Zahid Ilyas is a Retired Vice admiral and flag officer 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' ...

. He was serving as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (Training and Personnel), DCNS-T&P at

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in Islamabad, he took the office as Head of Trainning and Personnel branch of Pakistan Navy. Prior to assuming Special Service Group in 2021 his previous assignments include commanding officer '' PNS Babur'' and '' PNS Zulfiquar''. He was also appointed to

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as a commanding officer. He graduated from the

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and the National Defence University besides obtaining a

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in military operational research from the UK and naval command course from China.

Career

He joined the Pakistan Navy in 1984 and got commissioned in Operations branch in 1988. He served at various posts and units throughout his career such as commander of the 18th

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and

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for Pakistan headquartered in Bahrain. At staff assignments, his was appointed as principal secretary to Chief of Naval Staff, Director General C4I and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff,Training & Evaluation in

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. During his career, he also served as

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at Joint Cantonment Gwadar Branch in

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

Effective dates of promotion

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ilyas, Zahid Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Pakistan Navy admirals National Defence University, Pakistan alumni Pakistan Naval War College alumni Recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz Year of birth missing (living people)