Karamat Rahman Niazi: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Pakistani admiral}}

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[[Admiral]] '''Karamat Rahman Niazi''' ([[Urdu language|Urdu:]]كرامت رحمٰن نيازى; usually shortened to '''K.R. Niazi'''), {{small|[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]], [[Sitara-e-Jurat|SJ]], [[Hilal-e-Imtiaz|HI(M)]]}} (died 4 May 2021) was a [[Four-star rank|four-star]] rank [[Four star admiral|admiral]] who served as the [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)]] from 1979 to 1983 in [[Pakistan Navy]].

Karamat Rahman Niazi was born in [[Hoshiarpur]], [[Punjab, British India|Punjab]], [[British Indian Empire|British India]], to a [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] noble family who belonged to the [[Niazi|Niazi tribe]].<ref name="www.pakistanconnections.com">{{cite web |script-title=ur:پاک بحریہ کے سربراہ۔ وائس ایڈمرل کرامت رحمان نیازی |url=http://www.pakistanconnections.com/history/detail/2015-03-22/2203|website=www.pakistanconnections.com/|publisher=www.pakistanconnections.com/|access-date=10 January 2017|language=ur|date=22 March 1979}}{{dead link|date=December 2018}}</ref> After graduating from a local high school, he [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] in the [[Pakistan Navy]] as a [[midshipman]] in 1948 in [[Pakistan Navy#Branches|Operations Branch]] and initially did his training at the [[Britannia Royal Naval College]] in [[Dartmouth, England|Dartmouth]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="www.pakistanconnections.com"/> Upon returning, he was promoted as [[Sub lieutenant|sub-lieutenant]] and his career in the Navy progressed extremely well, eventually being promoted to [[Lieutenant commander|lieutenant-commander]] in 1962.<ref name="www.pakistanconnections.com"/>

  | access-date =2 November 2010 }}</ref>  He ordered an increase in depth to evade the counter attack, as there were three distant explosions heard.<ref name="wwiiafterwwii">{{cite web|last1=wwiiafterwwii|title=Last voyage of PNS Ghazi 1971|url=https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2015/12/24/last-voyage-of-pns-ghazi-1971/|website=wwiiafterwwii|publisher=wwiiafterwwii|access-date=18 November 2016|date=24 December 2015}}</ref> Niazi logged the explosions in the [[War diary|war logs]], but ''Brahmaputra'' was not sunk nor had it released any [[depth charge]]s, as no [[Homing missile|homing signals]] were detected by the submarine's [[computer]]s.<ref name="wwiiafterwwii"/> After a [[Tashkent Agreement|ceasefire]] was enforced by the [[India and Pakistan|two nations]], Niazi decided to continue patrolling the [[Arabian sea]] and safely reported back to [[Karachi Naval Dockyard|its base]] on 23 September 1965.<ref name="PakDef Military Consortium"/>

Upon graduating in 1976, his promotion in the Navy was extremely quick due to the dismissal of senior [[Flag officer|flag ranking]] officers. He was immediately promoted to [[Two-star admiral|two-star]] [[Rear admiral|rear-admiral]], becoming the senior [[Fleet Commander|fleet commander]] as the head of the Pakistan Fleet.{{rp|242}}<ref name="Jang Publishers 1995"/> In 1977, he was promoted as [[Vice admiral|vice-admiral]] and appointed [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)#Vice Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS)]], where he was instrumental in incorporating new ideas on [[anti-submarine warfare]] methods.{{rp|241–242}}<ref name="Jang Publishers 1995"/>

After the [[Soviet Union]] [[Soviet–Afghan War|intervened]] in neighboring [[Communist Afghanistan|Afghanistan]], Admiral Niazi gave authorization to the Navy's depot command in Karachi to store arms and weapons bought by the [[United States]] under a [[Operation Cyclone|covert operation]] to [[United States and state-sponsored terrorism|secretly arm]] the [[Afghan mujahideen]] fighting the Soviet Union.{{rp|261–400}}<ref name="Jang Publishers 1995" /><ref name="Ashgate Publishing Limited">{{cite book|last=Hilali|first=A.Z.|title=U.S.-Pakistan relations: The Russian war in Afghanistan|year=2005|publisher=Ashgate Publishing Limited|location=Burlington, VT, United States|isbn=0-7546-4220-8|pages=129–131|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhqRa0glD9oC&q=admiral+karamat+rahman+niazi&pg=PA131}}</ref> His interests in the country's [[Economy of Pakistan|economy]] was also noted when aiding in preparation of federal budgets.<ref name="Economic & Industrial Publications., 1988">{{cite web|last=Economical History of Eastern Europe and Pakistan|title=Pakistan Economic review, Volume 19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ksXsAAAAMAAJ&q=admiral+karamat+rahman+niazi|work=the University of Michigan|year=1988|publisher=Economic & Industrial Publications., 1988|access-date=17 December 2011}}</ref> During the same time, he maintained close ties with the [[People's Republic of China]] and held discussion on upgrading the existing naval infrastructure in the country.{{rp|118}}|<ref>{{cite book|last1=Analyses|first1=Institute for Defence Studies and|title=News Review on Science and Technology|date=April 1981|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=snYoAQAAMAAJ&q=admiral+kr+niazi+china|access-date=28 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> His tenure lasted only three years, and he retired on 22 March 1983, handing over command of the Navy to Admiral [[Tariq Kamal Khan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Asian Recorder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C51tAAAAMAAJ&q=admiral+niazi+china|publisher=K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press|access-date=28 January 2017|language=en|date=1 January 1983}}</ref>

After his retirement, Admiral K.R. Niazi lived a very quiet life and lived on [[Pensions in Pakistan|military pension]].<ref name="Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis">{{cite web|last1=Upadhyay|first1=P. K|title=From FATA to South Punjab: The Looming Leap of Islamic Radicalism in Pakistan— Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses|url=http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/IslamicRadicalisminPakistanFromFATAtoSouthPunjab_pkupadhyay_301109|website=www.idsa.in|publisher=Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis|access-date=28 January 2017|language=en|date=30 November 2009}}</ref> He did not seek public office, but became a member of ''[[Tablighi Jamaat]]'' in his later life serving on [[Islamic missionary activity|missionary activities]] throughout his life.<ref name="Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis"/>