Asif sandila biography books

Mohammad Asif SandilaNI(M)HI(M)SI(M)LoMOMBJSNBYD (Urdu: محمد ﺁصف سندیلہ; born: 1954, NI(M), HI(M), LoH, LoM), is a retired four-staradmiral in the Pakistan Navy who was the 19thChief of Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy.^[2] Prior to this command appointment, Sandila briefly tenured as the Vice Chief Naval Staff in the Pakistan Navy which he assumed in 2010.^[3][4]

In 2011, PresidentAsif Ali Zardari, on the request of Prime MinisterYousaf Raza Gillani, promoted Sandila to four-star admiral and appointed him as the Chief of the Naval Staff on 7 October 2011 upon retirement of the then Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir.^[5]

Biography

Early life and education

Asif Sandila was born into a PunjabiJat family in a village at the Sangla Hill located in Sheikhupura District, Punjab in Pakistan in 1954.^[6][7][8]

After his matriculation from a local high school in 1967, Sandila went to attend C