Ahmad Zamir | |
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Managing Director of Karachi Shipyard and Engineering | |
In office 1983–1985 |
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Secretary of Defence Productions | |
In office 19 April 1981 – 8 August 1982 |
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Preceded by | Tariq Mustafa |
Succeeded by | Abdul Majid Mufti |
Personal details | |
Born |
Zamir Ahmad April 30, 1930 Delhi, India (Present-day in New Delhi in India) |
Died | September 9, 1985 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
(aged 55)
Cause of death | Cardiac arrest |
Resting place | Military cemetery in Karachi |
Citizenship | Pakistan |
Relations |
Khurshid Ahmad (Younger brother) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Pakistan |
Service/branch | Pakistan Navy |
Years of service | 1950-1985 |
Rank | Vice-Admiral |
Commands |
DCNS(Ops) DCNS (Projects) Commander Pakistan Fleet Naval Intelligence (Nav Intel) CO Pakistan Marines |
Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Bangladesh Liberation War |
Awards |
Hilal-i-Imtiaz Sitara-i-Jurat |
Vice-Admiral Ahmad Zamir (Urdu:احمد ضمير; April 30 1930– September 9 1985), HI(M), SJ was a three-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy. Prior to his death in 1985, he was serving as the Managing Director of Karachi Shipyard and Engineering from 1983 until 1985.
Ahmad Zamir's original name was given as Zamir Ahmad but changed to Ahmad Zamir to ease to pronunciation. His family was an ultraconservative who followed the strict teaching of the Islam, and was initially homeschooled by their father. His younger brother, Dr. Khurshid Ahmad is a well known economist and a political figure in the country. Despite his family's strict religious adherence, Zamir, in the Navy, was nonetheless described as moderate person.
After his matriculation in 1947, he was admitted and enrolled at the Delhi Technological University to study electrical engineering but made a transfer to Forman Christian College in Lahore where he did his pre-engineering courses after his family emigrated to Pakistan after the partition of India on 14 August 1947. The family later moved to Karachi where Ahmad was admitted to attend the NED University of Engineering and Technology to become an electrical engineer. However, Ahmad left his studies in his final years to complete his B.E. program after seeing the navy advertisement and joined the Pakistan Navy in 1950.