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	[[Vice-Admiral]] '''Shamoon Alam Khan''' ([[Urdu]]: شمعون عالم) {{small\|[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz\|HI(m)]], [[Sitara-i-Jurat\|SJ]]}}, is a retired [[Three-star rank\|three-star]] rank admiral in the [[Pakistan Navy]] and a diplomat.<ref name="Pakistan Embassy Tunis">{{cite web\|last1=Pakistan Embassy Tunis\|title=Pakistan Embassy Tunis\|url=http://www.pakistanembassytunis.com/ambassador-of-pakistan-embassy-tuni\|website=Pakistan Embassy Tunis\|publisher=Pakistan Embassy Tunis\|accessdate=25 December ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref name="Shamoon Alam KHAN, Ambassador of Pakistan To Ukraine: We don't bargain when we make decisions">{{cite web\|last1=Solodky\|first1=Serhiy Solodky\|title=Shamoon Alam KHAN, Ambassador of Pakistan To Ukraine: "We don't bargain when we make decisions"\|url=https://day.kyiv.ua/en/article/day-after-day/shamoon-alam-khan-ambassador-pakistan-ukraine-we-dont-bargain-when-we-make\|website=Shamoon Alam KHAN, Ambassador of Pakistan To Ukraine: "We don't bargain when we make decisions"\|accessdate=25 December 2017\|language=en\|date=23 October 2001}}</ref>		[[Vice-Admiral]] '''Shamoon Alam Khan''' ([[Urdu]]: شمعون عالم) {{small\|[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz\|HI(m)]], [[Sitara-i-Jurat\|SJ]]}}, is a retired [[Three-star rank\|three-star]] rank admiral in the [[Pakistan Navy]] and a diplomat.<ref name="Pakistan Embassy Tunis">{{cite web\|last1=Pakistan Embassy Tunis\|title=Pakistan Embassy Tunis\|url=http://www.pakistanembassytunis.com/ambassador-of-pakistan-embassy-tuni\|website=Pakistan Embassy Tunis\|publisher=Pakistan Embassy Tunis\|accessdate=25 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Shamoon Alam KHAN, Ambassador of Pakistan To Ukraine: We don't bargain when we make decisions">{{cite web\|last1=Solodky\|first1=Serhiy Solodky\|title=Shamoon Alam KHAN, Ambassador of Pakistan To Ukraine: "We don't bargain when we make decisions"\|url=https://day.kyiv.ua/en/article/day-after-day/shamoon-alam-khan-ambassador-pakistan-ukraine-we-dont-bargain-when-we-make\|website=Shamoon Alam KHAN, Ambassador of Pakistan To Ukraine: "We don't bargain when we make decisions"\|accessdate=25 December 2017\|language=en\|date=23 October 2001}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
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	Shamoon Alam Khan was born in [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]] in [[British Indian Empire\|India]], into an [[Urdu-speaking]] family, and his father, Mahboob Alam Khan, was an officer in the [[Indian Civil Service (British India)\|Indian Civil Service]] who worked at an administration position at the [[Survey of India]].<ref name="The Nation">{{cite news\|last1=Editorial contribution\|first1=News desk writers\|title=The Alam Brothers in the Pakistan Armed Forces\|url=http://nation.com.pk/11-Sep-2015/alam-brothers-in-pakistan-army\|accessdate=22 December 2017\|work=The Nation\|agency=The Nation\|publisher=The Nation, 2015\|date=11 September 2015\|location=Islamabad\|language=en-pk}}</ref> His mother, Nisa Begum, was a [[housewife]].<ref name="The Nation"/> His father, Mahboob Alam, had nine children with Nisa among all joined the respected branches of the [[Pakistan Armed Forces]].<ref name="The Nation"/> His older brother, [[Shamim Alam Khan\|Shamim]] was a career officer who became [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]] in the 1990s.		Shamoon Alam Khan was born in [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]] in [[British Indian Empire\|India]], into an [[Urdu-speaking]] family, and his father, Mahboob Alam Khan, was an officer in the [[Indian Civil Service (British India)\|Indian Civil Service]] who worked at an administration position at the [[Survey of India]].<ref name="The Nation">{{cite news\|last1=Editorial contribution\|first1=News desk writers\|title=The Alam Brothers in the Pakistan Armed Forces\|url=http://nation.com.pk/11-Sep-2015/alam-brothers-in-pakistan-army\|accessdate=22 December 2017\|work=The Nation\|agency=The Nation\|publisher=The Nation, 2015\|date=11 September 2015\|location=Islamabad\|language=en-pk}}</ref> His mother, Nisa Begum, was a [[housewife]].<ref name="The Nation"/> His father, Mahboob Alam, had nine children with Nisa among all joined the respected branches of the [[Pakistan Armed Forces]].<ref name="The Nation"/> His older brother, [[Shamim Alam Khan\|Shamim]] was a career officer who became [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]] in the 1990s.

	After the [[Partition of India\|partition]] of [[British Indian Empire\|India]] in 1947, the Allam family moved from [[Bangalore]] to [[Rawalpindi]] via [[Indian Railways\|train]], where the Allam brothers witnessed the [[Violence against Muslims in India\|violence and riots]] that were taking place in the trains at the time of the partition in 1947.<ref name="Defence Journal, 2002">{{cite web\|last1=Amin\|first1=A.H.\|title=Remembering Our Warriors\|url=http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/april/zakhan.htm\|website=www.defencejournal.com\|publisher=Defence Journal\|accessdate=22 December 2017\|location=Islamabad\|language=en-pk\|date=April ~~2022~~}}</ref> Eventually, Mahboob Alam found the employment at the [[Survey of Pakistan]].<ref name="Defence Journal, 2002"/>		After the [[Partition of India\|partition]] of [[British Indian Empire\|India]] in 1947, the Allam family moved from [[Bangalore]] to [[Rawalpindi]] via [[Indian Railways\|train]], where the Allam brothers witnessed the [[Violence against Muslims in India\|violence and riots]] that were taking place in the trains at the time of the partition in 1947.<ref name="Defence Journal, 2002">{{cite web\|last1=Amin\|first1=A.H.\|title=Remembering Our Warriors\|url=http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/april/zakhan.htm\|website=www.defencejournal.com\|publisher=Defence Journal\|accessdate=22 December 2017\|location=Islamabad\|language=en-pk\|date=April 2002}}</ref> Eventually, Mahboob Alam found the employment at the [[Survey of Pakistan]].<ref name="Defence Journal, 2002"/>

	After his [[Matriculation in Pakistan\|matriculation]], Shamoon, along with [[Shamim Alam Khan\|Shamim]], went to attend the [[Lawrence College, Murree\|Lawrence College]] where he earned the [[High school diploma\|diploma]].<ref name="Defence Journal, 2002"/> In 1955, he joined the [[Pakistan Navy]] and was selected to be trained at the [[Britannia Royal Naval College]] at [[Dartmouth, Devon\|Dartmouth]] in [[United Kingdom]], trained as a [[Surface warfare insignia\|surface officer]].<ref name="Defence Journal, 2002"/>		After his [[Matriculation in Pakistan\|matriculation]], Shamoon, along with [[Shamim Alam Khan\|Shamim]], went to attend the [[Lawrence College, Murree\|Lawrence College]] where he earned the [[High school diploma\|diploma]].<ref name="Defence Journal, 2002"/> In 1955, he joined the [[Pakistan Navy]] and was selected to be trained at the [[Britannia Royal Naval College]] at [[Dartmouth, Devon\|Dartmouth]] in [[United Kingdom]], trained as a [[Surface warfare insignia\|surface officer]].<ref name="Defence Journal, 2002"/>

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[[Vice-Admiral]] '''Shamoon Alam Khan''' ([[Urdu]]: شمعون عالم) {{small|[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI(m)]], [[Sitara-i-Jurat|SJ]]}}, is a retired [[Three-star rank|three-star]] rank admiral in the [[Pakistan Navy]] and a diplomat.<ref name="Pakistan Embassy Tunis">{{cite web|last1=Pakistan Embassy Tunis|title=Pakistan Embassy Tunis|url=http://www.pakistanembassytunis.com/ambassador-of-pakistan-embassy-tuni|website=Pakistan Embassy Tunis|publisher=Pakistan Embassy Tunis|accessdate=25 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="Shamoon Alam KHAN, Ambassador of Pakistan To Ukraine: We don't bargain when we make decisions">{{cite web|last1=Solodky|first1=Serhiy Solodky|title=Shamoon Alam KHAN, Ambassador of Pakistan To Ukraine: "We don't bargain when we make decisions"|url=https://day.kyiv.ua/en/article/day-after-day/shamoon-alam-khan-ambassador-pakistan-ukraine-we-dont-bargain-when-we-make|website=Shamoon Alam KHAN, Ambassador of Pakistan To Ukraine: "We don't bargain when we make decisions"|accessdate=25 December 2017|language=en|date=23 October 2001}}</ref>

==Biography==

Shamoon Alam Khan was born in [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]] in [[British Indian Empire|India]], into an [[Urdu-speaking]] family, and his father, Mahboob Alam Khan, was an officer in the [[Indian Civil Service (British India)|Indian Civil Service]] who worked at an administration position at the [[Survey of India]].<ref name="The Nation">{{cite news|last1=Editorial contribution|first1=News desk writers|title=The Alam Brothers in the Pakistan Armed Forces|url=http://nation.com.pk/11-Sep-2015/alam-brothers-in-pakistan-army|accessdate=22 December 2017|work=The Nation|agency=The Nation|publisher=The Nation, 2015|date=11 September 2015|location=Islamabad|language=en-pk}}</ref> His mother, Nisa Begum, was a [[housewife]].<ref name="The Nation"/> His father, Mahboob Alam, had nine children with Nisa among all joined the respected branches of the [[Pakistan Armed Forces]].<ref name="The Nation"/> His older brother, [[Shamim Alam Khan|Shamim]] was a career officer who became [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]] in the 1990s.

After the [[Partition of India|partition]] of [[British Indian Empire|India]] in 1947, the Allam family moved from [[Bangalore]] to [[Rawalpindi]] via [[Indian Railways|train]], where the Allam brothers witnessed the [[Violence against Muslims in India|violence and riots]] that were taking place in the trains at the time of the partition in 1947.<ref name="Defence Journal, 2002">{{cite web|last1=Amin|first1=A.H.|title=Remembering Our Warriors|url=http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/april/zakhan.htm|website=www.defencejournal.com|publisher=Defence Journal|accessdate=22 December 2017|location=Islamabad|language=en-pk|date=April 2022}}</ref> Eventually, Mahboob Alam found the employment at the [[Survey of Pakistan]].<ref name="Defence Journal, 2002"/>

After his [[Matriculation in Pakistan|matriculation]], Shamoon, along with [[Shamim Alam Khan|Shamim]], went to attend the [[Lawrence College, Murree|Lawrence College]] where he earned the [[High school diploma|diploma]].<ref name="Defence Journal, 2002"/> In 1955, he joined the [[Pakistan Navy]] and was selected to be trained at the [[Britannia Royal Naval College]] at [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]] in [[United Kingdom]], trained as a [[Surface warfare insignia|surface officer]].<ref name="Defence Journal, 2002"/>

In the 1960s, [[Lieutenant (naval)|Lt.]] Shamoon served as an [[Executive officer]] at various [[List of active Pakistan Navy ships|surface warships]], and participated in the [[Operation Dwarka|naval offence]] against the [[Indian Navy]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|second war]] with [[India]] in 1965.{{rp|12}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Defence Journal|date=2002|publisher=Ikram ul-Majeed Sehgal|language=en}}</ref> In 1967, [[Lieutenant (naval)|Lt.]] Shamoon joined the [[Inter-Services Intelligence]] (ISI), and was posted in [[East Pakistan]], working on the [[Intelligence gathering network|intelligence gathering]].<ref name="Defence Journal , 1998"/>
For a short period of time, [[Lieutenant-Commander]] Shamoon provided and ran a short training course to the junior officers graduating from the [[Pakistan Naval Academy|Naval Academy]] in [[Karachi]] at the [[HMS Diadem (84)|PNS ''Babur'']] near the [[Bay of Bengal]].{{rp|12}}<ref name="AuthorHouse, 2006">{{cite book|last1=Anwar|first1=Cdre. Muhammad|title=Stolen Stripes and Broken Medals: Autobiography of a Senior Naval Officer|date=2006|publisher=AuthorHouse|location=Oxford, UK|isbn=9781425900205|pages=285|edition=1st|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U2IQ7bkak5wC&dq=shamoon&pg=PA73|accessdate=26 December 2017|language=en-uk|chapter-format=google books|chapter={{small|Early years in the Navy}}}}</ref>

In 1970–71, [[Lieutenant-Commander|Lt-Cdr.]] Shamoon moved his ISI office in [[Comilla District|Comilla]], and took participation in briefing the formations of [[Pakistan Marines]] and special forces of [[Special Service Group|Army]] and [[Special Service Group (Navy)|Navy]] to commence offence on approaching [[Indian Army]].<ref name="Defence Journal , 1998">{{cite web|last1=Khan, PA|first1=Brig. Z.A.|title=The Way It Was - 2|url=http://www.defencejournal.com/sept98/wayitwas2.htm|website=www.defencejournal.com|publisher=Defence Journal|accessdate=25 December 2017|location=Islamabad|pages=2|language=en-pk|date=September 1998}}</ref> During the height of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|civil insurgency]] in [[East Pakistan|East-Pakistan]], [[Lieutenant-Commander|Lt-Cdr.]] Shamoon volunteered into the entrance in the [[Special Service Group (Navy)|Navy Special Service Group]] and was a commanding officer of the [[Special Service Group (Navy)|Navy SEAL Team]] that conducted a [[reconnaissance]] mission to gain knowledge on the [[Indian Army]]'s movement near the [[Rangamati Hill District|Rangamati]], leading to insert the [[Pakistan Marines]] [[battalion]]s, and later made a way to secure intelligence on the [[Kaptai Dam]].<ref name="Defence Journal , 1998"/>

In 1971, [[Lieutenant-Commander|Lt-Cdr.]] Shamoon was taken [[Pakistani prisoners of war in India|war prisoner]] by [[Indian Army]] after the [[Instrument of Surrender (1971)|unilateral surrender]] was signed and expatriated to Pakistan in 1973.<ref name="Defence Journal , 1998"/> In 1974, [[Commander (rank)|Cdr.]] Shamoon remained associated with the [[ISI (Pakistan)|ISI]] for remainder of his career, and was directed to attend the [[National Defence University, Pakistan|Armed Forces War College]] (afwc) at the [[National Defence University, Pakistan|National Defence University]], and attained [[Master of Science|MSc]] in [[War studies]] in the class of 1976.<ref name="NDU press, 1976">{{cite web|last1=NDU|first1=afwc|title=1976 Armed Forces War Course|url=http://www.ndu.edu.pk/afwc/alumni_archives/war_course/1976_war_course.doc|website=www.ndu.edu.pk|publisher=NDU press|accessdate=25 December 2017|format=doc|date=1976}}</ref>

His first diplomatic assignment included [[Captain (naval)|Capt.]] Shamoon's appointment as a [[Naval attache|Naval attache']] at the [[Embassy of Pakistan|Pakistan Embassy]] in [[Beijing]] in 1981.{{rp|121}}<ref name="National Technical Information Service, 1981">{{cite book|last1=Service|first1=United States Foreign Broadcast Information|title=Daily Report: People's Republic of China|date=1981|publisher=National Technical Information Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HassAAAAMAAJ&q=shamoon+alam+khan+attache|accessdate=25 December 2017|language=en}}</ref> In 1983, [[Captain (naval)|Capt.]] Shamoon was promoted as a [[One-star rank|one-star]] rank admiral in the Navy, and was selected to attend a year-long staff course at the [[Royal College of Defence Studies]] (RCDS) in [[London]].<ref name="Defence Journal , 1998"/> Upon returning, [[Commodore (rank)|Cdre.]] Shamoon was appointed [[commandant]] of the [[Pakistan Naval Academy]] in [[Karachi]] in 1987–88, and later served as commandant of the [[Joint Staff Headquarters (Pakistan)|Joint Staff College]] in [[Chaklala, Rawalpindi|Chaklala]].{{rp|70–72}}<ref name="AuthorHouse, 2006"/>

In the 1990s, [[Rear-Admiral]] Shamoon's [[Two-star rank|two-star]] rank assignments included his role as [[Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (Pakistan)|DCNS (Training)]] at the [[NHQ (Pakistan Navy)|Navy NHQ]].{{rp|1299}}<ref name="Jane's Information Group, 1995">{{cite book|last1=Sharpe|first1=Richard|title=Jane's fighting ships: 1995-96|date=1995|publisher=Jane's Information Group|isbn=9780710612540|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WdQqAQAAMAAJ&q=shamoon|accessdate=26 December 2017|language=en}}</ref> In 1993, [[Rear-Admiral|R-Adm.]] Shamoon was promoted to the [[Three-star rank|three-star]] rank, and eventually appointed senior fleet commander of the [[Pakistan Navy#Naval Commands in Field and Commanders|Pakistan Fleet]].{{rp|145}}<ref name="AuthorHouse, 2006"/>{{rp|488}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sharpe|first1=Richard|title=Jane's fighting ships: 1995-96|date=1995|publisher=Jane's Information Group|isbn=9780710612540|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WdQqAQAAMAAJ&q=shamoon|accessdate=26 December 2017|language=en}}</ref> [[Vice-Admiral|V-Adm.]] Shamoon played a vital role increasing the security role of the [[ISI (Pakistan)|ISI]] in sea-based operations while strengthening [[Karachi Coast|coastal defence]] by empowering the [[Pakistan Maritime Security Agency|MSA]]'s capabilities in search and rescue operations.{{rp|145}}<ref name="AuthorHouse, 2006"/> In 1995, [[Vice-Admiral|V-Adm.]] Shamoon eventually sought his retirement after completing 40-years of military service.<ref name="Defence Journal, 2002" />

After his retirement, Shamoon joined the [[Foreign Service of Pakistan|Foreign Service]], and was appointed [[:Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to Tunisia|Pakistan Ambassador to Tunisia]] in 1995, which he served until 1997.<ref name="Pakistan Embassy Tunis" /> In 2001, Shamoon was appointed and sent as a [[:Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to Ukraine|Pakistan Ambassador to Ukraine]], which he served until 2004.<ref name="Shamoon Alam KHAN, Ambassador of Pakistan To Ukraine: We don't bargain when we make decisions" />
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==See also==
*[[Inter-Services Intelligence|Inter-Services Intelligence in East Pakistan]]

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