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Faisal Rasul Lodhi
Faisal Rasul Lodhi
	File:Vice Admiral Faisal Rasul Lodhi.jpg Lodhi as Vice Admiral, 2020
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service / branch	Pakistan Navy
Years of service	1986– present
Rank	,Vice Admiral
Commands	Vice Chief of Naval Staff, NHQ (Incumbent).; Chief of Staff (COS),NHQ; Commander Karachi Coast(COMKAR).; Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST); DCNS (Operations) (DCNS-O),; Director Staff Pakistan Naval War College.; Director naval warfare&operational plan.; liaison officer,U.S. Central Command; Additional Secretary-III (Navy) at Ministry of Defence (AS-III MoD),; Director Pak Navy Tactical School,; OTC PNS Tariq (D-181)
Awards	Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) ; Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Alma mater	Pakistan Naval War College; National Defence University

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Faisal Rasul Lodhi is a Vice admiral, a flag officer and principle staff officer in the Pakistan Navy.^[2] Served as Commander Karachi (Comkar), he took the office in October 2020 until March 2021 following the appointment of Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami.^[3] During his last assignment, he commanded all Pakistan Navy establishments and training units at Karachi division. He is currently serving as Vice Chief of Naval Staff at Naval Headquarters in Islamabad.

He joined the Pakistan Navy in 1982 and got commission in Operations Branch in 1986.^[1] Prior to his Commander Karachi assignment, he served as commander coast. He was also appointed to active lead ships such as commanding officer of PNS Tariq (D-181) besides serving at Director Pakistan Navy Tactical School, and Flag Officer Sea Training. At staff appointments, he served as a director staff at the Navy War College, director naval warfare and operational plans at Islamabad.^[4] He was also appointed as fleet operation officer and chief staff officer to Commander Pakistan Fleet and liaison officer to the US Centcom besides serving to Naval Secretary and Vice Chief of the Naval Staff headquartered in Islamabad. In Minister of Defence, at was appointed as Additional Secretary-III.^[4] He graduated from the Pakistan Naval War College and National Defence University. He obtained professional courses from Philippines besides obtaining a master's degree in international security and strategic studies from the UK.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan". Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "New Comkar, Comcoast take charge". DAWN.COM. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "Rear Admiral Bilgrami assumes charge as Commander Karachi". The Nation. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan". Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

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