Mansurul Haq
| Mansurul Haq | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 1937 (age 79) Sialkot, British Raj |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan
|
| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Navy
|
| Years of service | 1954–1997 |
| Rank | Admiral (later stripped) |
| Commands held | Commander Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK) DG Training at Joint Staff HQ DCNS (Personnel) Commander Karachi (COMKAR) Pakistan National Shipping Corporation Chief of Naval Staff |
| Battles/wars |
1965 Indo-Pakistani War 1971 Indo-Pakistani War |
Mansurul Haq (Urdu: منصور الحق) (born October 1937 in Sialkot) is a former admiral and now-disposed Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan Navy. Haq was retired in 1997 by the prime minister Nawaz Sharif government. He was then-arrested on charges of corruption in 2001, but later negotiated a plea bargain and was released.
Mansurul Haq passed his FSc from Murray College, Sialkot and joined Pakistan Navy in 1954. He received his initial training from Britain, graduating from Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in September 1958. After serving on various sea appointments, he graduated as Gunnery Specialist from HMS Excellent, Portsmouth. Later in his career he was promoted to the rank of Commodore in 1983 and served in the Naval Headquarters as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Operations and Personnel. He served at the Naval War College in New Port, Rhode Island. Haque held the senior positions of Commander Karachi, Commander Pakistan Fleet, Director Naval Intelligence and spent time at the Joint Staff Headquarters.
Mansurul Haque was promoted to Rear-Admiral on 9 January 1987 and sent as Commander Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK). From there, he moved as DG Training at Joint Staff HQ in August 1988 and as DCNS (Personnel) at NHQ in October 1990. He also stayed as Commander Karachi (COMKAR) (1991–1992) and Chairman Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) (18 August 1992 – 1994). From there, Haq was appointed as Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) on 10 November 1994.
Haq was implicated in Agosta class submarine deals scandal in 1994 as Chief of Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy. He was retired and later arrested during Prime minister Nawaz Sharif's Government in 1997 but nothing serious came of it. He was then tried in military court during dictatorship era of Pervez Musharraf. He was arrested again, this time by the United States Government on request of the Pakistani military regime, and returned with his own free will to Pakistan in 2001 to face charges of corruption by the Pervez Musharraf Government. While Haque had a right to fight for his extradition, he choose not to.
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