Tahseen Ullah Khan | |
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Allegiance | Pakistan |
Service/ |
Pakistan Navy |
Years of service | 1977–present |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
Unit | Submarine Service Branch |
Commands held | Chief Staff Officer to Commander Pakistan Fleet Director of Maritime Affairs Director of Submarine Operations Deputy DG of Maritime Security Agency D.G of Pakistan Coast Guard |
Battles/wars |
War on Terrorism Combined Task Force 150 |
Awards | Sitara-i-Imtiaz (military) |
Vice Admiral Tahseen Ullah Khan is a Pakistan Navy's naval officer and the current director-general of Maritime Security Agencys. A Navy engineer officer, Khan has previously served as a Defence Attaché at the Pakistan High Commission in Malaysia as well as served as a military advisor to the Malaysian Navy.
Khan attended the military high school Cadet College Kohat where he graduated with pre-engineering advanced diploma. He is a graduate of Pakistan Navy Staff Course and Armed Forces War Course and holds degrees of B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemical engineering from Karachi University and Master's degree in War Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. He also holds a diploma in French language from National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad.
Khan has been served was commissioned in Pakistan Navy on 1 December 1977. Upon attaining his commission, he was selected to undergo his training at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom. On his return from UK, he joined the Submarine Service of the Pakistan Navy where-in he served onboard submarines in various capacities. He specialized in the Arms of Submarines from CIN, St. Mandrier, France in 1986. He also served as ADC to Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1989–91. He commanded two submarines; S-134 PNS Ghazi/M and S-133 PNS Mangro from 1994–96.