The Pakistani military was formed after independence in 1947 and drew experienced officers from those who served under British rule. It has fought three wars against India and engaged in border skirmishes with Afghanistan and India. The military currently has over 921,000 active and reserve personnel across the army, navy, air force and paramilitary forces. It has participated in UN peacekeeping missions and provides disaster relief domestically and abroad.

1. PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES MAJID RIAZ & WAJHAT SAEED NOREEN KHAN 4 - 7

2. HISTORY Pakistan military formed the officer who fought world war II under the British Raj joined the military of Pakistan giving it professionalism, experience and leadership . After independence, the military was supposed to have been divided between India and Pakistan with a ratio of 64% going to India and 36% for Pakistan; however, it is estimated that India refused to divide its share of equipment and some analyst suggest that Pakistan inherited a mere 15% of its allocated share. Post-independence, it has fought three wars against India, several border skirmishes with Afghanistan and against the Soviet Union which occupied Afghanistan in 1979, and an extended border skirmish with India in 1999 (Kargil War) and is currently conducting anti-terrorist operations along the border areas of Afghanistan. The Military of Pakistan has participated in several United Nations peacekeeping operations.

3. TROOP STRENGTH Pakistan’ Military is the seventh largest in the world and has a large number of troops deployed around the globe in military assistance and peacekeeping operations PAKISTANI MILITARY TROOP LEVELS Service Total Active Duty Personnel Total Reserve Army 550,000 528,000 Navy 24,000 0 Air Force 45,000 0 Paramilitary Forces 302,000 0 Coast Guard Classified Classified Total 921,000 528,000

9. AIR FORCE Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, said on 13 April, 1948, at Risalpor military academy. “ A country without a strong air force is at the mercy of any aggressor, Pakistan must build up its own Air Force as quickly as possible, it must be an efficient Air Force, second to none.”

14. SQN LDR MUHAMMAD MAHMOOD ALAM He is officially credited with downing nine indian fighters six of them are hunters Hunters of the Indian Air Force in air-to-air combats, 5 of them in less than a minute. FLT LT SAIFUL AZAM After 1965, on the request of Jordan, Syria, Iraq n Egypt Pakistan send its some pilots on deputation who intercept the Israeli air force aggression. PAF Flt. Lt. Saiful Azam became the only pilot from the Arab side to have shot down 3 IDF/IAF aircraft within 72 hours AIR FORCE HEROES PILOT OFFICER RASHID MINHAS On August 20, 1971 Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas , a pilot still under training, was taxing out a T-33 Jet trainer for take-off. An instructor pilot forced his way into the rear cockpit, seized control of the aircraft and having taken off, headed the aircraft towards India. When failed to regain control of his aircraft, Minhas had only one course of action open to him to prevent his aircraft from being taken to India. He valiantly forced his aircraft to crash at a point 32 miles from the Indian border.