LONDON: The Royal Navy has appointed its first non-white admiral, Pakistan-born Muslim immigrant Amjad Hussain, a British newspaper said Friday.
Rear Admiral Hussain, 47, is the highest-ranking ethnic officer among the 200,000 personnel of the British armed forces, The Sun said.
"I count myself very lucky to live in a country where the opportunities have been beyond my imagination," said Hussain, who moved to Britain from northern Pakistan with his mother in 1962.