Fasih Bokhari

Admiral Fasih Bokhari was the chief of Pakistani Naval Staff from 1997 to 1999. As an admiral, he was responsible for the induction of Agosta 90B class submarine for the Pakistan Navy. He was a submariner by profession and was the torpedo officer on the PNS Hangor when it sunk the INS Khukri. He resigned either due to differences with General Pervez Musharraf or due to health reasons.

Admiral Bokhari joined the navy on January 1, 1959 and attended the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouthbefore being commissioned into the Pakistan Navy in May 1962. Since then, he had numerous key staff and commandpositions, both ashore and afloat.

He joined the submarine service in 1964 and was part of the acquisition crew of the Daphné class submarine. Hecommanded a Daphne submarine and toured on duty as destroyer commander. Besides, he had been commander ofsubmarines, the director of naval operations and director of the naval warfare operation plans. A graduate from the French Naval War College in 1975, he had served as deputy chief of naval staff (supply) before his last appointment as commander of the fleet.

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* [http://www.karachipage.com/news/may97/0501_10.txt Fasih Bokhari appointed naval chief]

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