Afzal Tahir

Muhammad Afzal Tahir

Born	(1949-01-04) January 4, 1949
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Navy
Years of service	1970 – 2008
Rank	Admiral
Service number	PN No. 1239^[1]
Unit	Naval Air Army
Commands held	Commander Naval Aviation DCNS Special Projects DCNS Naval Operations Commander Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK) DCNS (Training and Personnel) Chief of Naval Staff Commandant Special Service Group Navy
Battles/wars	1971 Indo-Pakistani War 1999 Indo-Pakistani War 2001 Indo-Pakistan standoff War in North-West Pakistan
Awards	Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Legion of Merit

Muhammad Afzal Tahir, (Urdu:محمد افظل طاهر; born 4 January 1949; NI(M)) is a retired four-star rank admiral and the former Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from October 2005 till October 2008.His four=star appointment came in effect after the retirement of Admiral Shahid Karimullah in 2005 and was succeeded by newly appointment Admiral Noman Bashir on October 2008.^[2] Tahir took over the command of Pakistan Navy from Admiral Shahid Karimullah on 7 October 2005, after Karimullah ended his three-year Naval chief tenure. On promotion, Admiral Tahir superseded at least one senior officer, Vice Admiral Mohammad Haroon the then Chief of Staff (COS), but he continued to serve and was later made Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS) on 7 November 2005.^[3]^[4]

Naval career

Early life and education

Admiral Afzal Tahir was born in Faisalabad, Punjab. He belongs to the Arain clan, his parents migrated from Kapurthala, Indian Punjab during Partition. His father worked as an administrative officer in the Kapurthala Princely State, and later as a Central Superior Services officer in the Federal Government of Pakistan. 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.

He saw some action in East Pakistan.

Appointments and honors

His staff appointments include deputy chief of naval staff (operations), deputy chief of naval staff (projects), chief staff officer to the Pakistan fleet commander and instructor at the Joint Services Staff College. His command assignments include the command of a guided missile destroyer and command of naval aviation. His last command appointment was as the commander of the Pakistan fleet (COMPAK). He is a recipient of the Sitara-i-Imtiaz and Hilal-i-Imtiaz.

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Mullen presents Pakistan Navy Chief of Naval Staff Adm. Afzal Tahir with the Legion of Merit

Personal life

Tahir is a keen sportsman and single-handicap golfer. He belongs to an Arain agriculturalist family of Punjab. He is married and has three daughters and two sons.^[5]

References

↑ Ikramul Haq. "President confers military and civil awards" Business Recorder, 24 March 2003
↑ "President Zardari appoints Noman Bashir new navy chief" Associated Press of Pakistan, 5 October 2008
↑ "Admiral Tahir assumes command of Pakistan Navy" Dawn Newspaper, October 8, 2005
↑ "Admiral Haroon appointed Vice Chief of Naval Staff" Dawn, 8 November 2005
↑ "Afzal Tahir promoted to vice admiral" Archived May 28, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Daily Times, September 2, 2004

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Preceded by Shahid Karimullah	Chief of Naval Staff 2005 – 2008	Succeeded by Noman Bashir

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