Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey
| Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey | |
|---|---|
| Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
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In office 9 November 1988 – 17 August 1991 |
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| Preceded by | General Akhtar Abdur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | General Shamim Alam |
| Chief of Naval Staff | |
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In office 9 April 1986 – 9 November 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Admiral Tariq Kamal Khan |
| Succeeded by | Admiral Yastur-ul-Haq Malik |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey 1934 (age 82–83) Karnal, Punjab, British India |
| Citizenship |
 Pakistan (1947-Present)British Subject (1934-1947) |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | Admiral IA Sirohey |
| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Navy
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| Years of service | 1951–1991 |
| Rank |
  Admiral
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| Unit | Engineering Branch |
| Commands |
Vice Chief of Naval Staff DCNS (Personnel) Commander Pakistan Fleet Commander Karachi coast ACNS (Technical) |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Soviet war in Afghanistan |
| Awards |
 Nishan-e-Imtiaz Hilal-i-Imtiaz Sitara-i-Imtiaz Sitara-e-Basalat
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Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey (Urdu: ایڈمرل افتخار احمد سروہی; b. 1934) NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt, is a retired four-star rank admiral, strategist, and a memoirist who is currently tenuring his fellowship at the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISS) in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Admiral Sirohey previously tenured as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from 1986 to 1988, and later ascended as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1988 until retiring in 1991. He is only the second four-star admiral in the Navy's history to be appointed as Chairman Joint Chiefs.
After his retirement, he joined the academia after accepting to be inducted in the faculty of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute and currently working as a strategist for the Institute of Strategic Studies. He also author his autobiography, Truth Never Retires, in 1996 which was published by the Jang Publishers in Lahore.
Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey was born in Karnal, a small town, in East Punjab, British India, in 1934. He hailed from a Punjabi family who were the local farmers in Karnal in East Punjab who moved to Muslim-majority West Punjab in 1940.
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