Tariq Kamal Khan

Tariq Kamal Khan
Chief of Naval Staff
In office
23 March 1983 – 9 April 1986
Preceded byAdm K.R. Niazi
Succeeded byAdm Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey
High Commissioner of Pakistan to Australia
In office
1986–1992
PresidentZia-ul-Haq
Pakistan Ambassador to Tunisia
In office
1993–1995
Preceded byDilshad Najmuddin
Succeeded byShamoon Alam Khan
Personal details
Born
Tariq Kamal Khan

(1933-01-23) January 23, 1933 (age 91)
Jhelum, Punjab, British India
(present day Pakistan)
Citizenship Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
RelationsMajor Kazim Kamal(Shaheed)
Nickname(s)TK Khan
Metal Gear
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Navy
Years of service1948–1986
Rank Admiral
UnitSurface Branch
CommandsVice Chief of Naval Staff
Commander Karachi coast
Naval attaché Pakistan Embassy, London
Battles/wars
AwardsNishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Legion of Merit

Admiral Tariq Kamal Khan NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) LoM (Urdu: طارق کمال خان; born 23 January 1933), is a retired four-star rank admiral and a former diplomat who served as a Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from being appointed in 1983 until retiring from his service in 1986.: 199 [1][2][3][4]

Prior to that, he was appointed as the High Commissioner of Pakistan to Australia and served from 1986 until 1992, when he retired from the foreign service.: 352 [5]

  1. ^ Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2003). The Armed Forces of Pakistan (googlebooks) (1 ed.). Oxford, uk: Oxford University Press. p. 220. ISBN 0195798392. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Jhelum: Alexander the Great's Naval Station | Pakistan Politics & Current Affairs | Chowrangi". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry seen in Iran with Admiral Tariq Kemal Khan, Gen S M Abbasi, and Air Commodore Khaqan Abbasi". 12 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  5. ^ GoP, Govt. of Pakistan (1992). Statistical Pocket-book of Pakistan. Islamabad Pakistan: Manager of Publications. Retrieved 30 January 2017.