Naveed Ashraf

The Admiral is an alumnus of the Pakistan Naval War College, the National Defence University and the Naval War College, US. He has also obtained his military education from the Royal College of Defence Studies, UK.^[1][2][3]

Ashraf was commissioned in the Pakistan Navy with his first appointment in 1989 at the operations branch. His command assignments include 18th and 25th Destroyer Squadrons, commandant Pakistan Naval Academy, in addition to serving as the Commanding Officer of PNS ALAMGIR, PNS SHAHJAHAN, PNS TIPPU SULTAN, PNS MUJAHID and PNS LARKANA. At staff, he was appointed Fleet Operations Officer to Commander Pakistan Fleet, Chief of Staff for Combined Task Force 151 at the United States Naval Forces Central Command, Chief Instructor and Deputy President of the National Defence University, and Captain Training at the Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Admin), Director General C4I, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Training & Personnel), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Operations), Chief of Staff, and the Vice Chief of Naval Staff.^{[1][2][4][5][6]}

In acknowledgment of his meritorious services, Admiral Naveed Ashraf has been honored with the Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military), Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military), Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military), Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) and Tamgha-e-Basalat.^{[1][2][7][8][9]} He was later awarded the Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Civilian) following 2025 India–Pakistan conflict.^[10]

Pakistan Navy Operations Branch Badge
Command at Sea insignia
Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Civilian) (Order of Excellence)
Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) (Order of Excellence)	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) (Crescent of Excellence)	Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) (Star of Excellence)	Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) (Medal of Excellence)
Tamgha-e-Basalat (Medal of Good Conduct)	Tamgha-e-Baqa (Nuclear Test Medal) 1998	Tamgha-e-Istaqlal Pakistan (Escalation with India Medal) 2002	Tamgha-e-Azm (Medal of Conviction) (2018)
10 Years Service Medal	20 Years Service Medal	30 Years Service Medal	35 Years Service Medal
Jamhuriat Tamgha (Democracy Medal) 1988	Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha (Resolution Day Golden Jubilee Medal) 1990	Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan (Independence Day Golden Jubilee Medal) 1997	Pakistan Tamgha (Pakistan Medal)