| rdfs:comment | - Admiral Mohammad Shariff, (Urdu: ايڈميرل محمد شريف; born:1920- ), (HJ, NI(M), SJ), is a retired four-star admiral who served as the Chief of Naval Staff after taking over the command of Pakistan Navy on 21 March 1979, when a three-star Vice-Admiral, Hasan Hafeez Ahmed, died in office. Admiral Shariff was the first four-star naval admiral who was appointed for the Chief of Naval Staff and also the Chairmanship of Joints Chiefs of Staff Committee— a principle and prestigious four-star assignment in the Pakistan Defence Forces.
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| abstract | - Admiral Mohammad Shariff, (Urdu: ايڈميرل محمد شريف; born:1920- ), (HJ, NI(M), SJ), is a retired four-star admiral who served as the Chief of Naval Staff after taking over the command of Pakistan Navy on 21 March 1979, when a three-star Vice-Admiral, Hasan Hafeez Ahmed, died in office. Admiral Shariff was the first four-star naval admiral who was appointed for the Chief of Naval Staff and also the Chairmanship of Joints Chiefs of Staff Committee— a principle and prestigious four-star assignment in the Pakistan Defence Forces. Before reaching the four-star assignments, Admiral Shariff, as two-star Rear-Admiral, was the principal commander (second-in-command) of East-Pakistan Eastern High Military Command (Eastern Naval Command), and commanded the Eastern Naval Command during the entire war theater. After the war, Admiral Sharif signed the Instrument of Surrender and surrendered his Eastern Naval Command to Vice-Admiral R. Krishna of Eastern Naval Command in 1971. After 39 years past, Admiral Sharif launched his first autobiography "Admirals Diary on September 23, 2010, providing further accounts, causes, and failure of Pakistan Defence Forces's Operation Searchlight.
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