Naveed Ashraf is an admiral in the Pakistan Navy who is serving as the 23rd chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) since October 2023.

[1][2] The Admiral is an alumnus of the Pakistan Naval War College, the National Defence University and the Naval War College, US.

He has also obtained his military education from the Royal College of Defence Studies, UK.

[1][2][3] Ashraf was commissioned in the Pakistan Navy with his first appointment in 1989 at the operations branch.

At staff, he was appointed as Fleet Operations Officer to Commander Pakistan Fleet, Chief of Staff for Combined Task Force 151 at the United States Naval Forces Central Command, Chief Instructor and Deputy President of the National Defence University, and Captain Training at the Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Admin), Director General C4I, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Training & Personnel), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Operations), Chief of Staff, and the Vice Chief of Naval Staff.