Admiral Yastur-ul-Haq Malik NI(M) HI(M) SBt
Chief of Naval Staff
In office 10 November 1988 – 8 November 1991
Preceded by	Adm. Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey
Succeeded by	Adm. S.M. Khan
Chairman of National Shipping Corporation
In office 1 November 1986 – 8 November 1988
Personal details
Born	Yasturul Haq Malik (1931-12-24) 24 December 1931 (age 92) Peshawar, KPK British Indian Empire (Present-day Pakistan)
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Navy
Years of service	1951–1991
Rank	Admiral
Unit	Surface Branch
Commands	Vice-Chief of Naval Staff DCNS (Personnel) Commander Pakistan Fleet Naval attaché at Pakistan Embassy, Paris
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Basalat

Admiral Yastur-ul-Haq Malik NI(M) HI(M) SBt (Urdu: یسطور الحق ملک ; b. 24 December 1931), NI(M), SBt, is a retired four-star rank admiral who served as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from 10 November 1988 until retiring from his military service on 8 November 1991.^[1]

Admiral belonged to a Military family. Notable members of the family include his brothers Commodore Ikram ul Haq Malik (R), Brigadier Mansoor Ul Haq Malik (R), Brigadier Manzoor Ul Haq Malik (R) and General Zahoor Ul Haq Malik (late).

Biography

Naval career and education

Yastur-ul-Haq Malik was born on 24 December 1931 in Peshawar, KPK, in Pakistan.^[2]

He attended and graduated from the Saint Patrick's College in Karachi and gained commissioned as Midshipman in 1951 and inducted in the Surface Branch of the Pakistan Navy in 1954.^{[3][full citation needed]} After his initial training at the Pakistan Military Academy, he was sent to United Kingdom to attend the Britannia Royal Naval College at Darmouth where he graduated and further trained with the Royal Navy in 1958.^{[3][full citation needed]}

Upon returning to Pakistan in 1958, he was promoted as Lieutenant and provided his services as gunnery in the PNS Badr and participated in second war with India in 1965.^[1] He briefly served as a staff member of the military secretary's team in the Ayub administration and was an ADC to President Ayub Khan in 1960s.^{[4][full citation needed]}

He then participated in third war with India in 1971 as Lieutenant-Commander while stationing in Karachi.^[1]

After the war in 1971, Lt.Cdr. Malik went to attend the Air War College of Pakistan Air Force where he graduated with a staff course degree. He also attended the National Defence University and graduated with master's degree in Defence studies.^{[3][full citation needed]}

Staff appointments and Chief of naval staff

Throughout his career, Malik served in the administrative branches of the Pakistan Navy and once posted as the Naval attaché at Pakistan Embassy, Paris in France.^{[4][full citation needed]}

In 1980s, he was assumed the command of Pakistan Fleet as its commander (COMPAK) from 1977 until 1982 but was later posted in Navy NHQ as DCNS (Personnel) from 1982 to 1984.^{[2][4][full citation needed]} His command assignments also included his role as Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS) from 1984 until 1986 before being appointed as Chairman of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) in 1986.^{[5][4][full citation needed]}

In 1988, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto announced his appointment as Chief of Naval Staff and Vice-Admiral Malik took over the command of Navy from Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey who was elevated as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee on 10 November 1988.^[6][7][1]

His tenure only ran for two years and left the command of the Navy to his VCNS Vice-Admiral S.M. Khan who was promoted as Admiral on 11 August 1991.^[8] As Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Malik is credited for commissioning the "PNS Ahsan"— the naval base which is situated in Ormara, Balochistan in Pakistan.^[1]

Awards and decorations