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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>
'''S. Tauqir H. Naqvi''' 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==
==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>
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]] | date=7 January 2018 |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>
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>
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 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>
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 2019}}</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 2019}}</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>
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]] | date=7 January 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYktXjHTTIk&t=761s |access-date=5 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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Vice Admiral
S. Tauquir H. Naqvi
HI(M) SBt
Chairman of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation
In office
11 June 2000 – 11 May 2007
Preceded byVice-Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi
Succeeded byVice-Admiral A.U. Khan
Personal details
Born
Syed Tauqir Hussain Naqvi

British India
(Present day, India and Pakistan)
Citizenship Pakistan
Alma materMilitary Training
Pakistan Naval Academy
OccupationPolitician
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Navy
Years of service1960–2000
Rank Vice-Admiral
UnitExecutive Branch
CommandsDG Joint Trig at JS HQ
military attaché at the Pakistan Embassy, Tokyo
Special Service Group (Navy)
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
AwardsHilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Basalat

S. Tauqir H. Naqvi is a retired three-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy, politician, and a 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.[1]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Naqvi joined the Pakistan Navy in 1960 whose career mostly spent in the Navy SEALs Teams of the Special Service Group of the Pakistan Navy, having helped in preparing a documentary on SEALs.[2] His military training as a military diver comes from the United States Navy SEALs after 1965.:280[3]

He served in the second war in 1965 and Western front of third war with India in 1971, having commanding the SX-404-class submarine as a Lieutenant-Commander.[4] In 1971, Lt-Cdr. Naqvi successfully spied on Indian Navy's movement, notably the INS Kiltan (P79) and INS Katchall (P81).[4]

An order of firing off the torpedo was issued but the SX-404-class failed to struck the Indian Navy's 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 as the "lucky ones".[4] After the war, Commander Naqvi served as a Navy SEAL instructor at the Naval Base Iqbal in the Karachi coast, eventually serving as commanding officer of the SX-404-class and overseeing its phasing out from the Navy in the 1990s.:343[5] In 1991–93, he was appointed as military attaché at the Pakistan Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.:21[6]

In 1993–94, Rear-Admiral Naqvi was assigned to join the Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's administration, eventually taking an assignment as Additional Secretary at the Defense Division of the Ministry of Defense.:219[7] In 1994–96, R-Adm. Naqvi later went to serve as the DG Joint Warfare (DG TJ) and DG Training (DG Trig) at the Joint Staff Headquarters.:344[5]

In 2000, Vice-Admiral Naqvi was eventually taken as an secondment in the Musharraf administration when he was appointed Chairman of the National Shipping Corporation, which he served till 2007.[8] His tenureship was credited for overseeing the fleet expansion of the National Shipping Corporation.[9] On 21 August 2002, Adm. Naqvi's name was shortlisted and was considered in a race of joining the Aziz administration as an Interior Minister, eventually Faisal Hayat was later confirmed.[10]

After his retirement, he remained associate with the tradition of Navy SEALs, having helped in preparing a documentary on SEALs.[11]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Cost of Conflict Between India and Pakistan. Strategic Foresight Group. 2004. p. 37. ISBN 9788188262045.
  2. ↑ "Pakistan Navy Seals SSG Commandos Short Documentary Sarbakaf New Video 2017 YouTube". YouTube. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Shah, Mian Zahir (2001). Bubbles of water, or, Anecdotes of the Pakistan Navy (1st ed.). PN Book Club Publication. ISBN 978-969-8318-03-1.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Cardozo, Major General Ian (2006). "§The Lucky Captain". The Sinking of INS Khukri: Survivor's Stories (google books). Roli Books Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5194-099-9. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Shah, Mian Zahir (2001). Bubbles of water, or, Anecdotes of the Pakistan Navy (1st ed.). PN Book Club Publication. p. 487. ISBN 978-969-8318-03-1. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Japan Directory. Japan Press. 1992. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  7. ↑ Siddiqa-Agha, A. (2001). Pakistan's Arms Procurement and Military Buildup, 1979-99: In Search of a Policy. Springer. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-230-51352-5. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Chairmen History". www.pnsc.com.pk. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "PNSC to acquire oil tankers, bulk cargo carrier – Business Recorder". Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "3 ministers resign". DAWN.COM. 21 August 2002. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "Pakistan Navy Seals SSG Commandos Short Documentary Sarbakaf New Video 2017 YouTube". YouTube. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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