islamabad - President Asif Ali Zardari has appointed Vice Admiral Muhammad Shafiq as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff with immediate effect, said a notification issued here on Tuesday. Vice Admiral Shafiq was commissioned in the Operations branch of Pakistan Navy on June 1st, 1977.
Shafiq has undergone a number of professional courses including specialisation in navigation and operations, naval command & staff course from Indonesia and Armed Forces war course from National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad.






