The Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS) is the post that is, in principle, the deputy and the second-in-command (S-in-C) of the Pakistan Navy and is also the most senior Principal Staff Officer (PSO) at NHQ, reporting and functioning under the Chief of the Naval Staff.[1] This post is usually held by a senior flag officer of Vice Admiral rank.

Office holders

Order Name Rank Photo Appointment date Left office Unit of commission Decorations Ref.
± Rashid Ahmad 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

Khaled Jamil was chief of naval staff until his retirement in 1956

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)
? Mohammad Haroon Vice-Admiral 7 Nov 2005[2] 2007? Operations Branch NI(M)
? Asaf Humayun Vice-Admiral 30 Oct 2008[3] 26 Dec 2009 Operations Branch NI(M)
? Shahid Iqbal Vice-Admiral 30 Dec 2009 12 Aug 2010 Operations Branch NI(M)
? Asif Sandila Vice-Admiral 10 Aug 2010 6 October 2011 Operations Branch NI(M)
? Tayyab Ali Dogar Vice-Admiral October 2011 2012? Operations Branch NI(M)
? Khan Hasham bin Saddique Vice-Admiral 10 November 2014 ? Operations Branch HI(M), SI (M)
? Kaleem Shaukat Vice-Admiral ? Operations Branch NI(M)
? Fayyaz Gilani Vice-Admiral 17 November 2019 Operations Branch
? Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi Vice-Admiral ? 7 October 2020 Operations Branch NI(M)
? Faisal Rasul Lodhi Vice-Admiral 3 September 2021 Operations Branch
? Naveed Ashraf Vice-Admiral March 2023 October 2023 Operations Branch
Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami Vice-Admiral October 2023 Incumbent Operations Branch

See also

References

  1. ^ Pakistan Navy Official Website PN Organizations
  2. ^ "Admiral Haroon appointed Vice Chief of Naval Staff". 8 November 2005.
  3. ^ "Vice Admiral (Retd) Asaf Humayun HI(M) – NCMPR".
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Naval_Staff_(Pakistan)
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