1. Mansurul Haq was a former senior officer of the Pakistan Navy who was forcibly retired from his service in 1997 on the allegations leveled against him in the corruption and kickbacks resulting during the technology transfer of submarines from France.
Mansurul Haq was stripped of his rank, awards, and other perks and privileges.
Mansurul Haq's case attracted subsequent media attention in Pakistan after his voluntary return without any extradition case from the United States by the joint teams of FIA and NAB.
Mansurul Haq was held in Sihala Prison to face accountability.
However, Haq was later released after successfully negotiating a plea bargain.
Mansurul Haq was born in Sialkot, Punjab, British India in 1937 into a Punjabi family.
Mansurul Haq served in the second war with India and was posted in East Pakistan after the war.
Mansurul Haq was taken as war prisoner by Indian Army and was repatriated back to Pakistan following the trilateral agreement signed in 1974.
Mansurul Haq's career progressed extremely well in the Navy and was sent to attend the Naval War College in Rhode Island in the United States where he graduated in management course.
In 1983, Captain Mansurul Haq was promoted to one-star assignment in the Navy NHQ, and Cdre Mansurul Haq briefly tenured as the ACNS.
Vice-Admiral Mansurul Haq fiercely opposed any attempts of privatization policy, causing a stress on the civil-military relations with the civilian federal government.
Mansurul Haq held additional talks with the French Navy over the strengthening of the cooperation between two nations.
In driving the anti-corruption policy by then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Admiral Mansurul Haq's role was exposed by R-Adm Tanvir Ahmed, and was forced retired from his four-star commission in 1997.
In 1998, Mansurul Haq emigrated to the United States and settled in Austin in Texas where he bought a house.
In 2013, Mansurul Haq filed a lawsuit against the Government of Pakistan, seeking to restore his medical privileges, pensions, and four-star rank, at the Sindh High Court.
Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, Justice Faisal Arab, heard his appeal as Mansurul Haq cited his 43 years of military service in the Navy who fought the two wars where he was taken war prisoner by India in 1971.
In 2010, Cdre Shahid Ashraf, the DG NI under Admiral Haq, revealed on the Dawn News that the submarine deal, for which Admiral Mansurul Haq pleaded guilty, was signed before he took charge as Chief of Naval Staff.
Shahid Ashraf further claimed that Admiral Mansurul Haq was not part of the selection team which recommended Agosta 90B for purchase from France.
The selection committee included various Admirals including those who subsequently held senior positions after Admiral Mansurul Haq was removed from his position.