Tahseen Ullah Khan was a

Pakistan Navy The Pakistan Navy (PN) (; ''romanized'': Pākistān Bahrí'a; ) is the naval warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The Chief of the Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Com ...

naval officer An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service. Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer (NCO), or a warrant officer. However, absent ...

and served as

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of the

Pakistan Maritime Security Agency The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (reporting name: PMSA) () is a branch of the Pakistan Navy. It is a Navy-managed and Navy-controlled Law enforcement in Pakistan, Marine law enforcement agency whose mission is to provide protection to Pakis ...

. A

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engineer officer An engineering officer can be a Merchant Navy engineer, or a commissioned officer in the British Armed Forces with responsibility for military engineering. In the Royal Navy (RN), Engineer Officer (Royal Navy), Engineering Officers are responsib ...

, Khan has previously served as a

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at the Pakistan High Commission in

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and as a

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to the

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Education

Khan attended the

military high school Military high school is a type of high school that includes military cadet education and so are a form of military academy. They are found in several countries and offer a regular high school education but with an extra military training curricul ...

Cadet College Kohat Cadet College Kohat () is the elite class, residential college located on the outskirts of Kohat, Pakistan. History Foundation Stone of Cadet College Kohat was laid by Governor West Pakistan, Malik Amir Muhammad Khan on 19 April 1964. The fi ...

where he graduated with a pre-engineering advanced diploma. He is a graduate of Pakistan Navy Staff Course and Armed Forces War Course and holds degrees of B.Sc. (Hons) in

Chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

from

Karachi University The University of Karachi (; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (which is ...

and

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War Studies War studies, sometimes called polemology, is the multi-disciplinary study of war. It pertains to the military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfa ...

from

Quaid-e-Azam University Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), founded as the University of Islamabad, is a Public university, public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedicated to postgraduate educat ...

, Islamabad. He also holds a diploma in

French language French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-R ...

from National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad.

Pakistan Navy career

Khan was commissioned in the Pakistan Navy on 1 December 1977. Upon attaining his commission, he was selected to undergo his training at

Britannia Royal Naval College Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth, also known as Dartmouth, is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy. It is located on a hill overlooking the port of Dartmouth, Devon, En ...

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. On his return from UK, he joined the Submarine Service of the Pakistan Navy where-in he served onboard submarines in various capacities. He specialized in the Arms of Submarines from CIN, St. Mandrier,

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in 1986. He also served as ADC to Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1989–91. He commanded two submarines; S-134 PNS Ghazi/M and S-133 PNS Mangro from 1994–96.

Defence attaché and military advisor

He served as Defence and Naval Advisor in Pakistan High Commission Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) from 1996–1999. On return, he was appointed at Naval Headquarters as Director Maritime Affairs and later as Director Submarine Operations. He has also served as Deputy Director General Maritime Security Agency. Upon his promotion to the rank of Commodore, he was appointed to the faculty of National Defence University, Islamabad in 2004 for two years from where he was appointed Commander North before being appointed as Commandant, PN War College, Lahore. Before his appointment as Director General Maritime Security Agency, he was serving as Chief Staff Officer to Commander Pakistan Fleet. His interests include reading and relaxing by listening to music and golfing in leisure time. He is married and has a daughter and a son.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Tahseen Ullah Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Pakistan Navy vice admirals University of Karachi alumni Pakistani military engineers Naval attachés for Pakistan