Moazzam Ilyas


Muhammad Moazzam Ilyas,, is a two-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy, currently serving as Director General Joint Warfare and Training at Joint Staff Headquarters since 2019.

Biography

He joined the Pakistan Navy in 1980 and commissioned in the term 84-A. 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.

Commands and Military Life

His command appointments include commands of two Destroyers Badr & 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.
Ashore he has served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Operations, Chief Staff Officer to Commander Pakistan Fleet, as well as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Plans. Afterwards, he was appointed to Commander North, from where he was promoted to Rear Admiral.
Rear Admiral Moazzam took over command of Combined Task Force 150 from August 2015 to January 2016.
He went to become Chief Instructor, Allied Officers Division at the NDU. He was made Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Training and Evaluation in 2016 and then served as Commandant of the PNWC and Commander Central Punjab in Lahore.
He was appointed Commander Coastal Areas from 1 November 2017.
He was shifted to Joint Staff Headquarters on 20 January 2019 as Director General Joint Warfare & Training. He is also a member of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.