Karamat Rahman Niazi | |
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| Chief of Naval Staff | |
| In office 22 March 1979 – 23 March 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Adm Mohammad Shariff |
| Succeeded by | Adm Tariq Kamal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karamat Rahman Niazi Hoshiarpur, Punjab, British Indian Empire |
| Died | 4 May 2021 |
| Citizenship |  Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Navy |
| Years of service | 1948–1983 |
| Rank |  Admiral |
| Unit | Naval Operations Branch (S/No. PN. 214): 242 [1] |
| Commands | Vice-Chief of Naval Staff Commander Pakistan Fleet Submarine Command |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| Awards |  Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Jurat |
Admiral Karamat Rahman Niazi NI(M) HI(M) SJ (Urdu: كرامت رحمٰن نيازى ; usually shortened to K.R. Niazi) (died 4 May 2021) was a senior officer of the Pakistan Navy who served as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) from 1979 to 1983 of the Pakistan Navy.
He was renowned for being the commander of the submarine PNS Ghazi during the second war with India in 1965, for which he was decorated. In 1979, he took over the command of the Pakistan Navy as its Chief of Naval Staff and worked in close coordination with President Zia-ul-Haq on the matters of national security throughout the 1980s.