Kammala wannan jumla: A 1971, an daukaka shi zuwa commodore kuma ya rike mukamin rikon kwarya na rikon kwarya don karɓar Kwamitin Jirgin Ruwa na Jirgin Ruwa a lokacin
yaki na uku da Indiya. A shekarar 1972, Commodore Niazi ya karbi umarnin rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Pakistan kafin a zaba shi don halartar Jami'ar Tsaro ta Kasa a Islamabad don kammala digiri na biyu a cikin nazarin dabarun, kuma a shekarar 1972.