Noman Bashir (

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: ) was a

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admiral who served as the 18th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) from 7 October 2008 until retiring on 7 October 2011. His appointment as Chief of Naval Staff was approved by

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on the recommendation of

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on 5 October 2008, ultimately superseding the senior most,

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, to the four-star promotion."President Zardari appoints Noman Bashir new navy chief"
''Associated Press of Pakistan'', 5 October 2008 In 2011, Adm. Bashir was notably superseded and overlooked for the appointment of Chairman joint chiefs when the junior-most officer, Lt-Gen. K. Shameem Wynne, was eventually selected despite coming short of his qualifications.Shakil Shaikh
"Gen Wyne new CJCSC"
''The News'', 29 September 2010 Admiral Bashir came under widespread criticism for failing to stop the siege of the Pakistan Naval air station

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in time, which lead to the deaths of sailors, officers, destruction of Naval aircraft and damage to the base.

Biography

Early life and education

After attending and securing his

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from the

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, Bashir was accepted to attend the

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in 1971. He passed out in 1973, and gained commissioned as S-Lt. in the

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. He was further trained at the

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as a

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, and joined the

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as a combat

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in 1975, and later qualified to fly the

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and various other aircraft in 1990s."Rear admirals Noman Bashir, Saleem Ahmed Meenai promoted as Vice Admiral"
''Associated Press of Pakistan'', 19 July 2007 His brother,

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. After his combat pilot's training, Bashir was directed to attend the National Defence University in Islamabad where he studied at the Armed Forces War College (afwc). He graduated with MSc in

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and briefly tenured the professorship at the Armed Forces War College (afwc) where he taught courses on topics involving the

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. He was later sent to the

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to attend the

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(RCDS) where he focused towards the geo-strategic studies, eventually graduating with master's degree. At RCDS, his master's thesis, "''Afghanistan and the 'New Great Game''" was shortlisted in the Seaford House Papers 2000. In it, he defended his claims that the " ghan Taliban are inward rather than outward looking" and "they have also signalled readiness to engage constructively with the international community." Moreover, he argued that "keeping Afghanistan broken and destabilized suits those who do not want the Caspian/Central Asian oil and gas pipelines to take one of the shortest and economical outlets over Afghanistan and Pakistan to the

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Career in the military

War and staff appointments in the Pakistan Navy

In 1971, Bashir served in the western front of the third war with

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as a

, flying the army aviation's H-13 boarded on a warship, before joining the

in Karachi. A career

, Bashir commanded the two navy's combat aviation squadron before commanding the two warships: a ''Tariq''-class frigate and a corvette. In 1995,

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Bashir commanded the PNS ''Tariq'', paying a visit to

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where he was joined by the RSS ''Valiant'' for bilateral exercise. In 1999, Capt. Bashir was appointed to direct the inquiry board to investigate the probable cause of the Atlantique shootdown by the

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, and later investigating the accident involving the

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in 1999. In 2000s, Cdre. Bashir briefly served as the Cdre-in-Charge of the

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, and later serving as the Commodore Training Ashore under the Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) in Karachi. In 2003, Cdre. Bashir took over the command of the Naval Air Arm as Commander Naval Aviation (COMNAV), eventually promoted to the star-rank rank admiral in the Navy. In 2004, R-Adm. Bashir was appointed as the

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of the

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(DGNI) which he directed the

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until he was appointed as Commander of the Pakistan Armed Forces–Middle East in

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in 2005. Upon returning from deputation in 2006, R-Adm. Bashir was taken as

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and directed as

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at the

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, and later posted as the DCNS (Projects-II) at the Navy NHQ in

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until 2007. On 19 July 2007, R-Adm. Bashir was elevated to the three-star rank in the Navy while serving in the Navy NHQ as DCNS (Projects-II). On 22 July 2007,

Bashir became a senior

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when he took over the command as the Commander Pakistan Fleet, and left the command on when he handed over the command to then- R-Adm.

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on 20 June 2008. On 20 June 2008, V-Adm. Bashir was appointed to command the

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as its

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(COMKAR), which is responsible for entire naval combat units in

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and

Chief of Naval Staff

Upon the retirement of Adm. Afzal Tahir being confirmed, Vice-Adm. Noman Bashir was in the race of the promotion to four-star rank alongside with four senior navy admirals included with seniority: ** V-Adm.

, senior

of Pakistan Fleet based in Karachi. **V-Adm. Noman Bashir, Commander of

based in Karachi. **V-Adm. Saleem Minai, DCNS (Personnel) in Navy NHQ in

. **V-Adm. M. A. Khan, DCNS (Operations) in Navy NHQ in

. On 5 October 2008,

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eventually promoted V-Adm. Bashir as the

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in the Navy and appointed Adm. Noman as Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), superseding the senior most V-Adm.

who was moved to be appointed as Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS)."Vice Admiral Asaf Humayun appointed as Vice Chief of Naval Staff "
''Associated Press of Pakistan'', 31 October 2008 It was reported that then-

Ahmed Mukhtar had recommended Adm. Noman's name over V-Adm. Humayun to be elevated at the four-star rank. Eventually, V-Adm. Humayun was appointed as vice naval chief on 31 October 2008. After assuming the command, Admiral Bashir thanked the president for the appointment and recognized the role of Navy facing the multiple challenges in the realm of maritime security due to the presence of various powers in Pakistan's area of interest. Talking to the media, Bashir vowed that Navy to rise to the occasion to safeguard the national interests at any cost. He commanded and coordinated the navy-army operations in north-western contingent of the country and expanded the role of navy on wide range of its operational capacity. Major deployments of navy was made under Admiral Bashir in all over the country to curbed the terrorism. Admiral Bashir earned public notability and public appraise after successfully executing the cross-border

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to evacuated the Pakistani nationals from

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. This cross border operation was conducted by Navy alone; and Admiral Bashir personally supervised the execution of the operation.

Indo-Pakistani standoff in 2008

Only a month of assuming his role as Chief of Naval Staff, Adm. Bashir faced the major crises with neighboring India after the deadly attacks were perpetuated in

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in November 2008. Adm. Bashir high-alerted the Navy and deployed the combatant commands of the Navy to protect the naval vicinity of

and

. Initially, Adm. Bashir denied that the terrorists who attacked the city had not used the sea routes from Pakistan to reach the city. In a pressing briefing at the ISPR, Adm. Bashir maintained that: "We have no evidence whatsoever that jmal Kasab had gone to India from Pakistani waters. The

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is much larger than ours, and if Ajmal Kasab had gone from here, then what were their Coast Guards doing, and why did they did not stop the terrorists?." His statement was widely criticized by

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and Indian Defence Minister

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strongly rebutted his statement. However, after a day of releasing his statement, Adm. Bashir retraced his statement and reiterated that "whatever evidence ndianshave is correct." Adm. Bashir strongly criticized

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army chief General

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's statement about simultaneous war with

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and Pakistan. Talking to the ''

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'', Admiral Bashir quoted that :"

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are well aware of our strength." He maintained to the television correspondents that he does not take Indian army chief General Deepak Kapoor's statement seriously as he "knows about the strength of his neighboring countries, Pakistan and China." In 2008, in an interview to a ''

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and would do so "if required". Pakistan is a "recognized

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" and if the government made a decision, the nation would develop a naval variant nuclear weapon. During this time, he began pushed and lobbied for building the

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and finally, in February 2012, the government gave green signals and authorised the development of the nation's first nuclear submarine after releasing the funds. In 2010, Bashir noted that "the

wants to increase military might in the region."

PNS Mehran attack

Admiral Noman Bashir was the chief of naval staff when

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attacked

, a Pakistan Naval Air Station in retaliation for the killing of

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. Despite being Naval chief at the breach of the

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in the country his command failed to intercept the threat of an attack on a sensitive installation of the

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, the failure of which lead to a day long siege of the base in the middle of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi. Admiral Bashir was widely criticized for not properly protecting the

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from being attacked by group of terrorists or moving quickly enough to organise the defence of the base and the operation to take it back, leading to PNS Mehran being over-run by terrorists for nearly an entire day.

Retirement

Noman Bashir retired with the pall of the PNS Mehran attack on his head. He rejected the accusations of security breach in the media. On 20 June 2011, Bashir submitted a report over the course of action to the

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and briefed the Prime minister about the security arrangements which had been put in place following the attack on the naval base. During the last days of his term, Bashir supervised and personally gave commissioned of navy's first UAV squadron in Karachi. Upon his retirement in 2011, Admiral Bashir was considered to be on the "short list" of choices for

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of the

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included with seniority: **Adm. Noman Bashir, Chief of Naval Staff headquartered Navy NHQ in

. **Gen.

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headquartered in Army GHQ in

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. ** Lt-Gen. K. Shameem Wynne, the Chief of General Staff headquartered in Army GHQ in Rawalpindi. The eventual pick was the most-junior Army's general, Lt-Gen.

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, for the chairman joint chiefs appointment. Earlier, the

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had sent the proposal to appoint General

as the additional office of the

, but instead Kayani received the extension. However, the Pakistani media then reported since Admiral Bashir is the most senior officer, Admiral Bashir would likely to become the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. In the line of promotion, General

was the most-general in the Pakistan Army, as his chances to become Chief of Army Staff was diminished. On the advice of General Kayani, General Khalid Shameem Wynne was promoted to four-star rank and assumed the Chairmanship of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.

Awards and decorations

Notes

External links

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