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3 Pak Navy rear admirals promoted to vice admiral

By Our Correspondent
January 03, 2026
(From left to right) This collage shows undated photos of Vice Admirals Abdul Munib, Syed Ahmed Salman, and Faisal Amin of Pakistan Navy. — Facebook/@PakistanNavy
(From left to right) This collage shows undated photos of Vice Admirals Abdul Munib, Syed Ahmed Salman, and Faisal Amin of Pakistan Navy. — Facebook/@PakistanNavy

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Navy’s three officers, Rear Admiral Abdul Munib, Rear Admiral Syed Ahmed Salman and Rear Admiral Faisal Amin, have been promoted to vice admiral.

Munib was commissioned in Operations Branch in 1992. The flag officer is a graduate from the Pakistan Navy War College Lahore, the National Defence University Islamabad and qualified the Naval War College Command Course from the USA. He has an illustrious naval career covering vast experience of various Command and Staff appointments including Commanding Officer of PNS ALAMGIR, PNS LARKANA, PNS AKRAM, PNS AATISH and Commander Surface Task Group-2, Commander 25th Destroyer Squadron and Commander Combined Task Force-151 at HQ US NAVCENT Bahrain. He has also served as naval secretary, DG Naval Intelligence, DG (C 4I) and deputy chief of the Naval Staff (Operations) at the Naval Headquarters Islamabad. He is currently serving as commander Pakistan Fleet. In recognition of his meritorious services, he has been awarded Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) and Sitara-i-Basalat.

Ahmed Salman was commissioned in Supply Branch in 1991. The flag officer is a graduate from the Pakistan Navy War College Lahore and the National Defence University Islamabad. He has an illustrious service career with vast experience of Command and Staff appointments including director Inventory Control Point and director Procurement (Navy). He has also served as secretary to Chief of the Naval Staff, director Surface Stores and assistant chief of the Naval Staff (Supply) at the Naval Headquarters Islamabad and as Attaché Defence Procurement, UK. He is currently serving as deputy chief of the Naval Staff (Supply) and deputy chief of the Naval Staff (Admin). In recognition of his meritorious services, he has been awarded Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military).

Faisal Amin was commissioned in Operations Branch in 1992. The flag officer is a graduate from the College of Defence Studies UK, the Army Command and Staff College Quetta and the National Defence University Islamabad. He has an illustrious career with vast experience of various Command and Staff appointments including commanding officer PNS RAJSHAHI and PNS ALAMGIR, commander 18th Destroyer Squadron and commander Surface Task Group-1.

He also served as instructor at the UAE Naval College Abu Dhabi. Moreover, he served as director Naval Operations, director Naval Development Plans (Platform), principal secretary to Chief of the Naval Staff, assistant chief of the Naval Staff (Operations), naval secretary at the Naval Headquarters Islamabad and additional secretary-III at the MoD Rawalpindi. He is currently serving as commander coast. He has been conferred with Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) and Sitara-i-Basalat in acknowledgment of his distinguished services.