| Zafar Mahmood Abbasi | |
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Rear-Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi at USN aircraft career |
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| Birth name | Zafar Mahmood Abbasi |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Service/branch | Pakistan Navy |
| Years of service | 1976 - Present |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Unit | Weapons Engineering Branch (WEB) |
| Commands held | Combined Task Force 150 Pakistan Maritime Security Agency 21st Mine warfare Squadron 25th Destroyer Squadron Naval Warfare Branch Pakistan Naval Academy Submarine Service Branch |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 Operation Parakaram War in North West-Pakistan Operation Enduring Freedom – HOA |
| Awards | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (military) Imtiazi Sanad |
Rear-Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, is a two-star admiral and current Director-General of the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency. He served as the Commander of Combined Task Force 150 from April 2010 till October 2010.[1]
Abbasi joined Pakistan Navy in 1976 as a Naval Cadet after receiving an admission at the Pakistan Naval Academy. In 1980, he gained his B.Sc. in Economics and later went to the United Kingdom, where he attended Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth.[2] In 1981, upon his return, he was given commissioned in the Navy as Sub-Lieutenant. He was also conferred with Sword of Honor at the Pakistan Naval Academy. In 1984, Abassi did his specialization in Underwater Warfare from Submarine School of the Pakistan Naval Submarine Service Branch, and another course in Surface Warfare from United States Naval Academy.[3] In 1989, he attended the Royal Australian Naval College where he did B.Sc. in War studies and a M.Sc. in War and Strategic studies National Defence University.