KARACHI: Rear Admiral Ather Mukhtar has assumed the office of Karachi commander from Rear Admiral Farrokh Ahmed during a ceremony held here at PNS Bahadur on Friday. On command’s assumption, he is now commander of all training units of the Pakistan Navy in Karachi Rear Admiral Ather Mukhtar was commissioned in Operations Branch in May 1984. He has a distinguished career with wide-ranging command and staff experience. His command appointments include commanding officer of Pakistan Navy Ship MOAWIN, and commander 9th Auxiliary and Mine Warfare Squadron. His important staff appointments include PNS Bahadur commander, assistant chief of naval staff (Training), commander North in Islamabad, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency director general, and deputy chief of Naval Staff (Admin) at the Naval Headquarters. Before assuming the command, Rear Admiral Ather Mukhtar was serving as deputy chief of Naval Staff (Training and Evaluation) at the Naval Headquarters, Islamabad. The rear admiral is a graduate of PN War College Lahore and the National Defence University Islamabad. For his meritorious services the admiral has been decorated with Hilal-e-Imtiaz (military). At the change of command ceremony, the admiral was presented a guard of honour, and was introduced to commanding officers of the units under COMKAR Command. The ceremony was attended by a large number of Pakistan Navy officers and sailors.