Admiral Yastur-ul-Haq Malik ( ur, ; b. 24 December 1931), , is a retired four-star rank admiral who served as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from 10 November 1988 until retiring from his

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on 8 November 1991. Admiral belonged to a Military family. Notable members of the family include his brothers Commodore Ikram ul Haq Malik (R), Brigadier Mansoor Ul Haq Malik (R), Brigadier Manzoor Ul Haq Malik (R) and General Zahoor Ul Haq Malik (late).

Biography

Naval career and education

Yastur-ul-Haq Malik was born on 24th December 1931 in

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, KPK, in

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. He attended and graduated from the Saint Patrick's College in

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and gained commissioned as Midshipman in 1951 and inducted in the Surface Branch of the Pakistan Navy in 1954. After his initial training at the

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, he was sent to

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to attend the

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at Darmouth where he graduated and further trained with the

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in 1958. Upon returning to Pakistan in 1958, he was promoted as

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and provided his services as gunnery in the PNS Badr and participated in second war with India in 1965. He briefly served as a staff member of the military secretary's team in the Ayub administration and was an

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Ayub Khan in 1960s. He then participated in third war with India in 1971 as

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while stationing in

. After the war in 1971, Lt.Cdr. Malik went to attend the

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where he graduated with a staff course degree. He also attended the National Defence University and graduated with

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Staff appointments and Chief of naval staff

Throughout his career, Malik served in the administrative branches of the Pakistan Navy and once posted as the

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at Pakistan Embassy, Paris in

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. In 1980s, he was assumed the command of Pakistan Fleet as its commander (COMPAK) from 1977 until 1982 but was later posted in Navy NHQ as DCNS (Personnel) from 1982-1984. His command assignments also included his role as Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS) from 1984 until 1986 before being appointed as Chairman of the

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(PNSC) in 1986. In 1988,

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Benazir Bhutto announced his appointment as Chief of Naval Staff and Vice-Admiral Malik took over the command of Navy from Admiral

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who was elevated as Chairman of the

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on 10 November 1988. His tenure only ran for two years and left the command of the Navy to his VCNS Vice-Admiral S.M. Khan who was promoted as Admiral on 11 August 1991. As Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Malik is credited for commissioning the "

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"— the

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which is situated in

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Awards and Decorations

References

External links

Official website of Pakistan Navy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malik, Yastur-Ul-Haq Living people 1933 births Military personnel from Lucknow People from Karachi Pakistan Military Academy alumni Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College Pakistani diplomats Pakistani military personnel of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 National Defence University, Pakistan alumni Pakistan Navy admirals Chiefs of Naval Staff (Pakistan) Pakistani naval attachés St. Patrick's College (Karachi) alumni