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{{Short description|Pakistani admiral}}
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[[Admiral (Pakistan)|Admiral]] '''Yastur-ul-Haq Malik''' {{small|{{small|[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]] [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI(M)]] [[Sitara-e-Basalat|SBt]]}}}} ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|یسطور الحق ملک}}}} ; b. 24 December 1931), {{small|[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]], [[Sitara-e-Basalat|SBt]]}}, is a retired [[Four-star rank|four-star]] rank [[four star admiral|admiral]] who served as the [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)]] of [[Pakistan Navy]] from 10 November 1988 until retiring from his [[military service]] on 8 November 1991.<ref name="Pakistaniconnections">{{cite web|title=پاک بحریہ کے سربراہ۔ ایڈمرل یسطور الحق ملک|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dSRMPvK7T04J:www.pakistanconnections.com/history/detail/1988-11-10/2206+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|website=www.pakistanconnections.com/|publisher=Pakistaniconnections|access-date=25 January 2017|language=ur}}</ref>

Admiral belonged to a Military family. Notable members of the family include his brothers Commodore Ikram ul Haq Malik (R), Brigadier Mansoor Ul Haq Malik (R), Brigadier Manzoor Ul Haq Malik (R) and General Zahoor Ul Haq Malik (late).

==Biography==
===Naval career and education===
Yastur-ul-Haq Malik was born on 24th December 1931 in [[Peshawar]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|KPK]], in [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Economic & Industrial Publications">{{cite journal |title=Economic Review |journal=Economic Review |date=1987 |publisher=Economic & Industrial Publications |volume=18 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtbsAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+1954 |access-date=25 January 2017|language=en}}</ref>

He attended and graduated from the [[Saint Patrick's College, Karachi|Saint Patrick's College]] in [[Karachi]] and gained [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] as [[Midshipman]] in 1951 and inducted in the [[Pakistan Navy#Branches|Surface Branch]] of the [[Pakistan Navy]] in 1954.<ref name="Excerpts">{{cite web|title=Excerpts: biography|year = 1987|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtbsAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+1954&pg=RA3-PA103|publisher=Excerpts|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=May 2022}} After his initial training at the [[Pakistan Military Academy]], he was sent to [[United Kingdom]] to attend the [[Britannia Royal Naval College]] at [[Dartmouth, Devon|Darmouth]] where he graduated and further trained with the [[Royal Navy]] in 1958.<ref name="Excerpts"/>{{full citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Upon returning to Pakistan in 1958, he was promoted as [[Lieutenant (naval)|Lieutenant]] and provided his services as [[Naval artillery|gunnery]] in the [[HMS Gabbard (D47)|PNS Badr]] and participated in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|second war]] with India in 1965.<ref name="Pakistaniconnections"/> He briefly served as a staff member of the [[Military Secretary (Pakistan)|military secretary]]'s team in the [[President Ayub Khan|Ayub administration]] and was an [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] to [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]] in 1960s.<ref name="Excerpts II"/>{{full citation needed|date=May 2022}}

He then participated in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|third war]] with India in 1971 as [[Lieutenant-Commander]] while stationing in [[Karachi]].<ref name="Pakistaniconnections"/>

After the war in 1971, [[Lieutenant-Commander|Lt.Cdr.]] Malik went to attend the [[PAF Air War College|Air War College]] of [[Pakistan Air Force]] where he graduated with a staff course degree. He also attended the [[National Defence University, Islamabad|National Defence University]] and graduated with [[master's degree]] in [[Defence studies]].<ref name="Excerpts"/>{{full citation needed|date=May 2022}}

===Staff appointments and Chief of naval staff===

Throughout his career, Malik served in the administrative branches of the [[Pakistan Navy]] and once posted as the [[Naval attaché]] at [[List of diplomatic missions of Pakistan|Pakistan Embassy, Paris]] in [[France]].<ref name="Excerpts II">{{cite web|title=Excerpts II|year = 1987|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtbsAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+deputy&pg=RA3-PA103|publisher=Excerpts II|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=May 2022}}

In 1980s, he was assumed the command of [[Pakistan Navy#Naval Commands in Field and Commanders|Pakistan Fleet]] as its commander (COMPAK) from 1977 until 1982 but was later posted in [[NHQ (Pakistan Navy)|Navy NHQ]] as [[Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (Pakistan)|DCNS (Personnel)]] from 1982-1984.<ref name="Economic & Industrial Publications"/><ref name="Excerpts II"/>{{full citation needed|date=May 2022}} His command assignments also included his role as [[Vice Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Vice Chief of Naval Staff]] (VCNS) from 1984 until 1986 before being appointed as Chairman of the [[Pakistan National Shipping Corporation]] (PNSC) in 1986.<ref name="Pakistan National Shipping Corporation">{{cite web|title=Chairmen History |url=http://www.pnsc.com.pk/chairman-history.html |website=www.pnsc.com.pk|publisher=Pakistan National Shipping Corporation|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Excerpts II"/>{{full citation needed|date=May 2022}}

In 1988, [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]] announced his appointment as [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff]] and Vice-Admiral Malik took over the command of Navy from Admiral [[Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey]] who was elevated as [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee|Chairman]] of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]] on 10 November 1988.<ref name="Directory Bureau, Khan">{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Mohammad Habib |title=Restoration of democracy in Pakistan |date=1989 |page=89 |publisher=Directory Bureau|location=Islamabad, Pakistan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kP9tAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+admiral|access-date=25 January 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Defence Journal |journal=Defence Journal |date=1991 |volume=17 |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZIPfAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+appointed+chief |access-date=25 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Pakistaniconnections" />

His tenure only ran for two years and left the command of the Navy to his [[Vice Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|VCNS]] [[Vice-Admiral]] [[Saeed Mohammad Khan|S.M. Khan]] who was promoted as Admiral on 11 August 1991.<ref name="NYU Press, Cheema">{{cite book |last1=Cheema|first1=Pervaiz Iqbal |title=The Armed Forces of Pakistan |date=2002 |page=199 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=9780814716335 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cw_gduyRv5oC&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+admiral&pg=PA199|access-date=25 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> As Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Malik is credited for commissioning the "[[PNS Ahsan]]"— the [[naval base]] which is situated in [[Ormara]], [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]] in [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Pakistaniconnections" />

== Awards and Decorations ==
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|-
|{{ribbon devices|ribbon=Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Basalat.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Diffa.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War Ribbon.png|width=130}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Harb 1971 War.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=10 years Service Medal.png|width=130}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=20 years Service Medal.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=30 years Service Medal.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=40 years Service Medal.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam.png|width=130}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Republic Medal 1956 (Pakistan).png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hijri Tamgha.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Jamhuriat Tamgha 1988.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha Pakistan.svg|width=130}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|
| colspan="2" |'''[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz]]'''
'''[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|(Military)]]'''

''(Order of Excellence)''
|
|-
|[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|'''Hilal-e-Imtiaz''']]
'''[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|(Military)]]'''

''(Crescent of Excellence)''
|'''[[Sitara-e-Basalat]]'''
''(Star of Good Conduct)''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Diffa]]'''
''(General Service Medal)''

'''1. [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965 War]] Clasp'''

'''2. [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 War]] Clasp'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign%20/%20war%20medals|Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War]]'''
''(War Star 1965)''
|-
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign%20/%20war%20medals|Sitara-e-Harb 1971 War]]'''
''(War Star 1971)''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign%20/%20war%20medals|Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War]]'''
''(War Medal 1965)''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign%20/%20war%20medals|Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War]]'''
''(War Medal 1971)''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Long service medals|10 Years Service Medal]]'''
|-
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Long service medals|20 Years Service Medal]]'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Long service medals|30 Years Service Medal]]'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Long service medals|40 Years Service Medal]]'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-]]'''
'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam]]'''

''(100th Birth Anniversary of''

''[[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]])''

'''1976'''
|-
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Tamgha-e-Jamhuria]]'''
''(Republic Commemoration Medal)''

'''1956'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Hijri Tamgha]]'''
''(Hijri Medal)''

'''1979'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Jamhuriat Tamgha]]'''
''(Democracy Medal)''

'''1988'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha]]'''
''(Resolution Day''

''Golden Jubilee Medal)''

'''1990'''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/ Official website of Pakistan Navy]

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[[Category:Pakistan Military Academy alumni]]
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[[Category:Pakistani diplomats]]
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[[Category:National Defence University, Pakistan alumni]]
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	Yastur-ul-Haq Malik was born on 24th December 1931 in [[Peshawar]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\|KPK]], in [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Economic & Industrial Publications">{{cite journal \|title=Economic Review \|journal=Economic Review \|date=1987 \|publisher=Economic & Industrial Publications \|volume=18 \|page=103 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtbsAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+1954 \|access-date=25 January 2017\|language=en}}</ref>		Yastur-ul-Haq Malik was born on 24th December 1931 in [[Peshawar]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\|KPK]], in [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Economic & Industrial Publications">{{cite journal \|title=Economic Review \|journal=Economic Review \|date=1987 \|publisher=Economic & Industrial Publications \|volume=18 \|page=103 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtbsAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+1954 \|access-date=25 January 2017\|language=en}}</ref>

	He attended and graduated from the [[Saint Patrick's College, Karachi\|Saint Patrick's College]] in [[Karachi]] and gained [[Commissioned officer\|commissioned]] as [[Midshipman]] in 1951 and inducted in the [[Pakistan Navy#Branches\|Surface Branch]] of the [[Pakistan Navy]] in 1954.<ref name="Excerpts">{{cite web\|title=Excerpts: biography\|year = 1987\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtbsAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+1954&pg=RA3-PA103\|publisher=Excerpts\|access-date=25 January ~~2022~~}}</ref>{{full citation needed\|date=May ~~2022~~}} After his initial training at the [[Pakistan Military Academy]], he was sent to [[United Kingdom]] to attend the [[Britannia Royal Naval College]] at [[Dartmouth, Devon\|Darmouth]] where he graduated and further trained with the [[Royal Navy]] in 1958.<ref name="Excerpts"/>{{full citation needed\|date=May ~~2022~~}}		He attended and graduated from the [[Saint Patrick's College, Karachi\|Saint Patrick's College]] in [[Karachi]] and gained [[Commissioned officer\|commissioned]] as [[Midshipman]] in 1951 and inducted in the [[Pakistan Navy#Branches\|Surface Branch]] of the [[Pakistan Navy]] in 1954.<ref name="Excerpts">{{cite web\|title=Excerpts: biography\|year = 1987\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtbsAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+1954&pg=RA3-PA103\|publisher=Excerpts\|access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref>{{full citation needed\|date=May 2019}} After his initial training at the [[Pakistan Military Academy]], he was sent to [[United Kingdom]] to attend the [[Britannia Royal Naval College]] at [[Dartmouth, Devon\|Darmouth]] where he graduated and further trained with the [[Royal Navy]] in 1958.<ref name="Excerpts"/>{{full citation needed\|date=May 2019}}

	Upon returning to Pakistan in 1958, he was promoted as [[Lieutenant (naval)\|Lieutenant]] and provided his services as [[Naval artillery\|gunnery]] in the [[HMS Gabbard (D47)\|PNS Badr]] and participated in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965\|second war]] with India in 1965.<ref name="Pakistaniconnections"/> He briefly served as a staff member of the [[Military Secretary (Pakistan)\|military secretary]]'s team in the [[President Ayub Khan\|Ayub administration]] and was an [[Aide-de-camp\|ADC]] to [[President of Pakistan\|President]] [[Ayub Khan (general)\|Ayub Khan]] in 1960s.<ref name="Excerpts II"/>{{full citation needed\|date=May ~~2022~~}}		Upon returning to Pakistan in 1958, he was promoted as [[Lieutenant (naval)\|Lieutenant]] and provided his services as [[Naval artillery\|gunnery]] in the [[HMS Gabbard (D47)\|PNS Badr]] and participated in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965\|second war]] with India in 1965.<ref name="Pakistaniconnections"/> He briefly served as a staff member of the [[Military Secretary (Pakistan)\|military secretary]]'s team in the [[President Ayub Khan\|Ayub administration]] and was an [[Aide-de-camp\|ADC]] to [[President of Pakistan\|President]] [[Ayub Khan (general)\|Ayub Khan]] in 1960s.<ref name="Excerpts II"/>{{full citation needed\|date=May 2019}}

	He then participated in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971\|third war]] with India in 1971 as [[Lieutenant-Commander]] while stationing in [[Karachi]].<ref name="Pakistaniconnections"/>		He then participated in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971\|third war]] with India in 1971 as [[Lieutenant-Commander]] while stationing in [[Karachi]].<ref name="Pakistaniconnections"/>

	After the war in 1971, [[Lieutenant-Commander\|Lt.Cdr.]] Malik went to attend the [[PAF Air War College\|Air War College]] of [[Pakistan Air Force]] where he graduated with a staff course degree. He also attended the [[National Defence University, Islamabad\|National Defence University]] and graduated with [[master's degree]] in [[Defence studies]].<ref name="Excerpts"/>{{full citation needed\|date=May ~~2022~~}}		After the war in 1971, [[Lieutenant-Commander\|Lt.Cdr.]] Malik went to attend the [[PAF Air War College\|Air War College]] of [[Pakistan Air Force]] where he graduated with a staff course degree. He also attended the [[National Defence University, Islamabad\|National Defence University]] and graduated with [[master's degree]] in [[Defence studies]].<ref name="Excerpts"/>{{full citation needed\|date=May 2019}}

	===Staff appointments and Chief of naval staff===		===Staff appointments and Chief of naval staff===

	Throughout his career, Malik served in the administrative branches of the [[Pakistan Navy]] and once posted as the [[Naval attaché]] at [[List of diplomatic missions of Pakistan\|Pakistan Embassy, Paris]] in [[France]].<ref name="Excerpts II">{{cite web\|title=Excerpts II\|year = 1987\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtbsAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+deputy&pg=RA3-PA103\|publisher=Excerpts II\|access-date=25 January ~~2022~~}}</ref>{{full citation needed\|date=May ~~2022~~}}		Throughout his career, Malik served in the administrative branches of the [[Pakistan Navy]] and once posted as the [[Naval attaché]] at [[List of diplomatic missions of Pakistan\|Pakistan Embassy, Paris]] in [[France]].<ref name="Excerpts II">{{cite web\|title=Excerpts II\|year = 1987\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtbsAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+deputy&pg=RA3-PA103\|publisher=Excerpts II\|access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref>{{full citation needed\|date=May 2019}}

	In 1980s, he was assumed the command of [[Pakistan Navy#Naval Commands in Field and Commanders\|Pakistan Fleet]] as its commander (COMPAK) from 1977 until 1982 but was later posted in [[NHQ (Pakistan Navy)\|Navy NHQ]] as [[Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (Pakistan)\|DCNS (Personnel)]] from 1982-1984.<ref name="Economic & Industrial Publications"/><ref name="Excerpts II"/>{{full citation needed\|date=May ~~2022~~}} His command assignments also included his role as [[Vice Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)\|Vice Chief of Naval Staff]] (VCNS) from 1984 until 1986 before being appointed as Chairman of the [[Pakistan National Shipping Corporation]] (PNSC) in 1986.<ref name="Pakistan National Shipping Corporation">{{cite web\|title=Chairmen History \|url=http://www.pnsc.com.pk/chairman-history.html \|website=www.pnsc.com.pk\|publisher=Pakistan National Shipping Corporation\|access-date=25 January ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref name="Excerpts II"/>{{full citation needed\|date=May ~~2022~~}}		In 1980s, he was assumed the command of [[Pakistan Navy#Naval Commands in Field and Commanders\|Pakistan Fleet]] as its commander (COMPAK) from 1977 until 1982 but was later posted in [[NHQ (Pakistan Navy)\|Navy NHQ]] as [[Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (Pakistan)\|DCNS (Personnel)]] from 1982-1984.<ref name="Economic & Industrial Publications"/><ref name="Excerpts II"/>{{full citation needed\|date=May 2019}} His command assignments also included his role as [[Vice Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)\|Vice Chief of Naval Staff]] (VCNS) from 1984 until 1986 before being appointed as Chairman of the [[Pakistan National Shipping Corporation]] (PNSC) in 1986.<ref name="Pakistan National Shipping Corporation">{{cite web\|title=Chairmen History \|url=http://www.pnsc.com.pk/chairman-history.html \|website=www.pnsc.com.pk\|publisher=Pakistan National Shipping Corporation\|access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Excerpts II"/>{{full citation needed\|date=May 2019}}

	In 1988, [[Prime Minister of Pakistan\|Prime Minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]] announced his appointment as [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)\|Chief of Naval Staff]] and Vice-Admiral Malik took over the command of Navy from Admiral [[Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey]] who was elevated as [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee\|Chairman]] of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]] on 10 November 1988.<ref name="Directory Bureau, Khan">{{cite book \|last1=Khan \|first1=Mohammad Habib \|title=Restoration of democracy in Pakistan \|date=1989 \|page=89 \|publisher=Directory Bureau\|location=Islamabad, Pakistan \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kP9tAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+admiral\|access-date=25 January 2017\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|title=Defence Journal \|journal=Defence Journal \|date=1991 \|volume=17 \|page=15 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZIPfAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+appointed+chief \|access-date=25 January 2017 \|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Pakistaniconnections" />		In 1988, [[Prime Minister of Pakistan\|Prime Minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]] announced his appointment as [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)\|Chief of Naval Staff]] and Vice-Admiral Malik took over the command of Navy from Admiral [[Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey]] who was elevated as [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee\|Chairman]] of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]] on 10 November 1988.<ref name="Directory Bureau, Khan">{{cite book \|last1=Khan \|first1=Mohammad Habib \|title=Restoration of democracy in Pakistan \|date=1989 \|page=89 \|publisher=Directory Bureau\|location=Islamabad, Pakistan \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kP9tAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+admiral\|access-date=25 January 2017\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|title=Defence Journal \|journal=Defence Journal \|date=1991 \|volume=17 \|page=15 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZIPfAAAAMAAJ&q=yastur-ul-haq+malik+appointed+chief \|access-date=25 January 2017 \|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Pakistaniconnections" />