| 词条 | Afzal Tahir |
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| honorific-prefix = | name =Afzal Tahir | native_name = | native_name_lang = | honorific-suffix = | image =AfzalTahir.jpg | image_size =200px | smallimage = | alt = | caption = | order =Chief of Naval Staff | office = | term_start =7 October 2005 | term_end =7 October 2008 | alongside = | monarch = | president = | governor_general = | primeminister = | taoiseach = | chancellor = | governor = | vicepresident = | viceprimeminister = | deputy = | lieutenant = | succeeding = | constituency = | majority = | predecessor =Adm. Shahid Karimullah | successor =Adm. Noman Bashir | prior_term = | order2 = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | alongside2 = | monarch2 = | president2 = | governor_general2 = | primeminister2 = | chancellor2 = | taoiseach2 = | governor2 = | vicepresident2 = | viceprimeminister2 = | deputy2 = | lieutenant2 = | succeeding2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | constituency2 = | majority2 = | prior_term2 = | pronunciation = | birth_name =Mohammad Afzal Tahir | birth_date ={{birth date and age|1949|01|04}} | birth_place =Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship ={{Pak}} | nationality =Pakistani | party = | otherparty = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | residence = | education = | alma_mater =National Defence University | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | awards = | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | nickname = | allegiance ={{PAK}} | branch = Pakistan Navy | serviceyears =1967–2008 | rank = Admiral {{small|(S/No. PN 1126)}} | unit =Naval Aviation | commands =Commander Pakistan Fleet Commander Naval Aviation Dir, Inter-Services Intelligence DCNS (Projects) DCNS (Operations) DCNS (Personnel) | battles =1971 Indo-Pakistani War 1999 Indo-Pakistani War 2001 Indo-Pakistan standoff War in North-West Pakistan | mawards =Legion of Merit {{small|(2004)}} Nishan-e-Imtiaz {{small|(2002)}} Hilal-e-Imtiaz {{small|(2001)}} Sitara-e-Imtiaz {{small|(2001)}} | military_blank1 = | military_data1 = | military_blank2 = | military_data2 = | military_blank3 = | military_data3 = | military_blank4 = | military_data4 = | military_blank5 = | military_data5 = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | footnotes = }}Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir, (Urdu:محمد افضل طاهر; b. 4 January 1949[1]); {{small|LM, NI(M), HI(M), SI(M)}}, is a retired four-star rank admiral, writer, and the military historian currently serving in the faculty at the Naval War College of Pakistan Navy.[2][3] Admiral Tahir briefly tenured as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from 7 October 2005 until retiring from his military service on 7 October 2008. Upon the announcement to the four-star appointment in 2005, he superseded Vice-Admiral Mohammad Haroon who continued to serve under him as Vice-Chief of Naval Staff and was succeeded by newly appointed Admiral Noman Bashir in October 2008.[4][5][6] BiographyFamily background and naval careerMuhammad Afzal Tahir was born on 4 January 1949 in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Punjab, Pakistan to a Punjabi family who belonged to the Arain tribe.[1][7] His father was a civil servant in the British Indian government who worked as an administrative officer in the Kapurthala State before the partition of India in 1947.[7] After the partition that saw the establishment of Pakistan in August 1947, his father joined the Central Superior Services (CSS) and worked as Federal Secretary in various ministerial cabinets.[7] After graduating from a local high school in Lyallpur, he was commissioned in the Pakistan Navy as a Midshipman on 11 May 1967 and was sent to join the Pakistan Military Academy where he did his initial military training.[8] He is the graduate in the class of 40th PMA Long Course and promoted as Sub-Lieutenant upon his graduation.{{rp|xv-xvi}}[9] He did his necessary sea training at the Pakistan Naval Academy in Karachi prior being promoted as Lieutenant in the Navy and inducted in Operations Branch.{{rp|xvi}}[9] He was trained as a surface warship officer and qualified as a naval aviator to fly the Alouette III of Pakistan Army board in the surface warships during the western front of the third war with India in 1971.{{rp|xvi}}[9] Lt. Tahir later saw combat actions in the naval operations during the third war with India and served on the minesweepers as an executive officer.{{rp|xvi}}[9] After the war, Lt. Tahir joined the naval aviation in 1974 to continue his training as a naval aviator and was appointed as Flag Lieutenant to Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral K.R. Niazi, from 1981 until 1982.{{rp|xvi}}[9] He was promoted as Lieutenant-Commander in 1982 and was posted in Qatar to serve as a military adviser to Qatar military until 1985 when he returned to Pakistan.{{rp|xvi}}[9] On return from deputation to Qatar in 1985, Lt.Cdr Tahir was appointed Staff Officer (Operations) to the Commander Naval Aviation (COMNAV).{{rp|xvi}}[9] During the same time, he was promoted as Commander and was appointed as Executive Officer of a destroyer.{{rp|xvi}}[9] In 1988, Cdr Tahir was sent to attend the Joint Services Staff Course at Joint Services Staff College at Chaklala and upon completion of the course he was appointed to its Directing Staff.{{rp|xvi}}[9] Staff and command appointmentsIn 1990, he was promoted as Captain and assumed the command of the naval air station, PNS Mehran before commanding the guided missile destroyer in 1992.{{rp|xvi}}[9] He was nominated to attend the National Defence University where he gained Master's degree in Strategic studies in 1997 and assumed the command of the Naval Aviation as its commander (COMNAV).{{rp|xvi}}[9] During the same time, he was promoted as Commodore and was the chief of staff to the Commander Pakistan Fleet in 1997.{{rp|xvi}}[9] In 1998, he moved to the Inter-Services Intelligence and briefly served its director in Islamabad and led the intelligence department while stationed in Islamabad.{{rp|xvi}}[9] His tenure as an ISI director for Islamabad section witnessed key political events in the country, including the testing program in 1998, leading the ISI intelligence section during the Kargil confrontation in 1999, and the martial law in the country in 1999.[1] In 2000, Cdre Tahir was promoted as Rear-Admiral and moved to the Navy NHQ as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) and took participation in naval defense preparations during the military standoff between India and Pakistan in 2001.{{rp|xvi}}[9][10] Together with Admiral Shahid Karimullah, he lobbied for notably acquiring the second-strike nuclear capability and reportedly marked: Pakistan navy would soon have "a qualitative edge over a numerically superior enemy" meaning archrival India."[11] In 2002, Rear-Admiral Tahir was later moved as DCNS (Projects) but later assumed the command of the fleet vessel as Commander Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK), also the same year.{{rp|xvi}}[9] He facilitated a visit of Lieutenant-General Earl B. Hailston of U.S. Marines at the Navy NHQ to held talks on geo-strategic situation in South Asia.[12] In 2003, he was promoted to three-star rank, Vice-Admiral, and moved to the Navy NHQ as DCNS (Personnel).{{rp|xvi}}[9] He is a recipient of the Sitara-i-Imtiaz and Hilal-i-Imtiaz. Chief of Naval StaffIn 2005, Vice-Admiral Tahir was announced to be appointed as the next Chief of Naval Staff by President Pervez Musharraf and promoted as four-star rank Admiral before taking over the command of the Navy from Admiral Shahid Karimullah who was appointed for a diplomatic post in Saudi Arabia.[13] Admiral Tahir superseded Vice-Admiral Mohammad Haroon who was serving as Chief of Staff under Admiral Karimullah and was senior to Admiral Tahir.{{rp|contents page}}[14] In October 2005, Admiral Tahir assumed the command of the Navy and had Vice-Admiral Haroon to serve on his capacity until retiring from his service.[15] Personal lifeTahir 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.[16] See also
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=پاک بحریہ کے سربراہ۔ ایڈمرل افضل طاہر|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dp8psNUMPIMJ:www.pakistanconnections.com/history/detail/2015-10-07/2212+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|website=www.pakistanconnections.com/history|publisher=Pakistani Connections|accessdate=24 January 2017}} 2. ^{{cite news|last1=Khan|first1=Mohd. Azam|title=The despair in our destiny – The Express Tribune review|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/951289/the-despair-in-our-destiny/|accessdate=24 January 2017|work=The Express Tribune|agency=The Express Tribune|issue=5|publisher=The Express Tribune, MA Khan|date=5 September 2015|location=Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan|language=en}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Tahir, PN|first1=Admiral Afzal|title=Destiny to Despair|date=2015|publisher=Paramount Books Ldt.|location=Lahore, Pakistan|isbn=9789696370611|pages=240|edition=1|url=http://paramountbooks.com.pk/loginindex.asp?title=DESTINY-TO-DESPAIR-(hb)-2015&isbn=9789696370611&opt=3&SubCat=05&Cat=05010|accessdate=24 January 2017|language=en}} 4. ^{{cite news|last1=APP|first1=Associated Press of Pakistan|authorlink1=Associated Press of Pakistan|title=President Zardari appoints Noman Bashir new navy chief|url=http://www.app.com.pk/|accessdate=24 January 2017|work=archive.fo|agency=Associate Press of Pakistan|issue=12/5|publisher=Associate Press of Pakistan, 2012|date=3 December 2012|archiveurl=https://archive.fo/20121203010152/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54658&Itemid=2|archivedate=3 December 2012|location=Islamabad, Pakistan|page=1|language=en|format=.fo}} 5. ^{{cite news|last1=From the Newspapers|first1=Dawn|title=Admiral Tahir assumes command of Pakistan Navy|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/160164/admiral-tahir-assumes-command-of-pakistan-navy|accessdate=24 January 2017|work=DAWN.COM|agency=Dawn Newspapers|issue=2|publisher=Dawn Newspapers, 2005|date=8 October 2005|language=en}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Admiral Haroon appointed Vice Chief of Naval Staff|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/164605/admiral-haroon-appointed-vice-chief-of-naval-staff|accessdate=24 January 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=8 November 2005|language=en}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite web|last1=et.al|first1=publishers|title=Who is Who: Admiral Afzal Tahir|url=http://prideofpakistan.com/detail-who-is-who.php?name=CllrMehboobKhan&id=463|website=prideofpakistan.com|publisher=Pride of Pakistan|accessdate=24 January 2017}} 8. ^{{cite web|last1=Pakistan Herald|first1=PH|title=Admiral Afzal Tahir|url=http://www.pakistanherald.com/profile/admiral-afzal-tahir-128|website=Pakistan Herald|publisher=Pakistan Herald|accessdate=24 January 2017}} 9. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 {{cite web|last1=Forbes|first1=Andrew|authorlink1=Andrew Forbes|title=Australia and its Maritime Interests: At Home and in the Region|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Sea_Power_Conference_2008.pdf|website=www.navy.gov.au|publisher=Proceedings of the Royal Australian Navy Sea Power Conference|accessdate=24 January 2017|location=Sydney, Australia|pages=352|language=en|format=PDF|date=2008}} 10. ^{{cite news|last1=From the Newspapers|first1=APP|title=KARACHI: Navy forced Indians to retreat: CNS|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/75477/karachi-navy-forced-indians-to-retreat-cns|accessdate=25 January 2017|work=DAWN.COM|agency=Dawn Newspapers|publisher=Dawn Newspapers, 2003`|date=1 January 2003|language=en}} 11. ^{{cite news|last1=Haider|first1=Salahuddin|title=Pakistan to equip submarines with nuclear missiles|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/pakistan-to-equip-submarines-with-nuclear-missiles-1.409328|accessdate=25 January 2017|work=GulfNews|agency=Gulf News, Pakistan Desk|issue=23|publisher=Gulf news, Haider|date=23 February 2001}} 12. ^{{cite news|last1=From the Newspapers|first1=war correspondents|title=US commander visits joint staff headquarters|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/404800/us-commander-visits-joint-staff-headquarters|accessdate=25 January 2017|work=DAWN.COM|agency=Dawn Newspapers|publisher=Dawn Newspapers, 2002|date=26 January 2002|language=en}} 13. ^{{cite news|last1=A reporter|first1=Dawn News|title=Admiral Tahir named as naval chief|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/158094/admiral-tahir-named-as-naval-chief|accessdate=25 January 2017|work=DAWN.COM|agency=Dawn Newspapers|publisher=Dawn Newspapers, 2005 A Reporter|date=24 September 2005|language=en}} 14. ^{{cite book|last1=Anwar|first1=Dr Muhammad|title=Stolen Stripes and Broken Medals: Autobiography of a Senior Naval Officer|date=2005|publisher=Author House|isbn=9781467010566|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4GLBLfW-YMC&pg=PT251&dq=vice+admiral+afzal+tahir&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi17vrFkdzRAhUY_mMKHSjiCjUQuwUIHTAA#v=onepage&q=vice%20admiral%20afzal%20tahir&f=false|accessdate=25 January 2017|language=en}} 15. ^{{cite news|last1=Dawn reports|first1=staff|title=Admiral Tahir assumes command of Pakistan Navy|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/160164|accessdate=25 January 2017|work=DAWN.COM|agency=Dawn Newspapers|publisher=Dawn Newspapers, Dawn reports|date=8 October 2005|language=en}} 16. ^"Afzal Tahir promoted to vice admiral" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528191242/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_2-9-2004_pg7_37 |date=May 28, 2006 }} Daily Times, September 2, 2004 External links{{commonscat|Afzal Tahir}}
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