List of serving admirals of the Pakistan Navy

This is the list of serving Admirals of the Pakistan Navy. At present, the navy has one full admiral, 2 vice admirals and 29 rear admirals. The list is arranged according to the admirals' respective seniority.

List of active four-star officers

Position	Photo	Incumbent	Decorations	Date of Retirement
Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS)		Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)	7 October 2020

List of active three-star officers

#	Position	Incumbent	Decorations	Date of Retirement
1	Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS) and Chief of Staff, Operations (COS-O), NHQ	Vice Admiral Kaleem Shaukat	Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)	26 March 2021
2	Chief of Staff, Personnel (COS-P), NHQ	Vice Admiral Abdul Aleem	Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)	22 November 2021

List of active two-star officers

1. Rear Admiral Ather Mukhtar, HI(M), Ops – Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Projects. Due to retire on 20 March 2020.
2. Rear Admiral Muhammad Fayyaz Gilani, HI(M), Ops – Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Training and Evaluation (DCNS-T&E), NHQ. Due to retire on 20 March 2020.
3. Rear Admiral Moazzam Ilyas, HI(M), Ops – Commander, Coastal Areas (COMCOAST), Karachi. Due to retire on 13 January 2021.
4. Rear Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi, HI(M), S Bt, Ops – Commander, Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK), Karachi. Due to retire on 13 January 2021.
5. Rear Admiral Asif Khaliq, HI(M), Ops – Commander, Karachi (COMKAR), Karachi. Due to retire on 20 June 2021.
6. Rear Admiral Habib Ur Rehman Qureshi, HI(M), Engg – Chief of Staff, Engineering (COS-E), NHQ. Due to retire on 9 October 2021.
7. Rear Admiral Naveed Ahmed Rizvi, HI(M), Ops – Commander, COMCEP and Commandant, Pakistan Navy War college (Comdt PNWC), Lahore. Due to retire on 12 January 2022.
8. Rear Admiral Ahmed Saeed, HI(M), Ops – Commander, Naval Strategic Forces Command, (Cdr NSFC), NHQ. Due to retire on 12 January 2022.
9. Rear Admiral Dr Nassar Ikram, HI(M), Engg – Pro-Rector, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad. Due to retire on 1 April 2023.
10. Rear Admiral Sajid Wazir Khan, HI(M), Engg – General Manager, Engineering (GM-E) at Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Karachi. Due to retire on 1 April 2023.
11. Rear Admiral Asif Hameed, HI(M), Ops – General Manager, Operations (GM-O) at Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Karachi. Due to retire on 1 April 2023.
12. Rear Admiral Faisal Rasul Lodhi, SI(M), Ops – Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Operations (DCNS-Ops). Due to retire on 1 April 2023.
13. Rear Admiral Zain Zulfiqar, SI(M), Ops – Chief Instructor, Allied Officers Division (CI AOD) at National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad. Due to retire on 1 April 2023.
14. Rear Admiral Zahid Ilyas, SI(M), S Bt, Ops – Director General C4I at NHQ, Islamabad. Due to retire on 1 April 2023.
15. Rear Admiral Syed Asad Karim, SI(M), Supply – Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Supply (DCNS-S), NHQ. Due to retire on 26 July 2023.
16. Rear Admiral Muhammad Zubair Shafique, SI(M), Ops – Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Welfare and Rehabilitation (DCNS-WR), NHQ. Due to retire on 16 December 2023.
17. Rear Admiral Muhammad Shafique, SI(M), Ops – Deputy Chief Project Director, Plans (DCPD-Plans), NHQ. Due to retire on 16 December 2023.
18. Rear Admiral Imran Ahmed, SI(M), Engg – Commander, Logistics (COMLOG), Karachi. Due to retire on 26 July 2024.
19. Rear Admiral Muhammad Shuaib, SI(M), Ops – Director General of Joint Warfare and Training (DG JW&T). Due to retire on 26 July 2024.
20. Rear Admiral Zaka ur Rehman, SI(M), Ops – Director General Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (DG PMSA), Karachi. Due to retire on 26 July 2024.–
21. Rear Admiral Naveed Ashraf, SI(M), Ops – Naval Secretary at NHQ, Islamabad. Due to retire on 22 November 2024
22. Rear Admiral Ovais Ahmad Bilgrami, SI(M), Ops – Additional Secretary-III (Navy) at Ministry of Defence (AS-III MoD), Rawalpindi. Due to retire on 22 November 2024
23. Rear Admiral Abdul Basit Butt, SI(M), Ops – Director General Naval Intelligence (DG NI), NHQ. Due to retire on 1 January 2025.
24. Rear Admiral Ather Saleem, SI(M), Engg – Managing Director, Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (MD KS&EW), Karachi. Due to retire on 9 March 2025.
25. Rear Admiral Ahmed Fauzan, SI(M), Engg – Director General Maritime Technologies Complex (DG MTC), Islamabad. Due to retire on 14 March 2025.
26. Rear Admiral Mirza Fawad Amin Baig, SI(M), Ops – Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST). Due to retire on 30 April 2025.
27. Rear Admiral Mian Zakirullah Jan, SI(M), Ops – Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Admn (DCNS-A), NHQ. Due to retire on 30 April 2025.
28. Rear Admiral Adnan Khaliq, SI(M), Engg – Comandant Pakistan Navy Engineering College, PNS Johar (Comdt. PNEC), Karachi. Due to retire on 16 July 2025.
29. Rear Admiral Javed Iqbal, SI(M), Ops – Due to retire on 20 August 2025.

See also

• List of serving Generals of the Pakistan Army
• List of serving air marshals of the Pakistan Air Force

External links

• Pakistan Navy (Official website)