| S. Tauquir H. Naqvi | |
| Native Name: | instead.--> |
| Term Start: | 11 June 2000 |
| Term End: | 11 May 2007 |
| Predecessor: | Vice-Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi |
| Birth Name: | Syed Tauqir Hussain Naqvi |
| Birth Place: | British India |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Mawards: | is not set --> |
| Serviceyears: | 1960–2000 |
| Commands: | DG Joint Trig at JS HQ military attaché at the Pakistan Embassy, Tokyo Special Service Group (Navy) |
Vice-Admiral S. Tauqir H. Naqvi (is a retired three-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy, politician, and a diplomat who served as the Chairman of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) from 2000 until 2007, the longest serving chairman in the national flag carrier's history.[1]
Naqvi joined the Pakistan Navy in 1960 whose career mostly spent in the Navy SEALs Teams of the Special Service Group of the Pakistan Navy, having helped in preparing a documentary on SEALs.[2] His military training as a military diver comes from the United States Navy SEALs after 1965.[3]
He served in the second war in 1965 and Western front of third war with India in 1971, having commanding the SX-404-class submarine as a Lieutenant-Commander. In 1971, Lt-Cdr. Naqvi successfully spied on Indian Navy's movement, notably the and .[4]
An order of firing off the torpedo was issued but the SX-404-class failed to struck the Indian Navy's Petya-class frigates; the Indian Navy's flotilla, unaware of being spied and watched on, passed through safely, which he called the captains of the Petya-class as the "lucky ones."[4] After the war, Commander Naqvi served as a Navy SEAL instructor at the Naval Base Iqbal in the Karachi coast, eventually serving as commanding officer of the SX-404-class and overseeing its phasing out from the Navy in the 1990s.[5] In 1991–93, he was appointed as military attaché at the Pakistan Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.[6]
In 1993–94, Rear-Admiral Naqvi was assigned to join the Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's administration, eventually taking an assignment as Additional Secretary at the Defense Division of the Ministry of Defense.[7] In 1994–96, R-Adm. Naqvi later went to serve as the DG Joint Warfare (DG TJ) and DG Training (DG Trig) at the Joint Staff Headquarters.[5]
In 2000, Vice-Admiral Naqvi was eventually taken as an secondment in the Musharraf administration when he was appointed Chairman of the National Shipping Corporation, which he served till 2007.[8] His tenureship was credited for overseeing the fleet expansion of the National Shipping Corporation.[9] On 21 August 2002, Adm. Naqvi's name was shortlisted and was considered in a race of joining the Aziz administration as an Interior Minister, eventually Faisal Hayat was later confirmed.[10]
After his retirement, he remained associate with the tradition of Navy SEALs, having helped in preparing a documentary on SEALs.[11]