Shahid Karimullah NI(M) HI(M) SJ SI(M) LoM LoH PGAT BJSN (Urdu:شاهد كريم الله; b.

[3] He was promoted as Lieutenant and served as commanding officer of gunboat, participating in various operations against the Indian Army and Mukti Bahini.

: xxi [7] Commodore Karimullah was appointed as ACNS (Personnel) and later as DCNS (Operations) under Admiral Fasih Bokhari– the Chief of Naval Staff.

[6] In 2002, Vice-Admiral Karimullah was appointed Chief of Naval Staff and was promoted to four-star admiral in the Navy before taking the post.

: xxx [7] During this time, he engaged in talks with the Chinese Navy for a technology transfer for building modern warships in Karachi.

"[9] In 2003, Admiral Karimullah again secretly pushed the government for the second-strike capability but publicly reiterated that while no such immediate plans existed, Pakistan would not hesitate to take such steps if it felt so compelled.

[11] Admiral Karimullah was notably bypassed by President Pervez Musharraf for the chairmanship for the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in October 2004.

[12] Admiral Karimullah was the most senior-most four-star rank officer in the Pakistani military and was controversially superseded by the junior-most army general, Lieutenant-General Ehsan ul Haq.

[12] In 2005, he began pushing and vigorously lobbying in the government for the extension of Pakistan's seaborne border from 200 to 350 nautical miles for which the claim is to be submitted by May 2009 in accordance with provisions of UN Conventions on Laws of Seas of 1982.

[22] He also remained associate with the Bahria University in Karachi and reportedly maintained in favor of CPEC developmental projects in the country.