Commander, Pakistan Fleet


Commander Pakistan Fleet is a formal title in the Pakistan Navy to denote the head of Pakistan Fleet Command. The role is responsible for fleet support, progressive transition of the fleet, and the effectiveness of the force. The COMPAK is also assigned with responsibilities to oversee combat and staff capabilities of the fleet such as deployment of the forces, in addition to ensure equipment capacities designed to improve "operational readiness".
The COMPAK is one of the four major administrative authorities and one of the seven total commands of the navy such as Commander, Karachi, a major naval base, Commander, Logistics, Northern Command, Commander, Coast, Commander Central Punjab, Flag Officer Sea Training, and the commander fleet itself. The fleet commander heads destroyer squadron, naval aviation, surface warfare, and other surface operations and anti-submarine warfare designed for multiple roles such as equipments, including watercraft, weapons, arms, and naval bases.

Surface and submarine warfare

When a new head takes the command as COMPAK, it is literary known as "change of command" ceremony held at the official workplace of the commander in Karachi. During the ceremony, a guard of honour is presented to the new head, while the incumbent officer hands over scroll command to the new COMPAK.

List of commanders

#NamePictureStart dateEnd date
1Asaf HumayunJanuary 2006
2Shahid IqbalJune 2008December 2009
3Abbas RazaNovember 2010November 2011
4Zafar Mahmood Abbasi20142015
5Syed Arifullah Hussaini20162017
6Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi2017May 2019
7Naveed AshrafOctober 2020February 2023