Birth name Zafar Mahmood Abbasi Years of service 1976 - Present Unit Operations (OPS) | Allegiance Pakistan Rank Vice Admiral | |
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Commands held Commander CoastalCombined Task Force 150Pakistan Maritime Security Agency21st Mine warfare Squadron25th Destroyer SquadronNaval Warfare BranchPakistan Naval AcademySubmarine Service Branch Awards Imtiazi Sanad, Sitara-i-Imtiaz (military) Battles and wars Kargil War, 2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff | ||
Vice Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, is a Pakistan Navy officer, currently serving as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Operations.
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Naval career
Abbasi joined Pakistan Navy in 1976 as a Naval Cadet after receiving an admission at the Pakistan Naval Academy. In 1980, he gained his B.Sc. in Economics and later went to the United Kingdom, where he attended Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. In 1981, upon his return, he was given commissioned in the Navy as Sub-Lieutenant. He was also conferred with Sword of Honor at the Pakistan Naval Academy. In 1984, Abassi did his specialization in Underwater Warfare from Submarine School of the Pakistan Naval Submarine Service Branch, and another course in Surface Warfare from United States Naval Academy In 1989, he attended the Royal Australian Naval College where he did B.Sc. in War studies and a M.Sc. in War and Strategic studies National Defence University. He served as the Commander of Combined Task Force 150 from April 2010 till October 2010.
Personal Life
Abbasi is ethnically Pahari He has 2 daughters and 1 son. He is a descendant of the Abbasid Caliphs. He is therefore of Arab ancestry.