ISLAMABAD: Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi on Wednesday took charge as the 22nd chief of naval staff, Pakistan Navy said, in a change of command ceremony held in Islamabad in which outgoing naval chief, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, passed on the reins.
In his farewell address Abbasi said his primary focus during his tenure had been on transforming Pakistan Navy into a combat ready force with “special emphasis on optimum battle preparedness and professional competence.”
The navy statement said the new chief had previously served as a principal secretary to the chief of the naval staff, been head of the F-22P Mission to China, deputy chief of naval staff (training and evaluation) and director general naval intelligence.
He was commissioned in the operations branch of the Navy in 1985 and won the Sword of Honor upon completion of initial training at the Pakistan Naval Academy.
Niazi is a graduate of the Army Command and Staff College Quetta and National Defense University Islamabad. He holds a master’s degree in underwater acoustics from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China.
