Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey
Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey | |
|---|---|
| 6th Chmn Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
| In office 9 November 1988 – 17 August 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Gen. Akhtar Abdur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Gen. Shamim Alam |
| Chief of Naval Staff | |
| In office 9 April 1986 – 9 November 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Adm. Tariq Kamal Khan |
| Succeeded by | Adm. Yastur-ul-Haq Malik |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey 1934 Karnal, Punjab Province, British India |
| Died | 6 March 2025 (aged 90–91) Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Pakistan (1947–2025) British Subject (1935–1947) |
| Children | 4 |
| Nickname | Admiral IA Sirohey |
| Military service | |
| Branch | Pakistan Navy |
| Service years | 1952–1991 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Unit | Operations Branch |
| Commands | Vice Chief of Naval Staff DCNS (Personnel) Commander Pakistan Fleet Commander Karachi coast ACNS (Technical) |
| Conflicts | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Soviet–Afghan War |
| Awards | Nishan-i-Imtiaz Hilal-i-Imtiaz Sitara-e-Basalat National Order of Merit Bintang Jalasena Utama Order of King Abdulaziz Legion of Merit Tong-il Merit Medal Order of the Crown |
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Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey NI(M) HI(M) SBt OM BJSN LoM (Urdu: افتخار احمد سروہی; 1934 – 6 March 2025) was a Pakistani four-star-rank admiral, strategist, and a memoirist who was at the time of his death tenuring his fellowship at the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISS) in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Admiral Sirohey had previously tenured as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of the Pakistan Navy from 1986 to 1988, and later ascended as the 6th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1988 until retiring in 1991. He was only the second four-star admiral in the Navy's history to be appointed Chairman Joint Chiefs.
After his retirement, he joined academia after accepting to be inducted in the faculty of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute and was working as a strategist for the Institute of Strategic Studies at the time when he died. He also authored his autobiography, Truth Never Retires, in 1996 which was published by the Jang Publishers in Lahore.