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Muhammad Moazzam Ilyas ( ur, ; b. 10 May 1965) was a two-star rank admiral in the

Pakistan Navy ur, ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے اور وہ بہترین کارساز ہے۔ English: Allah is Sufficient for us - and what an excellent (reliable) Trustee (of affairs) is He!(''Qur'an, 3:173'') , type ...

who has retired from service and his last appointment was Director General Joint Warfare and Training (DG JW&T) at Joint Staff Headquarters (JSHQ).

Biography

Moazzam Ilyas joined the Pakistan and got commission in operations branch (communication) in 1984. He is a graduate of Joint Command and Staff College Shrivenham, UK. He has master's degrees in Defence Studies from King's College London, and Strategic Studies from

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, Islamabad.

Commands and Military Life

His command appointments include commands of two Destroyers ''PNS Badr'' & ''PNS Babur'' as well as three missile boats named PNS Jalalat, ''Himmat'' and Haibat. He has also served as Naval and Air Attache at

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, Iran from 2006 to 2009. From there, he was promoted to Commodore in 2009. Ashore he has served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Operations (ACNS-Ops), Chief Staff Officer to Commander Pakistan Fleet (CSO to COMPAK), as well as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Plans (ACNS-P). Afterwards, he was appointed to Commander North ( COMNOR), from where he was promoted to rear admiral.

Moazzam took over command of

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from August 2015 to January 2016. / He went to become Chief Instructor, Allied Officers Division at the NDU (CI-AOD). He was made Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Training and Evaluation (DCNS T&E) in 2016 and then served as Commandant of the PNWC and Commander Central Punjab (COMCEP) in Lahore. He was appointed Commander Coastal Areas (COMCOAST) from 1 November 2017. He was shifted to Joint Staff Headquarters (JSHQ) on 20 January 2019 as Director General Joint Warfare & Training (DG JW&T). He is also a member of

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. He is also President, Services Sports Control Board at Joint Staff Headquarters.

Awards and Decorations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ilyas, Moazzam 1965 births Living people Alumni of King's College London Pakistan Navy admirals Pakistan Marines Pakistani military attachés