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.Pakistan Navy Official Website PN Organizations 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 ± Rashid Ahmad Rear-Admiral 25 March 1969 20 December 1971 Executive Branch 1 Mohammad Sharif Rear-Admiral 1974 1975 Executive Branch
Khaled Jamil was chief of naval staff until his retirement in 19562 Leslie Norman Mungavin Rear-Admiral 1975 1977 Operations Branch 3 Karamat Rahman Niazi Vice-Admiral 1977 1979 Submarine Command 4 Iqbal F. Qadir Vice-Admiral 1980 1983 Operations Branch 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 2007? Operations Branch NI(M)? Asaf Humayun Vice-Admiral 30 Oct 2008 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-AdmiralOctober 2023IncumbentOperations Branch
See also Vice Chief of the Air Staff (Pakistan) Vice Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)
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