Shahid Iqbal
Pakistan Navy admiral
Shahid Iqbal (Urdu: شاہد اقبال; born 15 July 1953), HI(M), is a retired three-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy, and former university administrator who served as the Rector of the Bahria University from 2012 until 2015.
In 2005, he was notable for being the first admiral in the Pakistan Navy when he took over the command of the Combined Task Force 150, helping to conduct military operations against the Somali pirates operating in the coast of Somalia. He took over this post from retiring Vice Admiral Asaf Humayun on 30 December 2009. From 2009 to 2010, Vice-Admiral Iqbal served as the Chief of Staff (now known as Vice Chief of Naval Staff) at NHQ.
Biography
Shahid Iqbal was born on 5 July 1953, and was educated at the Cadet College Petaro in 1966, graduating in 1971. He joined the Pakistan Navy in 1972 and attended the Pakistan Naval Academy in Karachi where he graduated in 1974 with a degree in operations research, gaining commission in the Navy as Sub-Lieutenant in the Naval Operations Branch. He was trained as a surface warfare officer and served in the various surface warships before being selected to continue his military training in the United Kingdom.
In 1978, Lt. Iqbal was sent to United Kingdom where he did his military training at HMS Collingwood in England, specialized as Principal warfare officer with the Officer Corps of the Royal Navy.
In addition, he attended and graduated from the Turkish Staff College and Naval War College in Lahore, gaining his staff course degree. He also attended the National Defence University in Islamabad where gained his MSc in War Studies.
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