The Pakistani armed forces were formed after independence in 1947 and drew many experienced officers from those who served in the British Indian Army. They have since fought several wars against India and border skirmishes with Afghanistan and India. The military is currently the seventh largest in the world and plays an active role in UN peacekeeping missions. It consists of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and paramilitary forces totaling over 921,000 personnel. The Navy and Air Force were established to provide maritime and air defense capabilities and also participate in foreign relief operations. Notable heroes from the armed forces include Squadron Leader M.M. Alam and Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas who sacrificed their lives in combat.

1. PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES

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

4. Pakistan's military is led
by an officer corps that is
not restricted by social
class or nobility and are
appointed from a variety
of sources such as service
academies and direct
appointment from both
civilian status and the
enlisted ranks.

5. Pakistan Army is the largest
branch of military and is mainly
responsible for protection of the
state borders, the security of
administered territories and
defending the national interests of
Pakistan within the framework of
its international obligations.

6.  Regiment of Artillery
 Armoured Corps
 Regiment of Air
Defence
 Corps of Engineers
 Army Medical Corps
 Corps of Signals
 Army Aviation Corps

7.  Women have served
in the Pakistani Army
since its foundation.
Currently, there is a
sizable number of
Women serving in the
army. Most women
are recruited in the
regular Army to
perform medical and
educational work. Also
minorities served in
forces

8.  The Pakistani army has
always played an
integral part of the
Pakistan government
since its inception. It
has virtually acted as a
third party that has
repeatedly seized
power in the name of
stabilizing Pakistan

9. 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.”

10.  Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (Urdu: ‫فضائیہ‬ ‫پاک‬, Pak
Fiza'ya) is the air arm of the Pakistan Armed
Forces and is primarily tasked with the
aerial defense of Pakistan with a secondary
role to provide air support to the Pakistan
Army and the Pakistan Navy. The PAF also
has a tertiary role to provide strategic air
transport and logistics capability.

11.  The Air Force has about 65,000
active personnel with about 10,000
reserves. The Chief of the Air Staff
holds the operational and
administrative powers. He is
assisted by a Vice Chief of Air Staff
and six Deputy Chiefs of the Air
Staff who control and administer
the Administration, Operations,
Engineering, Supply (logistics),
Personnel, and Training divisions

12.  The PAF today
operates F-16s,
F-7PGs, F-7MPs,
Mirage-IIIs, JF-
17 Thunders, A-
5Cs and Mirage-
Vs, around 500
to 530 fighters
organized in 27
front-line
squadrons[

13.  Since independence the
PAF has developed and
nurtured an extensive
in house engineering,
maintenance and repair
capability with
significant inputs and
guidance from the US.
Indigenization of in
house maintenance has
enabled it to maintain
force levels and high
serviceability and

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.

15. “ Today is a historic day for Pakistan,
doubly so for those of us in the
Navy. The Dominion of Pakistan has
come into being and with it a new
Navy – the Royal Pakistan Navy –
has been born. I am proud to have
been appointed to command it and
serve with you at this time. In the
coming months, it will be my duty
and yours to build up our Navy into
a happy and efficient force.”
Quaid-E-
Azam

16.  (Urdu: ‫بحریہ‬ ‫)پاک‬ is the naval branch of the
military of Pakistan. It is responsible for
Pakistan's 1,046 kilometer (650 mile)
coastline along the Arabian Sea and the
defense of important harbors. It operates a
wide range of ships ranging from cruisers
to destroyers as well as submarines.

17.  The Pakistan Navy has
around 24,000 active
personnel and 5,000 in
reserve. The force includes
a small Naval Air Arm and
the approximately 2,000
member paramilitary
Maritime Security Agency,
charged primarily with
protecting Pakistan's
exclusive economic
zone(EEZ). The Navy also
comprises the Special
Services Group Navy, a
marine commando unit as
well.

18.  The Navy has been
involved in some
peacetime operations,
most notably during the
tsunami tragedy that
struck on December 26,
2004. Pakistan sent
vessels to Sri Lanka and
the
Maldives to help in rescue
and relief work

19.  The Pakistani Navy
plays an active role
in the
multinational
Combined Task
Force 150. The
command of the
force was give to
Pakistan from
March 24, 2006 till
February 25, 2008.

20.  The Pakistani army is fighting for
the survival of the country.
 RAW promoting separatism in
Balochistansame 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.
 Indian agenda to achieve this
goal. Now when Pakistani Army
moves in to Save Pashtun Lives
and kill these Taliban who are
draining Pashtun blood and
killing so many innocent Pashtun
children, women and man

21. The Pakistani armed forces
are the largest contributors
to United Nations
peacekeeping efforts, with
more than 10,000 personnel
deployed in 2007.Other
foreign deployments have
consisted of Pakistani
military personnel as
advisers in African and Arab
countries

22.  The army also engaged in
extensive economic
activities. Most of these
enterprises, such as stud and
dairy farms, were for the
army's own use, but others
performed functions
beneficial to the local civilian
economy. Army factories
produced such goods as
sugar, fertilizer, and brass
castings and sold them to
civilian consumers.

23.  NISHAN-I-HAIDER, Highest military
decoration of Pakistan. Awarded "to
those who have performed acts of
greatest heroism or most conspicuous
courage in circumstances of extreme
danger and have shown bravery of the
highest order or devotion to the
country, in the presence of the enemy
on land, at sea or in the air ... and
scarificed their lives for this cause.
this award can not be given to an alive
soldier"
 HILAL-I-JURAT
 SITARA-I-JURAT
 TAMGHA-I-JURAT

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