Afzal Rahman Khan Vice - Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan ( Urdu : افضل رحمان خان ; born : 1921 — 2005 ; usually shortened as A . R . Khan ) , ( HPk , HJ , HQA ) , was a high profile military official who served as the Interior and Defence Minister under the military government of Field Marshal Ayub Khan . Khan was one of the leading active duty naval officers who held this government offices and left these offices when General Yahya Khan , Army Commander - in - Chief , instituted another martial law on 25 March 1969 . Before being appointed as Defense and Interior Minister , Khan was the Naval Commander - in - Chief of Pakistan Navy and was also the longest serving Commander - in - Chief of Pakistan Navy whose tenure ran from 1959 to 1966 . He was awarded Hilal - i - Jurat for his role in leading the navy in the Indo - Pakistani September War of 1965 . Vice Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan is known as " Father of Pakistan ' s Submarine Service Branch " , during which , he played an influential role in Pakistan Navy to induced PNS Ghazi and PNS Hangor submarines . Naval career . Khan gained commissioned in Royal Navy as Midshipman in 1938 , and had participated in World War II , along with the Royal Navy . After the Partition and Independence of Pakistan from Great Britain , he was inherited in newly created Pakistan Navy . On September 30 September 1949 , Pakistan Navy ' s first destroyer , PNS Tariq was given commissioned in Pakistan Navy . Khan as serving as Lieutenant - Commander A . R . Khan was made commander of the ship , he was late made commander of PNS Tippu Sultan in 1950 . As he was the Commander of the vessel formation , the vessel commenced a goodwill visit to Jeddah , Saudi Arabia . After the visit , the vessel formation made another good carried out e goodwill cruise of the Eastern Mediterranean , visiting Venice , Athens , Istanbul , Izmir and Crete . Throughout his career , Khan continued to elevated the ranks and also played an influential role in the expansion of Pakistan Navy ' s operations in West Pakistan and East Pakistan . Khan also helped established the Naval Intelligence in the Pakistan Navy as well helped commissioned the naval bases in Karachi . In 1959 , Rear Admiral A . R . Khan was promoted to three - star Vice Admiral , and assumed the command of Pakistan Navy . A . R . Khan is considered as Father of Submarine Service Branch of Pakistan Navy . Khan played an integral part in the induction of PNS Ghazi and PNS Hangor in Pakistan Navy , and sent large number of officers to the Naval academies of United States and United Kingdom . Vice Admiral A . R . Khan was one of the mainstream leader during the 1965 Indo - Paki War . He had commenced the Operation Dwarka , and led the Navy in numerous battles . An integral of Navy , Vice - Admiral Khan led numerous successful naval operations in 1965 , which led him to gained Hilal - i - Jurat after the war . Civil Service . Khan completed his term from Pakistan Navy in 1966 and handed over the command of Pakistan Navy to Vice Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan . After his naval service , President Ayub Khan appointed the still - active duty Vice Admiral A . R . Khan served in the military government as his government minister . Khan ' s new military and government assignment reign for three years as the country ' s Interior and Defence Minister from 1966 to 1969 . Khan resigned from the ministries as a protest when General Yahya Khan , instituted another martial law on 25 March 1969 . Post Retirement . After resigning from the government , Khan moved to Karachi where he lived a very quiet life and was put out of public life . He did not comment on Indo - Pakistani War of 1971 , and died peacefully in 1983 in Karachi . Memorial and Honors . PNS Akram : Named after the late Vice Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan who was the Commander - in - Chief from 1959 to 1966 . It is the first Pakistan Navy ' s establishment to be commissioned on the Makran Coast . Located at Gwadar , the establishment was commissioned on 31 Jul 1987 . It serves as a forward operating base for the Navy and acts as a depot for all naval personnel stationed west of Ormara .