Karamat Rahman Niazi
| Karamat Rahman Niazi | |
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| Chief of Naval Staff | |
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In office 22 March 1979 – 23 March 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Adm Mohammad Shariff |
| Succeeded by | Adm Tariq Kamal |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Karamat Rahman Niazi Hoshiarpur, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Citizenship |
 Pakistan
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| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
Pakistan
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| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Navy
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| Years of service | 1947–1983 |
| Rank |
  Admiral
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| Unit |
Naval Operations Branch (S/No. PN. 214) |
| Commands |
Vice-Chief of Naval Staff Commander Pakistan Fleet Submarine Command |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| Awards |
 Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1979) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (1977) Sitara-i-Jurat (1965) |
Admiral Karamat Rahman Niazi (Urdu:كرامت رحمان نيازى; usually shortened to K.R. Niazi), NI(M), SJ, HI(M), is a retired four-star rank admiral who served as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) from 1979 to 1983.
He is renown for being the Commander of the PNS Ghazi when he commanded the submarine during the second war with India in 1965, for which, he was decorated with the military honors for his military service. In 1979, he took over the command of Pakistan Navy as its Chief of Naval Staff and worked in close coordination with President Zia-ul-Haq on the matters of national security throughout the 1980s.
Karamat Rahman Niazi was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab Province, British Indian Empire, to a Pashtun family who belonged to the Niazi tribe that hailed from Mianwali, Punjab in Pakistan. After graduating from a local high school, he commissioned in the Pakistan Navy as Midshipman in 1947 in Operations Branch and initially did his training at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Darmouth in the United Kingdom. Upon returning, he was promoted as Sub-Lieutenant and his career in the Navy progressed extremely well, eventually promoting as Lieutenant-Commander in 1962.
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