4 December 1971 Visakhapatnam (Bay of Bengal), India
Allegiance
Pakistan
Service/branch
Pakistan Navy
Years of service
1956-1971
Rank
Commander
Service number
PN No. 643[citation needed]
Unit
Submarine Service Branch
Commands held
PNS Ghazi Submarine
Battles/wars
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Operation Dwarka
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Operation Falcon †
Awards
Sitara-e-Jurat (1965) Hilal-i-Jur'at (1971)
Commander Zafar Muhammad Khan (death: 4 December 1971) was a naval officer in the Pakistan Navy who was the Captain and Commanding Officer of PNS Ghazi during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The PNS Ghazi was sunk under mysterious circumstances while on a reconnaissance mine-laying mission in the approaches to the Indian port of Visakhapatnam (Bay of Bengal) and sank at about 00:10 hours. A total of 93 men, including 11 commissioned officers, and 82 non-commissioned officers lost their lives. In 1971, he was one of the naval officers who were posthumously awarded Hilal-i-Jur'at for their actions.
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Global Information
Pakistan
Pakistan Navy
Commander
Sitara-e-Jurat (1965)
Hilal-i-Jur'at (1971)