Shahid Iqbal took over this post from retiring Vice Admiral Asaf Humayun on 30 December 2009.
15 Facts About Shahid Iqbal
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From 2009 to 2010, Vice-Admiral Iqbal served as the Chief of Staff at NHQ.
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Shahid Iqbal was born on 5 July 1953, and was educated at the Cadet College Petaro in 1966, graduating in 1971.
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Shahid Iqbal joined the Pakistan Navy in 1972 and attended the Pakistan Naval Academy in Karachi where he graduated in 1974 with a degree in operations research, gaining commission in the Navy as Sub-Lieutenant in the Naval Operations Branch.
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Shahid Iqbal was trained as a surface warfare officer and served in the various surface warships before being selected to continue his military training in the United Kingdom.
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Shahid Iqbal attended the National Defence University in Islamabad where gained his MSc in War Studies.
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Shahid Iqbal served in the faculty of the Naval War College, instructing courses on war studies.
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Shahid Iqbal headed the Naval Intelligence, and was eventually promoted as two-star assignment.
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On 24 April 2006, RAdm Shahid Iqbal was appointed to command the Combined Task Force 150 at the NAVCENT in Bahrain when he relieved Dutch Commodore Hank Ort and assumed command of the Force.
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On 22 August 2006, RAdm Shahid Iqbal was relieved by German Rear Admiral Heinrich Lange, and returned to Pakistan.
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RAdm Shahid Iqbal was noted for being the first Asian admiral of a "regional nation" who was given command of any of the three coalition task forces that comprise the Combined Maritime Force.
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In 2007, RAdm Shahid Iqbal was appointed at the Navy NHQ in Islamabad and was later appointed as DCNS.
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In 2008, Rear-Admiral Shahid Iqbal became the senior fleet commander when he took over the command as Commander Pakistan Fleet from Admiral Noman Bashir.
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Rear-Admiral Shahid Iqbal guided the fleet to be part of the Combined Task Force 150 and Combined Task Force 151 to launched operations against the piracy in the coast of Somalia.
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In 2010, VAdm Shahid Iqbal took retirement from the Navy and was preceded by Vice-Admiral Asif Sandila as VCNS.