War College, Lahore Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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1 April 2028
5Abdul Munib, Ops Commander Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 29 June 2028
6Habib Ur Rehman, EnggGeneral Manager-Engineering (GM-E), Karachi Port Trust,Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 20 October 2028
7 Syed Ahmed Salman, Supp Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Supply (DCNS–S), NHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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23 November 2028
8Faisal Amin, Ops Commander Coastal Areas (COMCOAST), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 1 January 2029
9 Shifaat Ali Khan, Ops Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Welfare and Housing (DCNS-W&H), NHQ,Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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1 January 2029
10Amir Mahmood, OpsAdditional Secretary III (AS-III), MOD, Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 14 July 2029
11 Imtiaz Ali, OpsNaval Secretary, Naval Secretariat,NHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz(Military) | Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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14 July 2029
12Muhammad Hussain Sial, EnggDirector General (Technical), Port Qasim (DGT PQ), Karachi Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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10 December 2029
13Khyber Zaman, Ops Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 17 February 2030
14Shafquat Hussain Akhtar, OpsDeputy Chief of Naval Staff Projects (DCNS Proj), Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 17 February 2030
15Adnan Majeed, Ops Commander West (COMWEST), Gwadar Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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5 July 2030
16Mazhar Mahmood Malik, EnggManaging Director PN Dockyard (MD Dockyard), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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15 December 2030
17Shahzad Hamid, OpsDirector General Naval Intelligence (DGNI), NHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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15 December 2030
18 Azhar Mahmood, OpsDirector General Joint Welfare & Training (DG JW&T), JSHQ, Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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15 December 2030
19Muhammad Khalid, OpsDirector General (Operations), Port Qasim Autho

rity, Karachi

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20Shahzad Iqbal, OpsDirector General, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (DG PMSA), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 21 October 2031
21Ateeq ur Rehman Abid, OpsGeneral Manager, Operations (GM-O) at Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 22 November 2031
22Kashif Munir, EnggDirector General Naval Research and Development Institute (DG NRDI, Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 10 March 2031
23Kamran Ahmed, ConstDirector General, Maritime Technology Complex (DG MTC), Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 10 March 2031

List of designated and active Local Rear Admirals

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.

#Name and BranchPositionDecorationDate of Retirement
1Adnan Majeed, Ops (superseded) Commander West (COMWEST), Gwadar

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05 July 2030
2Syed Rizwan Khalid, Ops (superseded) Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 19 April 2028

See also

References

  1. "Local Rank". Archived from the original on December 5, 2019.