PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES

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ARMED FORCES

• The armed forces of a country are itsgovernment-sponsored defence, fightingforces, and organizations

PAK ARMED FORCES

Founded 1947

Headquarters Joint Staff Headquarters,

Rawalpindi

Leadership

Commander-in-Chief President Mamnoon Hussain

Minister of Defence Khawaja Asif

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff

Committee

General Rashad Mahmood

Reaching military

age annually2,237,723 males 2,104,906 females

Active personnel 617,000 (ranked 7th)

Reserve personnel 550,000 (ranked 15th)

Expenditures

Budget $6.98 billion (2013–14) (ranked 25th)

Percent of GDP 2.7% (2013)

Manpower

Military age 16–49 years old

Conscription None

Available formilitary service

48,453,305 males, age 16–49

44,898,096 females, age 16–49

Fit formilitary service

37,945,440 males, age 16–49

37,381,549 females, age 16–49

PAK ARMED FORCES

• PAK ARMY

– PAK RANGERS

– FRONTIER CORPS

– INTER SERVICES INTELLIGENCE(ISI)

– MILITARY INTELLIGENCE(MI)

– SPECIAL SERVICES GROUP(SSG)

• PAK AIR FORCE

• PAK NAVY

ARMY

Pakistan Army is the largest branchof military and is mainlyresponsible for protection of thestate borders, the security ofadministered territories anddefending the national interests ofPakistan within the framework ofits international obligations.

WOMEN AND MINORITIESIN THE FORCES

• Women have served inthe Pakistani Army sinceits foundation. Currently,there is a sizablenumber of Womenserving in the army.Most women arerecruited in the regularArmy to performmedical and educationalwork. Also minoritiesserved in forces

BATTLE AGAINST SO

CALLED TALIBAN

• The Pakistan army is fighting for the survival of the country.

• RAW promoting separatism in Baluchistan same like as promoted separation in Bangladesh

• India supports Taliban by its 24 consulates in Afghanistan, giving them hi-tech weapon n training. To make Pakistan weak.

PAKISTANI ARMED ORCES

RELIEF OPERATIONS AND UNThe Pakistani armed forces are thelargest contributors to UnitedNations peacekeeping efforts, withmore than 10,000 personneldeployed in 2007.Other foreigndeployments have consisted ofPakistani military personnel asadvisers in African and Arab countries

Political Activities

• The Pakistan Army has always played anintegral part in local politics since its inceptionmainly on the pretext of lack of good civilianleadership, corruption and inefficiency

ORGANISATIONS

• Several Army organizations operate in thecommercial sector across the country. Forexample, the National Logistics Cell(NLC) wasresponsible for trucking food and other goodsacross the country

• Frontier Works Organization(FWO) built theKarakoram Highway

• Special Communication Organization maintainedcommunications networks in remote parts ofPakistan

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS

• National defence university, Islamabad

• Command and staff college, Quetta

• The national university of sciences and

technology (NUST)

PAKISTAN AIR FORCE(PAF)

JF-17 Thunder

FC-1 Xiaolong

Pakistan Aeronautical

Complex Industry

• Aerospace and defense

Headquarters• Kamra, Punjab, Pakistan

Products• Aerospace equipment

Military aircraftCommunication equipmentNavigation equipmentSpace systems

SPECIAL FORCES

The SPECIAL SERVICES GROUP (SSG) is anindependent commando regiment/corps ofthe Pakistan Army. It is an elite specialoperations force similar to the United StatesArmy Special Forces (Green Berets) andthe British Army's SAS.

SSG PAKISTAN

SSG PAKISTAN

THE REWARD

• SSG is 9th best Special Force in the world after UK’s SAS and US’ Delta Force

• In top 10 special forces SSG has least budget

• US’ SWAT Forces and India, China, Korea’s Special Forces are behind Pakistan in ranking

RANKS IN PAKISTAN ARMED

FORCES

PARA MILLITARY

FORCES

PAKISTAN RANGERS

Founded August 14, 1947

Country Pakistan

Size 100,000 active troops

Part of Pakistan Paramilitary Forces

Headquarters Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore

Motto Daim's Sahir'n "Ever Ready"

ColourRed and blue

• The Pakistan Rangers are part of the Paramilitary forces of

Pakistan, under the direct control of the Ministry of the Interior

of the Pakistan Government.

• The Director General of the Pakistan Rangers currently holds

the 2-star rank of Major-General

ANTI TERRORISM

• The Rangers Anti-Terrorist Company has been active since

early 2004. They were trained by Zarrar Company of

SPECIAL SERVICES GROUP (SSG) of the Pakistani Army.

Role in peace maintenance in

Karachi

Pakistan Rangers were

deployed with special

powers. Pak Rangers

played a crucial role in

maintaining peace and

curbed law offenders

without any discrimination

and consideration of

political affiliation.

FRONTIER CORPS

• The FRONTIER CORPS is a federal auxiliarymilitary force under the command of theparamilitary command of Pakistan, recruitedmostly from the tribal areas along the westernborders and led by general officers of thePakistan Army.

FC

Type Paramilitary

Role Law enforcement/Border patrol

Size ≈80,000

Part ofMinistry of Interior (MoI)

Ministry of Defence (MoD)

Garrison/HQPeshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

Quetta, Baluchistan

Inspector General, Peshawar Major-General Ghayur Mehmood

Inspector General, Quetta Major-General Muhammad Ejaz Shahid

DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE

• Since 1947, there are three main defenceintelligence services operationalized in themilitary. The Military Intelligence, NavalIntelligence and the Air Intelligence aretasked with counterintelligence operations,identifying and eliminating foreign agentsand other anti Pakistani elements withinPakistan.

MILLITARY INTELLIGENCE(MI)

• The Directorate-General for the MilitaryIntelligence (also known as M.I.), is a PakistanDefence Forces intelligence agency and that isresponsible for the military counter-intelligence. It is also refers specifically to theintelligence components of the PakistanArmed Forces.

Historical overview

The agency was created by Major-GeneralRobert Cawthom, who also served its firstdirector.

ORGANIZATION

The MI directorate is composed of AirIntelligence (AI) of Air Force, Naval Intelligence(Navy), Army Intelligence (Pakistan Army), andthe Directorate for Marine Intelligence of theMarines. However, the M.I. is part of the Armyand reports directly to the Chief of Army Staff.And, the Army has been appointed its officersto lead the agency.

Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI)

• Established in 1948 by Major-General RobertCawthome, the Directorate for Inter-ServicesIntelligence (more commonly known as Inter-Services Intelligence or simply by its initialsISI) is the most premier and largestintelligence service.

PASSION OF NATION

NISHAN E HAIDER

• The greatest military award of Pakistan

• Given to those soldiers which martyred during war showing bravery

• 10 soldiers have got Nishan e Haider

WAR HISTORY

ConflictPakistan

and alliesOpponents Results

First Indo-Pakistani War

(1947–1948)

PakistanTribal militias India

UN ceasefire

Pakistan controls Azad

Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan,

India has Jammu and

Kashmir

Balochistan conflict

(1948–present)Pakistan

Balochistan Liberation ArmyBaloch Republican

Army

Ongoing

Ongoing insurgency against

Pakistani authorities.

Second Indo-Pakistani War

(1965)Pakistan India

UN ceasefire

Return to status quo ante

bellum.

Bangladesh Liberation War

(1971)Pakistan

IndiaMukti Bahini

Defeat

The independence

of Bangladesh.

1970s Operation in

Balochistan

(1973–1978)

Pakistan BLAVictory

Return to status quo ante

bellum.

Siachen War

(1984)Pakistan India

Defeat

India annexed the Siachen

Glacier.

Kargil War

(1999)Pakistan India

Status quo

Return to status quo ante

bellum.

War in North-West Pakistan

(2004–present)Pakistan Pakistani Taliban

Ongoing

Ongoing insurgency against

Pakistani authorities.

PEACE MISSIONS