List Commander-in-Chief or the Chief of the Naval Staff
Power : 63 Ships 101 Aricrafts
Employes/Troops : 35,000
Headquater : Islamabad
Chief of the Naval Staff : Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi
The Pakistan Navy came into the existence after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. The Pakistan Navy is the naval warfare branch of Pakistan Armed Forces, responsible for Pakistan’s 1,046 kilometres (650 mi) of coastline along the Arabian Sea, and the defence of important civilian harbours and military bases. The President of Pakistan serves as the Supreme Commander of the Navy under Article 243 (2) of the Constitution of Pakistan, and the Chief of Naval Staff heads the Navy.
S.NO | Name. | Appointment Date | Left Office |
01 | James Wilfred Jefford | 15 August 1947 | 30 January 1953 |
02 | Haji Mohammad Siddiq Chaudhry | 31 January 1953 | 28 February 1959 |
03 | Afzal Rahman Khan | 1 March 1959 | 20 October 1966 |
04 | Syed Mohammad Ahsan | 20 October 1966 | 31 August 1969 |
05 | Muzaffar Hassan | 1 September 1969 | 22 December 1971 |
06 | Hasan Hafeez Ahmed | 3 March 1972 | 9 March 1975 |
07 | Mohammad Sharif | 23 March 1975 | 21 March 1979 |
08 | Karamat Rahman Niazi | 22 March 1979 | 23 March 1983 |
09 | Tariq Kamal Khan | 23 March 1983 | 9 April 1986 |
10 | Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey | 9 April 1986 | 9 November 1988 |
11 | Yastur-ul-Haq Malik | 10 November 1988 | 8 November 1991 |
12 | Saeed Mohammad Khan | 9 November 1991 | 9 November 1994 |
13 | Mansur-ul- Haq | 10 November 1994 | 1 May 1997 |
14 | Fasih Bokhari | 2 May 1997 | 2 October 1999 |
15 | Abdul Aziz Mirza | 2 October 1999 | 2 October 2002 |
16 | Shahid Karimullah | 3 October 2002 | 6 October 2005 |
17 | Muhammad Afzal Tahir | 7 October 2005 | 7 October 2008 |
18 | Noman Bashir | 7 October 2008 | 7 October 2011 |
19 | Muhammad Asif Sandila | 4 October 2011 | 3 October 2014 |
20 | Muhammad Zakaullah | 4 October 2014 | 7 October 2017 |
21 | Zafar Mhemood Abbasi | 7 October 2017 | Present.. |