Abaidullah Khan | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the National Shipping Corporation | |
| In office 29 December 1996 – 11 March 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Jawaid Ali |
| Succeeded by | S. Tauquir H. Naqvi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abaid Ullah Khan c. 1940[1] Kashmir, British India |
| Citizenship |  Pakistan |
| Residence(s) | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Bureaucrat |
| Profession | Sailor |
| Nickname(s) | A. U. Khan Obaidullah Khan |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Navy |
| Years of service | 1958–2000 |
| Rank |   Vice-Admiral(PN No. 775)[2] |
| Unit | Executive Branch |
| Commands | Vice Chief of Naval Staff Commander Pakistan Fleet DCNS (Operations) Submarine Command |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| Awards |  Hilal-i-Imtiaz (military) Sitara-e-Basalat Sitara-e-Jurat |
Abaidullah Khan (Urdu: عبيد اللہ خان), known as A. U. Khan, HI(m), SBt, SJ, was a three-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy, and later a bureaucrat who played a crucial role in procuring and technology transfer of the air-independent propulsion-based Agosta 90Bravo class submarine from France in 1994–1997.[3][4]
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- ^ staff writer (5 December 2010). "Agosta submarine deal - Benazir, Zardari not involved: ex-naval spy chief". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Ex-Navy chief confirms French kickbacks". Paktribune. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2018.