Mohammad Shariff
| Mohammad Sharif | |
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Admiral Sharif (left) meeting his counterpart Admiral William J. Crowe, circa 1980s.
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| Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
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In office 1978 – 13 April 1980 |
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| Preceded by | General Muhammad Shariff |
| Succeeded by | General Iqbal Khan |
| Chief of Naval Staff | |
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In office 23 March 1975 – 21 March 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Vice-Admiral Hasan Hafeez Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Admiral Karamat Rahman Niazi |
| Chairman of Federal Public Service Commission | |
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In office 1980–1986 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Mohammad Shariff Khan 1920 Gujrat, Punjab, British India (Present-day Pakistan) |
| Died | 2015 (aged 94–95) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Citizenship |
 Pakistan (1947-2015)British Subject (1920-1947) |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) |
MS Khan Admiral Sharif |
| Service/branch |
 Royal Indian Navy (1940–1947) Pakistan Navy (1947–80)
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| Years of service | 1936-1980 |
| Rank |
  Admiral (S/No. PN. 138)
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| Unit | Executive Branch |
| Commands |
Vice Chief of Naval Staff Eastern Command, Dhaka DCNS (Operations) DCNS (Personnel) |
| Battles/wars |
1946 Royal Indian Navy mutiny Operation Fair Play Soviet war in Afghanistan |
| Awards |
 Legion of Merit (1980) Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1976) Hilal-i-Imtiaz (1979) Sitara-i-Imtiaz(1976) Hilal-i-Jurat (1975) Sitara-i-Jurat (1965) Sitara-i-Khidmat (1961) |
1946 Royal Indian Navy mutiny
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Admiral Mohammad Shariff Khan (Urdu: ايڈمرل محمد شريف; b.1920–2015), NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), LM, HJ, SJ, SK, was a four-star rank admiral and a memoirist who was at the center of all the major decisions made in Pakistan in the events involving the war with India in 1971, the enforcement of martial law in the country in 1977, and the decision in covertly intervening against Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
Gaining commissioned in the Royal Indian Navy, he participated in the World War II on behalf of the Great Britain before joining the Pakistan Navy in 1947 as one of the senior staff officer. In 1969, he was appointed Flag Officer Commanding of the Eastern Command of the Pakistan military in the East-Pakistan and led by the Eastern Naval Command during the civil war in East, followed by the foreign intervention by India in 1971. After the war, he was taken as war prisoner alongside with Lieutenant-General A.A.K Niazi after conceding of the surrender of Eastern Command to the Indian Army.
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