Khalid Jamil (Pakistan Navy officer)

Khalid Jamil was a Pakistani naval officer and politician who served as the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff from 1953 to 1954 and retired from the Pakistan Navy with the rank of commodore.[1] He also served as Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Navy until 1956, when he was demoted and court-martialed for theft from navy barracks.[2]

Life

Jamil was born in Dadayun and later earned honours in Persian from Lucknow University. He joined the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve in 1937 and received a permanent commission in 1939.[3][4] He migrated to Pakistan with his wife and three children after the creation of Pakistan.[4]

During the presidency of Ayub Khan, Jamil joined the Convention Muslim League and was a member of the 3rd and 4th National Assemblies of Pakistan. In the same period, he became an industrialist and founded the first plastic factory in Pakistan.[5]

References

  1. ^ "From the past pages of dawn: 1965: Fifty years ago: Rousing reception". Dawn. December 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "Pakistan Demotes Navy Head". New York Times. 21 January 1956.
  3. ^ Nuruzzaman, Mohammad (1968). Who’s Who. Dacca: Eastern Publications. p. 352. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b "Flashback: The Royal Indian Navy". The Express Tribune. August 18, 2014.
  5. ^ "The defiant revolutionary". The News. February 23, 2008.
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