- Shahid Karimullah
Infobox Military Person
name= Shahid Karimullah
lived=
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allegiance=flagcountry|Pakistan
branch= navy|Pakistan
serviceyears=1968—2005
rank=Admiral
commands=Director Signals
DCNS (Operations)
Commander Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK)
Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS)
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battles=1971 Indo-Pakistani War
awards=Sitara-i-Jurat Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)
laterwork=Admiral Shahid Karimullah is the former Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) who commandedPakistan Navy from 2002 to 2005 and is presently serving asPakistan 'sambassador toSaudi Arabia since October 2005. He was commissioned in the operations branch in 1968 after undergoing training and is a communication specialist. He is a graduate of the United StatesNaval War College , and Pakistan National Defence College.Admiral Karimullah commanded two
destroyers , the 25th Destroyer Squadron and the Pakistan Fleet. He fought the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 while commanding a gunboat in erstwhileEast Pakistan where he was seriously wounded in action and awardedSitara-i-Jurat for exceptional gallantry.His major staff appointments include Additional Secretary at Ministry of Defence, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) and Director Signals at the Naval Headquarters. He has also served as Chief Staff Officer to the Commander Pakistan Fleet and Directing Staff at the National Defence College. He was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral while holding the present appointment as Commander Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK). He, then superseded at least one senior officer Vice Admiral Taj Muhammad Khattak who was the Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS). Besides, Sitara-i-Jurat, he is a recipient of Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military), Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), and Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) after becoming the naval chief.
He was replaced by
Admiral Afzal Tahir as the naval chief when he was due to retire in 2005. Karimullah himself replaced the former naval chief Admiral Abdul Aziz Mirza when he took over as Pakistani ambassador to Saudi Arabia.Admiral Karimullah's family belongs to
Hyderabad Deccan .Other Wikipedia references
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Pakistan Navy
*Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan
*List of Pakistanis External links
* [http://www.dawn.com/2002/10/04/top12.htm Admiral Shahid Karimullah takes over as Navy chief]
* [http://www.pakistanidefence.com/news/MonthlyNewsArchive/2002/October2002.htm Profile of Shahid Karimullah]s-ttl|title=Chief of the Naval Staff (
Pakistan Navy )|years=2002 –2005
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