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{{Short description|Pakistani admiral}}
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[[Vice-Admiral]] '''S. Tauqir H. Naqvi''' ({{small|[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI(m)]], [[Sitara-e-Basalat|SBt]]}}, is a retired [[Three-star rank|three-star]] rank [[admiral]] in the [[Pakistan Navy]], politician, and a [[Pakistani diplomatic missions|diplomat]] who served as the Chairman of the [[Pakistan National Shipping Corporation]] (PNSC) from 2000 until 2007, the longest serving chairman in the national flag carrier's history.<ref>{{cite book |year=2004 |title=Cost of Conflict Between India and Pakistan |publisher=Strategic Foresight Group |page=37 |isbn=9788188262045}}</ref>

==Biography==

Naqvi joined the [[Pakistan Navy]] in 1960 whose career mostly spent in the [[Special Service Group (Navy)#SEALs Teams in the Special Services Group (SSGN)|Navy SEALs Teams]] of the [[Special Service Group (Navy)|Special Service Group]] of the [[Pakistan Navy]], having helped in preparing a documentary on SEALs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan Navy Seals SSG Commandos Short Documentary Sarbakaf New Video 2017 YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYktXjHTTIk&t=761s |access-date=5 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> His military training as a [[Frogman|military diver]] comes from the [[United States Navy SEALs]] after 1965.{{rp|280}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shah |first1=Mian Zahir |title=Bubbles of water, or, Anecdotes of the Pakistan Navy |date=2001 |publisher=PN Book Club Publication |isbn=978-969-8318-03-1 |edition=1st |language=en}}</ref>

He served in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|second war]] in 1965 and Western front of [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|third war]] with [[India]] in 1971, having commanding the [[SX-404-class submarine|''SX-404-class'']] submarine as a [[Lieutenant commander|Lieutenant-Commander]].<ref name="Roli Books Private Limited, Cardozo"/> In 1971, [[Lieutenant commander|Lt-Cdr.]] Naqvi successfully spied on [[Indian Navy]]'s movement, notably the {{ship|INS|Kiltan|P79}} and {{ship|INS|Katchall|P81}}.<ref name="Roli Books Private Limited, Cardozo">{{cite book |last1=Cardozo |first1=Major General Ian |title=The Sinking of INS Khukri: Survivor's Stories |date=2006 |publisher=Roli Books Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5194-099-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xvs_CgAAQBAJ&q=STH+Naqvi&pg=PT126 |access-date=1 December 2019 |language=en |format=google books |chapter={{small|§The Lucky Captain}}}}</ref>

An order of firing off the [[torpedo]] was issued but the [[SX-404-class submarine|''SX-404-class'']] failed to struck the Indian Navy's [[Petya-class frigate|''Petya-class'']] frigates; the Indian Navy's flotilla, unaware of being spied and watched on, passed through safely, which he called the captains of the [[Petya-class frigate|''Petya-class'']] as the "lucky ones."<ref name="Roli Books Private Limited, Cardozo"/> After the war, [[Commander (naval)|Commander]] Naqvi served as a [[Special Service Group (Navy)#SEALs Teams in the Special Services Group (SSGN)|Navy SEAL]] instructor at the [[PNS Iqbal|Naval Base Iqbal]] in the [[Karachi coast]], eventually serving as commanding officer of the [[SX-404-class submarine|''SX-404-class'']] and overseeing its phasing out from the Navy in the 1990s.{{rp|343}}<ref name="PN Book Club Publication, R-Adm. Shah">{{cite book |last1=Shah |first1=Mian Zahir |title=Bubbles of water, or, Anecdotes of the Pakistan Navy |year=2001 |publisher=PN Book Club Publication |isbn=978-969-8318-03-1 |pages=487 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=goDfAAAAMAAJ&q=STH+Naqvi |access-date=1 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In 1991–93, he was appointed as [[military attaché]] at the [[List of diplomatic missions of Pakistan|Pakistan Embassy]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].{{rp|21}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Japan Directory |date=1992 |publisher=Japan Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KOCGAAAAIAAJ&q=STH+Naqvi+Special+Service |access-date=1 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1993–94, [[Rear-Admiral]] Naqvi was assigned to join the [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]]'s [[Bainazir Bhuttoo Government|administration]], eventually taking an assignment as Additional Secretary at the Defense Division of the [[Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)|Ministry of Defense]].{{rp|219}}<ref name="Springer, Siddiqa-Agha">{{cite book |last1=Siddiqa-Agha |first1=A. |title=Pakistan's Arms Procurement and Military Buildup, 1979-99: In Search of a Policy |date=2001 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-51352-5 |pages=216 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=beJ8DAAAQBAJ&q=admiral+tauqir+Naqvi&pg=PA219 |access-date=1 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In 1994–96, R-Adm. Naqvi later went to serve as the [[Director-General|DG]] [[Joint warfare|Joint Warfare]] (DG TJ) and DG Training (DG Trig) at the [[Joint Staff Headquarters (Pakistan)|Joint Staff Headquarters]].{{rp|344}}<ref name="PN Book Club Publication, R-Adm. Shah"/>

In 2000, [[Vice-Admiral]] Naqvi was eventually taken as an [[secondment]] in the [[Pervez Musharraf|Musharraf administration]] when he was appointed [[Chairman]] of the [[Pakistan National Shipping Corporation|National Shipping Corporation]], which he served till 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chairmen History |url=https://www.pnsc.com.pk/chairman-history.html |website=www.pnsc.com.pk |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref> His tenureship was credited for overseeing the fleet expansion of the [[Pakistan National Shipping Corporation|National Shipping Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web |title=PNSC to acquire oil tankers, bulk cargo carrier – Business Recorder |url=https://fp.brecorder.com/2006/07/20060730458007/ |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref> On 21 August 2002, Adm. Naqvi's name was shortlisted and was considered in a race of joining the [[Shaukat Aziz|Aziz administration]] as an [[Interior Minister of Pakistan|Interior Minister]], eventually [[Faisal Saleh Hayat|Faisal Hayat]] was later confirmed.<ref>{{cite news |title=3 ministers resign |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/53581 |access-date=1 December 2019 |work=DAWN.COM |date=21 August 2002 |language=en}}</ref>

After his retirement, he remained associate with the tradition of Navy SEALs, having helped in preparing a documentary on SEALs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan Navy Seals SSG Commandos Short Documentary Sarbakaf New Video 2017 YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYktXjHTTIk&t=761s |access-date=5 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Pakistan Navy]]

==References==
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{{Pakistan Armed Forces}}

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