Abaidullah Khan

Abaidullah Khan
عبيد اللہ خان
Chairman of the National Shipping Corporation
In office
29 December 1996  3 November 2000
Preceded byJawaid Ali
Succeeded byS. Tauquir H. Naqvi
Personal details
Born1939 (age 8586)
Kashmir, British India
Residence(s)Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
OccupationBureaucrat
ProfessionSailor
Nickname(s)A. U. Khan
Obaidullah Khan
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Navy
Years of service1958–2000
Rank Vice-Admiral
(PN No. 775)
UnitExecutive Branch
CommandsVice Chief of Naval Staff
Commander Pakistan Fleet
DCNS (Operations)
Submarine Command
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Abaidullah Khan (born 1939) known as A. U. Khan, is a Pakistani former three-star rank officer in the Pakistan Navy. After retiring, he became a bureaucrat and played a crucial role in procuring and technology transfer of the air-independent propulsion-based Agosta 90Bravo class submarine from France in 1994–1997.