President Arif Alvi on Thursday, conferred Nishan-e-Imtiaz to newly appointed Naval Chief Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi.
In a ceremony held at President House in Islamabad, President Arif Alvi conferred Nishan-e-Imtiaz (military) on the newly appointed Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi.
Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi assumed command of Pakistan navy (PN) as Chief of the Naval Staff on October 7th last week, replacing the outgoing naval chief dmiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi.
CNS Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi
Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi has previously on various senior posts and has commanded two Type-21 ships PNS BADR and PNS TARIQ, He has also served as Commander 18th Destroyer Squadron and Commandant PNS BAHADUR.
He is a graduate of Army Command & Staff College Quetta and National Defence University Islamabad, and is currently serving as Commander Pakistan Fleet.
Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi has been awarded with the French Medal Chevalier (Knight) by the Government of France and has also been conferred with Hilal e Imtiaz (Military) and Sitara e Basalat.
Furthermore, his service history includes Principal Secretary to Chief of the Naval Staff, Head of F-22P Mission China, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Training & Evaluation) and Director General Naval Intelligence.