Moazzam Ilyas

Muhammad Moazzam Ilyas HI(M) SI(M) (Urdu: محمد معظم الياس; b. 10 May 1965) is a retired rear admiral of the Pakistan Navy. His last appointment was Director General Joint Warfare and Training (DG JW&T) at Joint Staff Headquarters (JSHQ). He is currently the Chairman of Port Qasim Authority(PQA).

Rear Admiral Moazzam Ilyas HI(M) SI(M)
Native name	محمد معظم الياس
Born	(1965-05-10) 10 May 1965 (age 60) Lahore, Pakistan
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service / branch	Pakistan Navy
Years of service	1984 - 2021
Rank	Rear Admiral
Unit	Naval Operations Branch
Commands	Director General Joint Warfare & Training, JSHQ Commander, Coastal Areas (COMCOAST) Commander, Central Punjab (COMCEP) Commander, Northern Areas (COMNOR) Commandant Pakistan Naval War College (CO PNWC) Commander CTF-150 Chairman of Port Qasim Authority(PQA)
Battles / wars	2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff 2016 India-Pakistan military confrontation India–Pakistan border skirmishes (2019)
Awards	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)[1][2] Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Biography

Moazzam Ilyas joined the Pakistan and got commission in operations branch (communication) in 1984. He is a graduate of Joint Command and Staff College Shrivenham, UK. He has master's degrees in Defence Studies from King's College London, and Strategic Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.^{[citation needed]}

Commands and Military Life

His command appointments include commands of two Destroyers PNS Badr & PNS Babur as well as three missile boats named PNS Jalalat, Himmat and Haibat. He has also served as Naval and Air Attache at Tehran, Iran from 2006 to 2009. From there, he was promoted to Commodore in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Ashore he has served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Operations (ACNS-Ops), Chief Staff Officer to Commander Pakistan Fleet (CSO to COMPAK), as well as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Plans (ACNS-P). Afterwards, he was appointed to Commander North (COMNOR),^[3] from where he was promoted to rear admiral.^[4]

Rear Admiral Moazzam took over command of Combined Task Force 150 from August 2015^{[5][6][7][8][9]} to January 2016.^{[10][11][12][13]}

He went to become Chief Instructor, Allied Officers Division at the NDU (CI-AOD). He was made Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Training and Evaluation (DCNS T&E) in 2016 and then served as Commandant of the PNWC^[14][15][16] and Commander Central Punjab (COMCEP) in Lahore.^[17][18]

He was appointed Commander Coastal Areas (COMCOAST) from 1 November 2017.^{[19] [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]}

He was shifted to Joint Staff Headquarters (JSHQ) on 20 January 2019 as Director General Joint Warfare & Training (DG JW&T). He is also a member of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. He was also President, Services Sports Control Board at Joint Staff Headquarters.^{[47][48][49][50]}

Public Service

He has voiced his point on view on various occasions of maritime and naval affairs on public television.^{[51][52][53][54][55]}

He was appointed the Chairman of Port Qasim Authority (PQA) since 21 November 2024.^{[56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67]}

Awards and decorations

Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) (Crescent of Excellence)		Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) (Star of Excellence)
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	40 Years Service Medal
Hijri Tamgha (Hijri Medal) 1979	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