Vice Admiral Iqbal Fazl Quadir ( Urdu: ) , (died 19 October 2020) was a three-star rank

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in the

Pakistan Navy ur, ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے اور وہ بہترین کارساز ہے۔ English language, English: Allah is Sufficient for us - and what an excellent (reliable) Trustee (of affairs) is He!(''Quran, Qur'an, Al Imran, 3:173' ...

, diplomat and a defence analyst. He was renowned for his participation in Pakistan's second war with India when he was part of the flotilla that attacked the radar station in Dwarka, India.

Biography

Having joined the

in 1947, he progressed well in the Navy and was trained in signals in Britannia Royal Naval College in England before returning to Pakistan in 1954 where he served in the PNS ''Shamsher'' as Lieutenant. In 1965,

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Iqbal F. Quadir was among the

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s who were chosen to be a part of the flotilla led by Cdre. S.M. Anwar to attack the radar station in Dwarka, India, where he commanded the PNS ''Alamgir''. Cdr. Quadir was in charge of the signals eventually helping to identify the targets for flotilla to launch the attack. According to Cdr. Quadir, the Indian Navy's reconnaissance plane had flown over his ship and observed flight path of the plane in the radar, as it had flown over his ship, ''Babur'' and ''Badr'' but was unable to detect due to clouds covering the area. Upon returning to Pakistan, he was decorated with the gallantry award. In 1971, Cdr. Quadir was stationed in East, and was taken as

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by the Indian Army and was repatriated back to Pakistan in 1974. Upon returning to Pakistan, he continued to serve in the Navy and eventually was promoted to the commanding ranks in the Navy. In the 1970s, Capt. Quadir served in the Navy NHQ as

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(COS) for Commander of Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK). In 1978, Rear-Admiral Quadir was appointed as Commander of Karachi (COMKAR). In 1980, he was promoted to three-star rank, Vice-Admiral, in the

and tenured as the Vice-Chief of Naval Staff under Adm. Karamat Rahman Niazi, the chief of naval staff. In 1983, Vice-Admiral Quadir was superseded by junior Rear-Admiral T.K. Khan for the four-star rank promotion, since the Rear-Admiral Khan had been known to be close to President Zia and had experience in military administration in civil affairs from the East Pakistan, that may have been a factor for his appointment to the four-star rank. After his appointment was announced, Rear-Admiral Tariq Kamal Khan was appointed as four-star rank

in the Navy. After his seeking retirement in 1983, Quadir was appointed as ambassador and served in various countries as a diplomat. He was a prolific contributor in Defence Journal. Since 2015, he appeared in television news media to eulogize the events in 1965. Qadir died on 19 October 2020.Ghazi of 1965's Operation Dwarka Vice Admiral retd Iqbal Fazal Qadir passes away
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