Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1971, an daukaka shi zuwa commodore kuma ya rike mukamin rikon kwarya na wucin gadi don karɓar umarnin jirgin ruwa na karkashin ruwa a lokacin yakin na uku
tare 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.