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4 unusual facts about Pakistan Navy


Ayesha Siddiqa

Siddiqa has been a civil servant for 11 years during which she was asked to work as the Director of Naval Research with Pakistan Navy making her the first civilian and a woman to work at that position in Pakistans defense establishment.

Khalid Abbas Dar

One concert was held on INS Sarswati (an Indian warship captured by the Pakistan Navy), where Vice-Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan, Head of The Pakistan Navy, witnessed the show.

Mushtaq Ahmed Baig

He was the leader in making improvements in the medical services in the Air Force and the Navy as well.

Sameera Aziz

Sameera Aziz was born on 24 June 1979 in Al-Khober, Saudi Arabia, to Aziz-ur-Rehman, a bravery award holder of the Pakistan Navy and Mehar Afroz, a beautician from the United States of America.


Afzal Tahir

He joined the Pakistan Navy on 11 May 1967 and attended the Pakistan Military Academy (with 40th PMA Long Course) and the Naval Academy at Abbottabad and Karachi respectively prior to commissioning in December 1970 in the special operations branch.

Dhok darbal

Most people of the Dhok Darbal prefer to join armed forces like Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force.

Shahid Iqbal

Vice-Admiral Shahid Iqbal, Born: 15 July 1953, HI(M), SI, is a retired 3-star rank naval officer and the former Chief of Staff (COS) of Pakistan Navy who served as the former Commander of Combined Task Force 150.


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Hasan Hafeez Ahmed

Vice Admiral Hasan Hafeez Ahmed, TQA (usually shortened to H.H. Ahmed) (died 9 March 1975), was a senior naval officer who served as the first Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy.

K.M. Hussain

Under the command of Commodore S.M. Anwar, Pakistan Navy's Flotilla shelled and heavily bombarded the Indian Port Dwarka.

Muhammad Farooq

Farooq used to recite naats in his school, Milad and Naat Programs and was always appreciated by his teachers specially class teacher Miss Ronaq, Sir Javaid Iqbal (Sindhi Teacher) and Muhammad Ashraf Shaad for his melodious and expressive voice.When he was the student of Pakistan Navy School Shafa Karachi he won first time the first prize in an All Karachi Inter Schools Naat Khawani competition held at Pakistan Navy School Karsaz Karachi.

Muzaffar Hassan

At there, he accompanied Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, then Governor of Punjab Province, in a Hajj mission led by Pakistan Navy.

Operation Falcon

Operation Falcon, a naval operation of the Pakistan Navy during the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971 (See also: Sinking of PNS Ghazi and PNS Hangor).

Tahseen Ullah Khan

On his return from UK, he joined the Submarine Service of the Pakistan Navy where-in he served onboard submarines in various capacities.

Zafar Muhammad Khan

Sensing a deteriorating military scenario with the move of Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikrant close to East Pakistan, the Pakistan Navy launched a covert reconnaissance mission codenamed "Operation Falcon".