Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)

Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
	Flag of the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
	Incumbent; Vice Admiral Muhammad Fayyaz Gillani
	Ministry of Defence; Navy Secretariat-III at MoD[1]
Abbreviation	VCNS
Seat	Naval Headquarters (NHQ) ; Islamabad, Pakistan
Appointer	Prime Minister of Pakistan
Formation	3 March 1972
Succession	On basis of seniority, subjected to the decision of the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Unofficial names	Vice Naval chief
Deputy	Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS)
Salary	According to Pakistan Military officer's Pay Grade(BPS-22)
Website	Official website

Chief of the Naval Staff ; سربراہ پاک بحریہ
	Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff
	Incumbent; Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi; since 7 October 2017
	Ministry of Defence; Navy Secretariat-III at MoD[1]
Abbreviation	CNS
Member of	Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
Reports to	Prime Minister of Pakistan; Minister of Defence
Seat	Naval Headquarters (NHQ) ; Islamabad, Pakistan
Nominator	Prime Minister of Pakistan
Appointer	President of Pakistan
Term length	3 years; Renewable only once
Precursor	Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Navy
Formation	3 March 1972
First holder	Vice Admiral H. H. Ahmad
Succession	On basis of seniority, subjected to the decision of the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Unofficial names	Naval chief
Deputy	Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS)
Salary	According to Pakistan Military officer's Pay Grade(apex Scale)
Website	Official website

The Chief of the Naval Staff ((Urdu: سربراہ پاک بحریہ‎ (reporting name as CNS), is a military appointment and a Statutory office held by the four-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy, who is nominated and appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan and confirmed by the President of Pakistan.[2]

The Chief of Naval Staff is one of the senior-most appointments in the Pakistan military who is one of the senior members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in a separate capacity, providing senior consultation to the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee to act as a principal military advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan and its civilian government in the line of defending and safeguarding the expedition, maritime and sealine borders of the nation.^:86[3][4]

The Chief of Naval Staff exercise its responsibility of command and control of the operational, combatant, logistics, administration, and training commands within the Pakistan Navy, in a clear contrast to the U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). Due to its responsibility and importance, the Chief of Naval Staff plays a critical role in assessing the coastal defence and conducting reconnaissance to insure its strike capability against aggressive forces.^:88[3][5][6]

In principle, the appointment is constitutionally subjected for three years but extensions may be granted by the President upon recommendations and approvals from the Prime Minister. The Chief of Naval Staff is based on the Navy NHQ, and the current Chief of Naval Staff is Admiral Admiral Z.M. Abbasi serving as chief of naval staff, who took over the command as chief of naval staff on 7 October 2017.

History

The Pakistan Navy was created from the partition of the Royal Indian Navy after the India's partition on 14/15 August of 1947.^:90[3] Direct appointments in the navy was in the responsibility of the British Admiralty who appointed Rear Admiral James Wilfred Jefford as Pakistan Navy's first Flag Officer Commanding (FOC).^:47[7]

The post was changed to Commander-in-Chief when Vice-Admiral Mohammad Siddiq Choudri became the first native naval commander in 1953, and the title changed from Commander in Chief to Chief of Staff in 1969 with Vice-Admiral Muzaffar Hassan acting as Commander-in-Chief and Rear-Admiral Rashid Ahmad as Chief of Staff.^:52[8] On 20 March 1972, the renamed as "Chief of Naval Staff" (CNS) with Vice-Admiral H.H. Ahmed becoming the first chief of naval staff, though his rank was not elevated to four-star rank.^:60–62[9][10]

The term of the superannuation was then constrained to three years in the office as opposed to four years and was made a permanent member of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.^:62[9] Since 1972, there has been 14 four-star rank admirals to be appointed as chief of naval staff by statute.The Prime Minister approved the nomination and appointment of the Chief of Naval Staff, with President confirming the Prime Minister's appointed choosing and nomination.[11]

The leadership of the navy is based in the Navy NHQ located at the vicinity of Air AHQ, and Army GHQ staff offices that forms that JS HQ in the Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan.[4] The CNS controls the navy, assisted by the civilians from the Navy Secretariat-III of the Ministry of Defence (MoD).[1]

The Chief of Naval Staff exercise its responsibility of complete operational, training and logistics commands.^:92–93[3] The CNS has several principal staff officers and controls the navy through eight commands directed by its appointed deputy chiefs of naval staff, reporting to vice-chief of naval staff.[2]

DCNS Operations
DCNS Supply
DCNS Personal
DCNS Projects
DCNS Materials
DCNS Administration
DCNS Training and Evaluation
DCNS Welfare and Rehabilitation

List of Chiefs of the Naval Staff

The following is a list of Admirals who have served as the either Commander-in-Chief or the Chief of the Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy.

Naval Commanders-in-Chief, Pakistan Navy

No.	Naval Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1	Jefford, JamesRear admiral James Wilfred Jefford CB, CBE (1901–1980) as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Navy	15 August 1947	30 January 1953	5 years, 168 days	Royal Navy
2	Choudri, HajiVice admiral Haji Mohammad Siddiq Choudri HPk, HI(M) MBE (1912–2004)	31 January 1953	28 February 1959	6 years, 28 days	Pakistan Navy
3	Khan, AfzalVice admiral Afzal Rahman Khan HPk, HJ, HQA (1921–2005)	1 March 1959	20 October 1966	7 years, 233 days	Pakistan Navy
4	Ahsan, SyedVice admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan HQA, SPk DSC (1920–1989)	20 October 1966	31 August 1969	2 years, 315 days	Pakistan Navy
5	Hassan, MuzaffarVice admiral Muzaffar Hassan HQA, SPk, (1920–2012)	1 September 1969	22 December 1971	2 years, 112 days	Pakistan Navy

Chiefs of the Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy

No.	Chief of Naval Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Ahmed, HasanVice admiral Hasan Hafeez Ahmed TQA (1926–1975)	3 March 1972	8 March 1975 †	3 years, 5 days
2	Shariff, MohammadAdmiral Mohammad Shariff NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), HJ, SJ, SK (1920–2020)	23 March 1975	21 March 1979	3 years, 363 days
3	Niazi, KaramatAdmiral Karamat Rahman Niazi NI(M), HI(M), SJ	22 March 1979	23 March 1983	4 years, 1 day
4	Khan, TariqAdmiral Tariq Kamal Khan NI(M), SI(M), SBt (born 1930)	23 March 1983	9 April 1986	3 years, 17 days
5	Sirohey, IftikharAdmiral Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt (born 1934)	9 April 1986	9 November 1988	2 years, 214 days
6	Malik, Yastur-ul-HaqAdmiral Yastur-ul-Haq Malik NI(M), SBt (born 1933)	10 November 1988	8 November 1991	2 years, 363 days
7	Khan, SaeedAdmiral Saeed Mohammad Khan NI(M), SBt (born 1935)	9 November 1991	9 November 1994	3 years, 0 days
8	Haq, MansurulAdmiral Mansurul Haq NI(M) (1931–2018)	10 November 1994	1 May 1997	2 years, 173 days
9	Bokhari, FasihAdmiral Fasih Bokhari NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt, SJ (born 1942)	2 May 1997	2 October 1999	2 years, 153 days
10	Mirza, AbdulAdmiral Abdul Aziz Mirza NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt (born 1943)	2 October 1999	2 October 2002	3 years, 0 days
11	Karimullah, ShahidAdmiral Shahid Karimullah NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), TI(M), SJ (born 1948)	3 October 2002	6 October 2005	3 years, 4 days
12	Tahir, AfzalAdmiral Afzal Tahir NI(M), HI(M), SI(M) (born 1949)	7 October 2005	7 October 2008	3 years, 0 days
13	Bashir, NomanAdmiral Noman Bashir NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), TI(M)	7 October 2008	7 October 2011	3 years, 0 days
14	Sandila, AsifAdmiral Asif Sandila NI(M), HI(M) (born 1954)	8 October 2011	3 October 2014	2 years, 360 days
15	Zakaullah, MuhammadAdmiral Muhammad Zakaullah NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), TI(M) (born 1958)	4 October 2014	6 October 2017	3 years, 2 days
16	Abbasi, ZafarAdmiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi HI(M), SI(M)	7 October 2017	Incumbent	2 years, 260 days

Vice Chief of Naval Staff

The Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS) is the post that is, in principle, the deputy and the second-in-command (S-in-C) of the Pakistan Navy, reporting and functioning under the Chief of Naval Staff.[2] The post is a three-star rank assignment, usually held by the Vice-Admiral.[3][4] The post of the vice naval chief is a senior position and its officer is a three-star admiral in the Navy, with distinction of Rear-Admiral Rashid Ahmed who acted of Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Navy under Vice Admiral Muzaffar Hassan who was the Navy's last Commander in Chief.[5]

Order	Name	Rank	Appointment Date	Left Office	Unit of Commission	Decorations
±	Rashid Ahmed	Rear-Admiral	25 March 1969	20 December 1971	Executive Branch	SK, TQA
1	Mohammad Sharif	Rear-Admiral	1974	1975	Executive Branch	HI(M), SI(M), HJ, SJ, SK
2	Leslie Norman Mungavin	Rear-Admiral	1975	1977	Operations Branch	SPk, SK
3	Karamat Rahman Niazi	Vice-Admiral	1977	1979	Submarine Command	SJ, HI(M)
4	Iqbal F. Qadir	Vice-Admiral	1980	1983	Operations Branch	HI(M), TI(M), SBt, TQA
5	Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey	Vice-Admiral	1985	1988	Engineering Branch	NI(M)
6	Yastur-ul-Haq Malik	Vice-Admiral	1988	1991	Surface Branch	NI(M)
7	Syed Iqtidar Husain	Vice-Admiral	1992	1993	Operations Branch	NI(M)

References

MoD, Ministry of Defence. "Organogram of MoD" (PDF). mod.gov.pk/. Ministry of Defence Press. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
Pakistan Navy Official Website. "Organizations in Navy". www.paknavy.gov.pk. Navy ISPR. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2002). "Evolution of the Navy". The Armed Forces of Pakistan (google books). New york: NYU Press. p. 225. ISBN 9780814716335.
Shabbir, Usman (2003). "Command & Structure". pakdef.org. PakDef Military Consortium. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
Khan, Zafar (2015). Pakistan's Nuclear Policy: A Minimum Credible Deterrence. [u.s]: Routledge. ISBN 9781317676003. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
Staff writers, News agencies (9 January 2017). "Pakistan attains 'second strike capability' with test-fire of submarine-launched cruise missile". DAWN.COM. Dawn Newspaper, 2017. Dawn Newspaper. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
Goldrick, James (1997). "The Pakistan Navy (1947-71)". No Easy Answers (pdf) (1st ed.). New Delhi, India: Sona Printers, India. p. 269. ISBN 9781897829028. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
Rai, Ranjit (1987). A Nation and Its Navy at War (1st ed.). Delhi, India: Lancer International. p. 190. ISBN 9788170620136. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
Singh, Ravi Shekhar Narain Singh (2008). "Military and Politics". The Military Factor in Pakistan (googlebooks) (1st ed.). Delhi: Lancer Publishers. p. 460. ISBN 9780981537894. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
Navy ISPR. "Pakistan Navy Official Website". www.paknavy.gov.pk. Navy ISPR. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (30 September 2014). "Navy chief to retire next week". DAWN.COM. Dawn Newspapers, 2014. Dawn Newspapers. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

External links

Official website of Pakistan Navy

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[Ministry_of_Defence_Press-1] MoD, Ministry of Defence. "Organogram of MoD" (PDF). mod.gov.pk/. Ministry of Defence Press. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[Navy_ISPR-2] Pakistan Navy Official Website. "Organizations in Navy". www.paknavy.gov.pk. Navy ISPR. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

[NYU_Press,_Cheema-3] Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2002). "Evolution of the Navy". The Armed Forces of Pakistan (google books). New york: NYU Press. p. 225. ISBN 9780814716335.

[PakDef_Military_Consortium-4] Shabbir, Usman (2003). "Command & Structure". pakdef.org. PakDef Military Consortium. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[Routledge,_Khan-5] Khan, Zafar (2015). Pakistan's Nuclear Policy: A Minimum Credible Deterrence. [u.s]: Routledge. ISBN 9781317676003. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

[Dawn_Newspaper,_2017-6] Staff writers, News agencies (9 January 2017). "Pakistan attains 'second strike capability' with test-fire of submarine-launched cruise missile". DAWN.COM. Dawn Newspaper, 2017. Dawn Newspaper. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[a-7] Goldrick, James (1997). "The Pakistan Navy (1947-71)". No Easy Answers (pdf) (1st ed.). New Delhi, India: Sona Printers, India. p. 269. ISBN 9781897829028. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[Lancer_International,_Rai-8] Rai, Ranjit (1987). A Nation and Its Navy at War (1st ed.). Delhi, India: Lancer International. p. 190. ISBN 9788170620136. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[Lancer_Publishers,_Singh-9] Singh, Ravi Shekhar Narain Singh (2008). "Military and Politics". The Military Factor in Pakistan (googlebooks) (1st ed.). Delhi: Lancer Publishers. p. 460. ISBN 9780981537894. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[Navy_ISPR_Events-10] Navy ISPR. "Pakistan Navy Official Website". www.paknavy.gov.pk. Navy ISPR. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[Dawn_Newspapers,_2014-11] Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (30 September 2014). "Navy chief to retire next week". DAWN.COM. Dawn Newspapers, 2014. Dawn Newspapers. Retrieved 14 August 2017.