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{{Short description|Admiral and Chief of Naval Staff, Pakistan Navy (born 1933)}}
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[[Admiral]] '''Tariq Kamal Khan''' {{small|[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]] [[Hilal-e-Imtiaz|HI(M)]] [[Sitara-e-Imtiaz|SI(M)]] [[Legion of Merit|LoM]]}} ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|طارق کمال خان}}}}; b. 23 January 1933), , is a retired [[four-star rank|four-star]] rank [[Four star admiral|admiral]] and a former [[diplomat]] who served as a  [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)]] of [[Pakistan Navy]] from being appointed in 1983 until retiring from his [[Military service|service]] in 1986.{{rp|199}}<ref name="Oxford University Press, Cheema">{{cite book|last1=Cheema|first1=Pervaiz Iqbal|authorlink1=Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema|title=The Armed Forces of Pakistan|date=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, uk|isbn=0195798392|pages=220|edition=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cw_gduyRv5oC&q=tariq+kemal+khan+armed+forces+of+pakistan&pg=PA199|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en|format=googlebooks}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chowrangi.com/alexander-naval-station.html |title=Jhelum: Alexander the Great's Naval Station &#124; Pakistan Politics & Current Affairs &#124; Chowrangi |access-date=2009-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604101736/http://www.chowrangi.com/alexander-naval-station.html |archive-date=2011-06-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>http://chr.sagepub.com/cgi/pdf_extract/21/1/95 {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/pimu/864111636/|title=Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry seen in Iran with Admiral Tariq Kemal Khan, Gen S M Abbasi, and Air Commodore Khaqan Abbasi|date=12 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mabaig.co.uk/paf/Squadrons/8.html |title=Untitled Document |access-date=3 November 2009 |archive-date=6 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106154759/http://www.mabaig.co.uk/paf/Squadrons/8.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''Tariq Kamal Khan'''{{Efn|{{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|طارق کمال خان}}}}}} {{small|[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]] [[Hilal-e-Imtiaz|HI(M)]] [[Sitara-e-Imtiaz|SI(M)]] [[Legion of Merit|LoM]]}}; (born 23 January 1933), is a retired [[four-star rank|four-star]] rank [[Four star admiral|admiral]] who served as the 9th [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)]] of [[Pakistan Navy]] from being appointed in 1983 until retiring from his [[Military service|service]] in 1986.{{rp|199}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Cheema|first=Pervaiz Iqbal|authorlink1=Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema|title=The Armed Forces of Pakistan|date=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, uk|isbn=0195798392|pages=220|edition=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cw_gduyRv5oC&q=tariq+kemal+khan+armed+forces+of+pakistan&pg=PA199|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en|format=googlebooks}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chowrangi.com/alexander-naval-station.html |title=Jhelum: Alexander the Great's Naval Station &#124; Pakistan Politics & Current Affairs &#124; Chowrangi |access-date=2009-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604101736/http://www.chowrangi.com/alexander-naval-station.html |archive-date=2011-06-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/pimu/864111636/|title=Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry seen in Iran with Admiral Tariq Kemal Khan, Gen S M Abbasi, and Air Commodore Khaqan Abbasi|date=12 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mabaig.co.uk/paf/Squadrons/8.html |title=Untitled Document |access-date=3 November 2009 |archive-date=6 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106154759/http://www.mabaig.co.uk/paf/Squadrons/8.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>


Prior to that, he was appointed as the [[List of diplomatic missions of Pakistan|High Commissioner of Pakistan]] to [[Australia]] and served from 1986 until 1992, when he retired from the foreign service.{{rp|352}}<ref name="Manager of Publications">{{cite book|last1=GoP|first1=Govt. of Pakistan|title=Statistical Pocket-book of Pakistan|date=1992|publisher=Manager of Publications|location=Islamabad Pakistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UOAXT7lXoecC&q=tariq+kemal+khan|accessdate=30 January 2022}}</ref>
Prior to that, he was appointed as the [[List of diplomatic missions of Pakistan|High Commissioner of Pakistan]] to [[Australia]] and served from 1986 until 1992, when he retired from the foreign service.{{rp|352}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Statistical Pocket-book of Pakistan|date=1992|publisher=Manager of Publications, Govt. of Pakistan|location=Islamabad Pakistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UOAXT7lXoecC&q=tariq+kemal+khan|accessdate=30 January 2017}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==


=== Early life, education and naval career ===
=== Early life, education and naval career ===
Education: Presentation Convent Murree; St Anthony’s High School Lahore (Senior Cambridge 1948); Government College Lahore. Bsc 1954 Karachi University.
Education: Presentation Convent Murree; St Anthony's High School Lahore (Senior Cambridge 1948); Government College Lahore. Bsc 1954 Karachi University.


Joined Pakistan Navy September 1951. Joined Royal Naval College Dartmouth UK May 1952 Trained in UK and was commissioned as sub lieutenant on 1 September 1954. Lieutenant 1 April 1957 Served as navigator PNS ''Badr'' and XO minesweeper PNS ''Mubarak''. Qualified Underwater Swimming School US June 1960. Qualified Underwater Demolition Team (USN SEALS) US October 1960. Qualified parachutist Fort Benning Georgia US November 1960. Attached with Special Service Group (Army) at Cherat April to November 1961. Qualified Torpedo & Anti-Submarine Specialist UK November 1962. TAS Officer PNS Alamgir December 62 to November 63.
Joined Pakistan Navy September 1951. Joined Royal Naval College Dartmouth UK May 1952 Trained in UK and was commissioned as sub lieutenant on 1 September 1954. Lieutenant 1 April 1957 Served as navigator PNS ''Badr'' and XO minesweeper PNS ''Mubarak''. Qualified Underwater Swimming School US June 1960. Qualified Underwater Demolition Team (USN SEALS) US October 1960. Qualified parachutist Fort Benning Georgia US November 1960. Attached with Special Service Group (Army) at Cherat April to November 1961. Qualified Torpedo & Anti-Submarine Specialist UK November 1962. TAS Officer PNS Alamgir December 62 to November 63.
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===Naval career and star appointments===
===Naval career and star appointments===


Tariq Kemal Khan was born in [[Jhelum]], [[British Punjab|Punjab]], [[British Indian Empire|British India]] into a [[Pathan]] family on 21 May 1930.<ref name="Pakistani connections">{{cite web|last1=Pakistani connections|first1=pc|title=پاک بحریہ کے سربراہ۔ ایڈمرل طارق کمال خان|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6ckVjtN0GI0J:www.pakistanconnections.com/history/index/2015-03-23/2204+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|website=www.pakistanconnections.com|publisher=Pakistani connections|accessdate=30 January 2022}}</ref> After graduating from a local high school, he was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] as [[Midshipman]] in the [[Pakistan Navy]] in 1948 in [[Pakistan Navy#Branches|Surface warfare branch]] and was initially trained at the [[Pakistan Military Academy]].<ref name="Pakistani connections"/> He was later trained in the [[United Kingdom]] as a [[Signals intelligence|communication]] specialist and as the [[Surface warfare insignia|surface warfare]] officer and promoted as [[Sub lieutenant|Sub-Lieutenant]] after returning to Pakistan.<ref name="Pakistani connections"/> His further military training came from the [[Britannia Royal Naval College]] in [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]], [[England]] and did qualified on courses on [[military communications]].<ref name="Pakistani connections"/>
Tariq Kemal Khan was born in Domeli, Dist Jhelum, [[British Punjab|Punjab]], [[British Indian Empire|British India]] into a [[Gakhars|Gakhar]] Kayani family on 21 May 1930. He is son of Col Sir Sher Mohammad Khan.<ref name="Pakistani connections">{{cite web|title=پاک بحریہ کے سربراہ۔ ایڈمرل طارق کمال خان|url=http://www.pakistanconnections.com/history/index/2015-03-23/2204|publisher=Pakistani connections|access-date=30 January 2017}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}</ref> After graduating from a local high school, he was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] as [[Midshipman]] in the [[Pakistan Navy]] in 1948 in [[Pakistan Navy#Branches|Surface warfare branch]] and was initially trained at the [[Pakistan Military Academy]].<ref name="Pakistani connections"/> He was later trained in the [[United Kingdom]] as a [[Signals intelligence|communication]] specialist and as the [[Surface warfare insignia|surface warfare]] officer and promoted as [[Sub lieutenant|Sub-Lieutenant]] after returning to Pakistan.<ref name="Pakistani connections"/> His further military training came from the [[Britannia Royal Naval College]] in [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]], [[England]] and did qualified on courses on [[military communications]].<ref name="Pakistani connections"/>


In 1965, [[Lieutenant (naval)|Lieutenant]] TK Khan participated in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|second war]] with [[India]] and served on [[PNS Shah Jahan (DD-962)|PNS ''Shah Jahan'']] as its [[executive officer]] while taking part on [[Operation Dwarka|naval shelling]] in [[Dwarka]], [[India]].<ref name="Pakistani connections"/>
In 1965, [[Lieutenant (naval)|Lieutenant]] TK Khan participated in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|second war]] with [[India]] and served on [[PNS Shah Jahan (DD-962)|PNS ''Shah Jahan'']] as its [[executive officer]] while taking part on [[Operation Dwarka|naval shelling]] in [[Dwarka]], [[India]].<ref name="Pakistani connections"/>


In 1969, he was promoted as [[lieutenant-commander]] and [[Commander (rank)|commander]] after posting in [[East Pakistan]] as [[commanding officer]] of {{ship|PNS|Jahangir||2}}.{{rp|xxx}}<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=December 2006|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited|isbn=9789351940999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xvs_CgAAQBAJ&q=Admiral+TK+Khan&pg=PT161|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> [[Commander (rank)|Cdr]] TK Khan also helped the [[Pakistan Army]] with the communication gears and firing at the [[East Pakistan Rifles]] headquarters to crush Bengali resistance in Chittagong area.<ref name="Defence Journal. 1998">{{cite web|last1=Hussain|first1=Khadim|title=The Way It Was - 2|url=http://www.defencejournal.com/sept98/wayitwas2.htm|website=www.defencejournal.com|publisher=Defence Journal. 1998|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en|date=September 1998}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bdsdf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=3588&st=60 See Navy Officers]</ref>
In 1969, he was promoted as [[lieutenant-commander]] and [[Commander (rank)|commander]] after posting in [[East Pakistan]] as [[commanding officer]] of {{ship|PNS|Jahangir||2}}.{{rp|xxx}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Cardozo|first=Major General Ian|title=The Sinking of INS Khukri: Survivor's Stories|date=December 2006|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited|isbn=9789351940999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xvs_CgAAQBAJ&q=Admiral+TK+Khan&pg=PT161|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> [[Commander (rank)|Cdr]] TK Khan also helped the [[Pakistan Army]] with the communication gears and firing at the [[East Pakistan Rifles]] headquarters to crush Bengali resistance in Chittagong area.<ref name="Defence Journal. 1998">{{cite web|last=Hussain|first=Khadim|title=The Way It Was − 2|url=http://www.defencejournal.com/sept98/wayitwas2.htm|website=www.defencejournal.com|publisher=Defence Journal. 1998|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en|date=September 1998|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091633/http://www.defencejournal.com/sept98/wayitwas2.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bdsdf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=3588&st=60|title=See Navy Officers|accessdate=2 December 2023|archive-date=3 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303202851/http://www.bdsdf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=3588&st=60|url-status=dead}}</ref>


[[Commander (rank)|Cdr]] Khan participated on various military [[Riverine Warfare|riverine missions]] while commanding a [[gunboat]], ''Jahangir'', and was taken [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Prisoners of War Investigation|war prisoner]] after the [[Instrument of Surrender (1971)|accessioning the surrender]] with [[India]] in 1971.<ref name="Defence Journal. 1998"/> He was [[Delhi Agreement|repatriated]] to Pakistan and continue resuming his military service when he was promoted as [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] in the Navy.
[[Commander (rank)|Cdr]] Khan participated on various military [[Riverine Warfare|riverine missions]] while commanding a [[gunboat]], ''Jahangir'', and was taken [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Prisoners of War Investigation|war prisoner]] after the [[Instrument of Surrender (1971)|accessioning of the surrender]] with [[India]] in 1971.<ref name="Defence Journal. 1998"/> He was [[Delhi Agreement|repatriated]] to Pakistan and continue resuming his military service when he was promoted as [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] in the Navy.


From 1975 to 1978, Captain Khan was posted in the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Foreign ministry]] to be served as [[naval attaché]] to the [[High Commission of Pakistan, London|Pakistan High Commission]] in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]].{{rp|564}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Copley|first1=Gregory R.|title=Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook|date=1975|publisher=Perth Corporation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnPfAAAAMAAJ&q=tariq+kemal|accessdate=31 January 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Excerpts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnPfAAAAMAAJ&q=tariq+kemal&pg=PA564|accessdate=31 January 2017|last1 = Copley|first1 = Gregory R.|year = 1976}}</ref> Upon returning to Pakistan, he was promoted to one-star rank, [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] and posted in Karachi for a command assignment in 1978.
From 1975 to 1978, Captain Khan was posted in the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Foreign ministry]] to be served as [[naval attaché]] to the [[High Commission of Pakistan, London|Pakistan High Commission]] in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]].{{rp|564}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Copley|first=Gregory R.|title=Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook|date=1975|publisher=Perth Corporation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnPfAAAAMAAJ&q=tariq+kemal|accessdate=31 January 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Excerpts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnPfAAAAMAAJ&q=tariq+kemal&pg=PA564|accessdate=31 January 2017|last=Copley|first=Gregory R.|year=1976}}</ref> Upon returning to Pakistan, he was promoted to one-star rank, [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] and posted in Karachi for a command assignment in 1978.


[[Commodore (rank)|Cdre]] Khan commanded the 18th Destroyer Squadron as its [[officer commanding]] until 1980 after promoting as [[rear-admiral]].{{rp|151}}<ref name="Jang Publishers, Sirohey">{{cite book|last1=Sirohey|first1=Iftikhar Ahmed|authorlink1=Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey|title=Truth Never Retires: An Autobiography of Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey|date=1995|publisher=Jang Publishers|location=Karachi Pakistan|isbn=978-969-8500-00-9|pages=592|edition=1|language=en}}</ref>
[[Commodore (rank)|Cdre]] Khan commanded the 18th Destroyer Squadron as its [[officer commanding]] until 1980 after promoting as [[rear-admiral]].{{rp|151}}<ref name="Jang Publishers, Sirohey">{{cite book|last=Sirohey|first=Iftikhar Ahmed|authorlink=Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey|title=Truth Never Retires: An Autobiography of Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey|date=1995|publisher=Jang Publishers|location=Karachi Pakistan|isbn=978-969-8500-00-9|pages=592|edition=1|language=en}}</ref>


===Chief of Naval Staff===
===Chief of Naval Staff===
[[Rear-Admiral]] Khan was appointed [[Pakistan Navy#Naval Commands in Field and Commanders|Commander Karachi]] (COMKAR) until 1983 when he succeeded Admiral [[Karamat Rahman Niazi|K.R. Niazi]] as Chief of Naval Staff.{{rp|278}}<ref name="Jang Publishers, Sirohey"/>{{rp|241}}<ref>{{cite book|title=News Review on South Asia and Indian Ocean|date=January 1982|publisher=Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HY4gAQAAMAAJ&q=Tariq+Kemal+Khan|accessdate=31 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> On 22 March 1983, [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]] announced to appoint Rear-Admiral Khan as the [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff]] but this promotion came with controversy.{{rp|194}}<ref name="Routledge, Noman">{{cite book|last1=Noman|first1=Omar|title=Pakistan|date=1988|publisher=Routledge|location=New York, U.S.|isbn=9781136143946|pages=230|edition=1|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfKzAAAAQBAJ&q=admiral+tariq+kemal+khan&pg=PA194|accessdate=31 January 2017|language=en|chapter-format=googlebooks|chapter=Ethnic Conflict}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Excerpts-II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-IHjAAAAMAAJ&q=one+Vice+Admiral+and+two+Rear+Admirals&pg=PA278|accessdate=31 January 2017|last1 = Sirohey|first1 = Iftikhar Ahmed|year = 1995}}</ref> Rear-Admiral TK Khan, a junior admiral, supersedes the most senior [[Vice-Admiral]] [[Iqbal F. Qadir|Iqbal Quadir]] and two senior Rear-Admirals for the command of the Navy in 1983.{{rp|278–279}}<ref name="Jang Publishers, Sirohey"/> Rear-Admiral TK Khan was known to be close to President Zia and had experience in military administration in civil affairs from the East Pakistan, that may have been a factor for his appointment to the four-star appointment.{{rp|277}}<ref name="Jang Publishers, Sirohey" /> After his appointment was announced, Rear-Admiral Tariq Kemal Khan was appointed as [[four-star rank|four-star]] rank [[admiral]] in the Navy.{{rp|278}}<ref name="Jang Publishers, Sirohey"/>
[[Rear-Admiral]] Khan was appointed [[Pakistan Navy#Naval Commands in Field and Commanders|Commander Karachi]] (COMKAR) until 1983 when he succeeded Admiral [[Karamat Rahman Niazi|K.R. Niazi]] as Chief of Naval Staff.{{rp|278}}<ref name="Jang Publishers, Sirohey"/>{{rp|241}}<ref>{{cite book|title=News Review on South Asia and Indian Ocean|date=January 1982|publisher=Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HY4gAQAAMAAJ&q=Tariq+Kemal+Khan|accessdate=31 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> On 22 March 1983, [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]] announced to appoint Rear-Admiral Khan as the [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff]] but this promotion came with controversy.{{rp|194}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Noman|first=Omar|title=Pakistan|date=1988|publisher=Routledge|location=New York, U.S.|isbn=9781136143946|pages=230|edition=1|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfKzAAAAQBAJ&q=admiral+tariq+kemal+khan&pg=PA194|accessdate=31 January 2017|language=en|chapter-format=googlebooks|chapter=Ethnic Conflict}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Excerpts-II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-IHjAAAAMAAJ&q=one+Vice+Admiral+and+two+Rear+Admirals&pg=PA278|accessdate=31 January 2017|last=Sirohey|first=Iftikhar Ahmed|year=1995}}</ref> Rear-Admiral TK Khan, a junior admiral, supersedes the most senior [[Vice-Admiral]] [[Iqbal F. Qadir|Iqbal Quadir]] and two senior Rear-Admirals for the command of the Navy in 1983.{{rp|278–279}}<ref name="Jang Publishers, Sirohey"/> Rear-Admiral TK Khan was known to be close to President Zia and had experience in military administration in civil affairs from the East Pakistan, that may have been a factor for his appointment to the four-star appointment.{{rp|277}}<ref name="Jang Publishers, Sirohey" /> After his appointment was announced, Rear-Admiral Tariq Kemal Khan was appointed as [[four-star rank|four-star]] rank [[admiral]] in the Navy.{{rp|278}}<ref name="Jang Publishers, Sirohey"/>


In 1983, he helped negotiated the acquisition of [[Mirage V]] aircraft from [[France]] for the [[Pakistan Air Force]] when he traveled to [[Paris]], France.{{rp|159}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Near East/South Asia Report|date=1983|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSu6AAAAIAAJ&q=commodore+tariq+kemal|accessdate=31 January 2017|language=en}}</ref>
In 1983, he helped negotiated the acquisition of [[Mirage V]] aircraft from [[France]] for the [[Pakistan Air Force]] when he traveled to [[Paris]], France.{{rp|159}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Near East/South Asia Report|date=1983|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSu6AAAAIAAJ&q=commodore+tariq+kemal|accessdate=31 January 2017|language=en}}</ref>
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=== Decorations and awards ===
=== Decorations and awards ===
* 1965 Imtiazi Sanad (Mention in Dispatches)
* 1965 Imtiazi Sanad (Mention in Dispatches)
* 1969 TQA
* 1969 TQA
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=== Diplomatic assignments ===
=== Diplomatic assignments ===
July 1986 to July 1990 Ambassador / High Commissioner Australia with concurrent accreditation to New Zealand & Fiji.
July 1986 to July 1990 Ambassador / High Commissioner Australia with concurrent accreditation to New Zealand & Fiji.


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May 1993 to May 1995 Ambassador Tunisia.
May 1993 to May 1995 Ambassador Tunisia.


== Awards and Decorations ==
== Awards and decorations ==
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'''[[Legion of Merit#Insignia|(Degree of Commander)]]'''
'''[[Legion of Merit#Insignia|(Degree of Commander)]]'''


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*[[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)]]
*[[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)]]
*[[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)]]
*[[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)]]
==Footnotes==
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== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/ Official website of Pakistan Navy]
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Admiral
Tariq Kamal Khan
NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) LoM
طارق کمال خان
Chief of Naval Staff
In office
23 March 1983 – 9 April 1986
Preceded byAdm K.R. Niazi
Succeeded byAdm Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey
Pakistan Ambassador to Tunisia
In office
1993–1995
Preceded byDilshad Najmuddin
Succeeded byShamoon Alam Khan
High Commissioner of Pakistan to Australia
In office
1986–1992
PresidentZia-ul-Haq
Personal details
Born
Tariq Kamal Khan

(1933-01-23) January 23, 1933 (age 93)
Jhelum, Punjab, British India
(present day Pakistan)
CitizenshipTemplate:Pak
NationalityPakistani
Nickname(s)
  • TK Khan
  • Metal Gear
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Navy
Service years1948–1986
Rank Admiral
UnitSurface Branch
CommandsTemplate:Ubil
Conflicts
Awards Nishan-e-Imtiaz
Hilal-e-Imtiaz
Sitara-e-Imtiaz
Legion of Merit

Tariq Kamal Khan[lower-alpha 1] NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) LoM; (born 23 January 1933), is a retired four-star rank admiral who served as the 9th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from being appointed in 1983 until retiring from his service in 1986.:199[1][2][3][4]

Prior to that, he was appointed as the High Commissioner of Pakistan to Australia and served from 1986 until 1992, when he retired from the foreign service.:352[5]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Early life, education and naval career[edit | edit source]

Education: Presentation Convent Murree; St Anthony's High School Lahore (Senior Cambridge 1948); Government College Lahore. Bsc 1954 Karachi University.

Joined Pakistan Navy September 1951. Joined Royal Naval College Dartmouth UK May 1952 Trained in UK and was commissioned as sub lieutenant on 1 September 1954. Lieutenant 1 April 1957 Served as navigator PNS Badr and XO minesweeper PNS Mubarak. Qualified Underwater Swimming School US June 1960. Qualified Underwater Demolition Team (USN SEALS) US October 1960. Qualified parachutist Fort Benning Georgia US November 1960. Attached with Special Service Group (Army) at Cherat April to November 1961. Qualified Torpedo & Anti-Submarine Specialist UK November 1962. TAS Officer PNS Alamgir December 62 to November 63.

As lieutenant commander served as deputy director PN Tactical School end 1963 to early 1965. Executive officer PNS Jahangir 1965 throughout The Rann of Kutch and 1965 War. Staff officer operations NHQ 1966. Raised and commanded Special Service Group (Navy) 1967–1969. Commanded the Minesweeping Squadron and PNS Mubarak as COMINRON before assuming command of destroyer PNS Jahangir in East Pakistan on 18 March 1971. Brought the ship back to W Pakistan in July 1971 and was in command till immediately after the ceasefire of the 1971 War. Appointed Director Naval Operations NHQ end December 1971. Commanded cruiser PNS Babur April to September 1973. Assumed command of PN Destroyer Badr as COMDESRON in September 1973.

Naval attache London August 1974 to December 1977. Director naval warfare and operational plans NHQ 1978. Joined Royal College of Defence Studies London January 1979 as commodore and graduated December 1979. March 1980 appointed Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) NHQ. Appointed Commander Pakistan Fleet early 1981. Promoted rear admiral early 1982 and appointed Commander Karachi.

Promoted vice admiral 23 March 1983 and appointed Chief of The Naval Staff. Promoted admiral 23 March 1984. Retired 10 April 1986.

Naval career and star appointments[edit | edit source]

Tariq Kemal Khan was born in Domeli, Dist Jhelum, Punjab, British India into a Gakhar Kayani family on 21 May 1930. He is son of Col Sir Sher Mohammad Khan.[6] After graduating from a local high school, he was commissioned as Midshipman in the Pakistan Navy in 1948 in Surface warfare branch and was initially trained at the Pakistan Military Academy.[6] He was later trained in the United Kingdom as a communication specialist and as the surface warfare officer and promoted as Sub-Lieutenant after returning to Pakistan.[6] His further military training came from the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, England and did qualified on courses on military communications.[6]

In 1965, Lieutenant TK Khan participated in second war with India and served on PNS Shah Jahan as its executive officer while taking part on naval shelling in Dwarka, India.[6]

In 1969, he was promoted as lieutenant-commander and commander after posting in East Pakistan as commanding officer of Jahangir.:xxx[7] Cdr TK Khan also helped the Pakistan Army with the communication gears and firing at the East Pakistan Rifles headquarters to crush Bengali resistance in Chittagong area.[8][9]

Cdr Khan participated on various military riverine missions while commanding a gunboat, Jahangir, and was taken war prisoner after the accessioning of the surrender with India in 1971.[8] He was repatriated to Pakistan and continue resuming his military service when he was promoted as Captain in the Navy.

From 1975 to 1978, Captain Khan was posted in the Foreign ministry to be served as naval attaché to the Pakistan High Commission in London, United Kingdom.:564[10][11] Upon returning to Pakistan, he was promoted to one-star rank, Commodore and posted in Karachi for a command assignment in 1978.

Cdre Khan commanded the 18th Destroyer Squadron as its officer commanding until 1980 after promoting as rear-admiral.:151[12]

Chief of Naval Staff[edit | edit source]

Rear-Admiral Khan was appointed Commander Karachi (COMKAR) until 1983 when he succeeded Admiral K.R. Niazi as Chief of Naval Staff.:278[12]:241[13] On 22 March 1983, President Zia-ul-Haq announced to appoint Rear-Admiral Khan as the Chief of Naval Staff but this promotion came with controversy.:194[14][15] Rear-Admiral TK Khan, a junior admiral, supersedes the most senior Vice-Admiral Iqbal Quadir and two senior Rear-Admirals for the command of the Navy in 1983.:278–279[12] Rear-Admiral TK Khan was known to be close to President Zia and had experience in military administration in civil affairs from the East Pakistan, that may have been a factor for his appointment to the four-star appointment.:277[12] After his appointment was announced, Rear-Admiral Tariq Kemal Khan was appointed as four-star rank admiral in the Navy.:278[12]

In 1983, he helped negotiated the acquisition of Mirage V aircraft from France for the Pakistan Air Force when he traveled to Paris, France.:159[16]

As naval chief, Admiral TK Khan began initiating a program to acquire and procure modern warships to replace and scrap the aging warships in service with the Navy.:109[17] Admiral Tariq Kemal worked closely towards strengthening bilateral relations between China and Pakistan, briefly meeting with Chinese President Li Xiannian for that purpose in 1984.:44[18]

Admiral Tariq Kemal Khan remained naval chief until naval chief he sought retirement from his active service and handed over the command to his VCNS, Vice-Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey.:51–52[19]

Decorations and awards[edit | edit source]

  • 1965 Imtiazi Sanad (Mention in Dispatches)
  • 1969 TQA
  • 1982 HI(M)
  • 1983 NI(M)
  • 1985 Legion of Merit (Commander) USA

Diplomatic assignments[edit | edit source]

July 1986 to July 1990 Ambassador / High Commissioner Australia with concurrent accreditation to New Zealand & Fiji.

Jan 1992 to Aug 1992 Ambassador Yugoslavia.

May 1993 to May 1995 Ambassador Tunisia.

Awards and decorations[edit | edit source]

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Nishan-e-Imtiaz

(Military)

(Order of Excellence)

Hilal-e-Imtiaz

(Military)

(Crescent of Excellence)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz

(Military)

(Star of Excellence)

Tamgha-e-Diffa

(General Service Medal)

1. 1965 War Clasp

2. 1971 War Clasp

Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War

(War Star 1965)

Sitara-e-Harb 1971 War

(War Star 1971)

Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War

(War Medal 1965)

Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War

(War Medal 1971)

Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-

Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam

(100th Birth Anniversary of

Muhammad Ali Jinnah)

1976

Tamgha-e-Jamhuria

(Republic Commemoration Medal)

1956

Hijri Tamgha

(Hijri Medal)

1979

The Legion of Merit

(Degree of Commander)

(United States)

Foreign Decorations[edit | edit source]

Foreign awards
 USA The Legion of Merit (Degree of Commander) Template:Ribbon devices/alt

See also[edit | edit source]

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2003). The Armed Forces of Pakistan (googlebooks) (1 ed.). Oxford, uk: Oxford University Press. p. 220. ISBN 0195798392. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Jhelum: Alexander the Great's Naval Station | Pakistan Politics & Current Affairs | Chowrangi". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry seen in Iran with Admiral Tariq Kemal Khan, Gen S M Abbasi, and Air Commodore Khaqan Abbasi". 12 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  5. ↑ Statistical Pocket-book of Pakistan. Islamabad Pakistan: Manager of Publications, Govt. of Pakistan. 1992. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "پاک بحریہ کے سربراہ۔ ایڈمرل طارق کمال خان". Pakistani connections. Retrieved 30 January 2017.[dead link]
  7. ↑ Cardozo, Major General Ian (December 2006). The Sinking of INS Khukri: Survivor's Stories. Roli Books Private Limited. ISBN 9789351940999. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Hussain, Khadim (September 1998). "The Way It Was − 2". www.defencejournal.com. Defence Journal. 1998. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "See Navy Officers". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Copley, Gregory R. (1975). Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook. Perth Corporation. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  11. ↑ Copley, Gregory R. (1976). "Excerpts". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Sirohey, Iftikhar Ahmed (1995). Truth Never Retires: An Autobiography of Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey (1 ed.). Karachi Pakistan: Jang Publishers. p. 592. ISBN 978-969-8500-00-9.
  13. ↑ News Review on South Asia and Indian Ocean. Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses. January 1982. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  14. ↑ Noman, Omar (1988). "Ethnic Conflict" (googlebooks). Pakistan (1 ed.). New York, U.S.: Routledge. p. 230. ISBN 9781136143946. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  15. ↑ Sirohey, Iftikhar Ahmed (1995). Excerpts-II. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  16. ↑ Near East/South Asia Report. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1983. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  17. ↑ Near East/South Asia Report. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1985. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  18. ↑ Beijing Review. Beijing Review. 1984. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  19. ↑ Pakistan & Gulf Economist. Economist Publications. 1986. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

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