Shahid Karimullah

Admiral Shahid Karimullah
Shahid Karimullah, center, presented with the Legion of Merit in 2004
Born	(1948-02-14) 14 February 1948
Service/branch	Pakistan Navy
Years of service	1968–2005
Rank	Admiral
Service number	(PN No. 1126)
Commands held	Chief of Naval Staff Commander 25th Destroyer Squadron Additional Secy at Ministry of Defence DCNS (Naval Operations) Commander Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK) Pakistan Marines Joint Signal Intelligence Directorate DS at National Defence University
Battles/wars	1971 Indo-Pakistani War Bangladesh Liberation War Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 2001–02 Indo-Pakistani Standoff
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-i-Jurat Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (military)
Other work	nine

Shahid Karimullah (born 14 February 1948 in Urdu: شاهد كريم الله ; TI(M), SI(M), HI(M), NI(M), SJ), is a retired four-star admiral who served as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), commanded Pakistan Navy from 2002 to 2005.

Naval career

Admiral Karimullah's family belongs to Hyderabad Deccan and he is a son of (late) Lieutenant Commander Mohammed Karimullah. He was commissioned in Pakistan Navy's operations branch in 1968 after undergoing training as a communication specialist. Admiral Shahid Karimullah is a graduate of the United States Naval War College, and Pakistan National Defence College.

Command and staff appointments

Admiral S. 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 erstwhile East Pakistan where he was seriously wounded in action and awarded Sitara-i-Jurat for exceptional gallantry.

His major staff appointments include Additional Secretary of 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 appointment of Commander Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK).

Chief of Naval staff

Upon ascension to Chief of Naval Staff in 2002, Karimullah superseded at least one senior officer Vice Admiral Taj Muhammad Khattak who was the Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS). He was replaced by Admiral Afzal Tahir as the naval chief when he was due to retire in 2005.

Besides, Sitara-i-Jurat, Karimullah is a recipient of Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military), Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), and Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military).

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Military offices
Preceded by Abdul Aziz Mirza	Chief of Naval Staff 2002–2005	Succeeded by Afzal Tahir

Recipients of Sitara-e-Jurat

Anwar Shamim Arshad Sami Khan Eric G. Hall Ghulam Jilani Khan Imtiaz Bhatti Naseerullah Babar Nazir Latif Mervyn Middlecoat Michael John O'Brian Muhammad Mahmood Alam Mukhtar Ahmad Dogar Peter Christy Raja Nadir Pervez Samad Ali Changezi Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui Sattar Alvi Shahid Karimullah Shamim Alam Khan

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