Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Pakistan Army ranks and insignia encompass the military insignia utilized by the Pakistan Army. As a former Dominion , Pakistan adopts a rank structure similar to that of the British Army . [ 1 ]
The modern history of the Pakistan Army dates back to the formation of Pakistan in 1947, following the partition of the India subcontinent. [1] The army was initially formed as a professional land force by inheriting the assets and personnel of the British Indian Army, with its first commander-in-chief, Frank Messervy.
From left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen and Rear Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, commander of Carrier Strike Group 9, speak with Chief of Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Kayani and Maj. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, director general of military operations, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) while under way in the northern part of the Arabian Sea on ...
Rank Region HDI (2022) [1] Medium human development 1 Islamabad Capital Territory: 0.654 2 Azad Kashmir: 0.589 3 Gilgit-Baltistan: 0.574 3 Punjab: 0.550 Low human development - Pakistan: 0.540: 4 Sindh: 0.533 5 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 0.511 6 Balochistan: 0.460
The Pakistan Army Armoured Corps is a military administrative and combined arms service branch of the Pakistan Army. [ 3 ] Headquartered in Nowshera , Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, the corps is commanded by its director-general, Major-General Zafar Marwat as of 2023.
Originally, the service corps was headquartered in Chaklala cantonment with Colonel Abdullah Jan as its commandant until 1950.: 1033 [5] The service corps is Pakistan army's most senior administrative corps with its mission for management of transportation and military logistics since 1947. [6]: 83 [7]: 55 [8]
The Corps of Signals was one of the first administrative branches that was established on 14 August 1947 from the partitioning of the Indian Army.: 362–363 [6] Its first signal officer-in-chief was Major-General R. Cawthome— an exchange officer from the British Army who was also a brainchild of the establishment of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in 1948. [6]
The XXXI Corps is a field corps of the Pakistan Army, currently stationed in Bahawalpur, Punjab in Pakistan. [ 2 ] It is currently commanded by Lt-Gen. Saqib Mehmood Malik as of 2023.