The Pakistani armed forces include the army, air force and navy. The army is the largest branch and is responsible for protecting Pakistan's borders and national interests. It also engages in counterterrorism operations against threats like the Taliban. The air force operates jets like the JF-17 Thunder and is developing aerospace technology. Special forces like the SSG engage in special operations missions. Paramilitary forces such as the Rangers and Frontier Corps support the army on law enforcement and border security duties. The armed forces have been involved in several wars against India and ongoing operations against internal militant threats.

1. PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES

2. PRESENTED BY
2013-BT-CIVIL-01
2013-BT-CIVIL-28
2013-BT-CIVIL-30
2013-BT-CIVIL-34

3. ARMED FORCES
• The armed forces of a country are its
government-sponsored defence, fighting
forces, and organizations

4. 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

5. Reaching military
age annually
2,237,723 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)

6. Manpower
Military age 16–49 years old
Conscription None
Available for
military service
48,453,305 males, age 16–49
44,898,096 females, age 16–49
Fit for
military service
37,945,440 males, age 16–49
37,381,549 females, age 16–49

7. 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

8. ARMY
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.

9. WOMEN AND MINORITIES
IN THE FORCES
• 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

10. 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.

11. PAKISTANI ARMED ORCES
RELIEF OPERATIONS AND UN
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

12. Political Activities
• The Pakistan Army has always played an
integral part in local politics since its inception
mainly on the pretext of lack of good civilian
leadership, corruption and inefficiency

13. ORGANISATIONS
• Several Army organizations operate in the
commercial sector across the country. For
example, the National Logistics Cell(NLC) was
responsible for trucking food and other goods
across the country
• Frontier Works Organization(FWO) built the
Karakoram Highway
• Special Communication Organization maintained
communications networks in remote parts of
Pakistan

14. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
• National defence university, Islamabad
• Command and staff college, Quetta
• The national university of sciences and
technology (NUST)

15. PAKISTAN AIR FORCE(PAF)

16. JF-17 Thunder
FC-1 Xiaolong

17. Pakistan Aeronautical
Complex
Industry
• Aerospace and defense
Headquarters
• Kamra, Punjab, Pakistan
Products
• Aerospace equipment
Military aircraft
Communication equipment
Navigation equipment
Space systems

18. SPECIAL FORCES
The SPECIAL SERVICES GROUP (SSG) is an
independent commando regiment/corps of
the Pakistan Army. It is an elite special
operations force similar to the United States
Army Special Forces (Green Berets) and
the British Army's SAS.

19. SSG PAKISTAN

20. SSG PAKISTAN

21. 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

22. RANKS IN PAKISTAN ARMED
FORCES

24. PARA MILLITARY
FORCES

25. 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"
Colour
Red and blue

26. • 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

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. FRONTIER CORPS
• The FRONTIER CORPS is a federal auxiliary
military force under the command of the
paramilitary command of Pakistan, recruited
mostly from the tribal areas along the western
borders and led by general officers of the
Pakistan Army.

30. FC
Type Paramilitary
Role Law enforcement/Border patrol
Size ≈80,000
Part of
Ministry of Interior (MoI)
Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Garrison/HQ
Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Quetta, Baluchistan
Inspector General, Peshawar Major-General Ghayur Mehmood
Inspector General, Quetta Major-General Muhammad Ejaz Shahid

31. DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE
• Since 1947, there are three main defence
intelligence services operationalized in the
military. The Military Intelligence, Naval
Intelligence and the Air Intelligence are
tasked with counterintelligence operations,
identifying and eliminating foreign agents
and other anti Pakistani elements within
Pakistan.

32. MILLITARY INTELLIGENCE(MI)
• The Directorate-General for the Military
Intelligence (also known as M.I.), is a Pakistan
Defence Forces intelligence agency and that is
responsible for the military counter-
intelligence. It is also refers specifically to the
intelligence components of the Pakistan
Armed Forces.

33. Historical overview
The agency was created by Major-General
Robert Cawthom, who also served its first
director.

34. ORGANIZATION
The MI directorate is composed of Air
Intelligence (AI) of Air Force, Naval Intelligence
(Navy), Army Intelligence (Pakistan Army), and
the Directorate for Marine Intelligence of the
Marines. However, the M.I. is part of the Army
and reports directly to the Chief of Army Staff.
And, the Army has been appointed its officers
to lead the agency.

35. Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI)
• Established in 1948 by Major-General Robert
Cawthome, the Directorate for Inter-Services
Intelligence (more commonly known as Inter-
Services Intelligence or simply by its initials
ISI) is the most premier and largest
intelligence service.

36. PASSION OF NATION

37. 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

38. WAR HISTORY

40. Conflict
Pakistan
and allies
Opponents Results
First Indo-Pakistani War
(1947–1948)
Pakistan
Tribal militias India
UN ceasefire
 Pakistan controls Azad
Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan,
India has Jammu and
Kashmir
Balochistan conflict
(1948–present)
Pakistan
Balochistan Liberation
Army
Baloch 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
India
Mukti Bahini
Defeat
 The independence
of Bangladesh.
1970s Operation in
Balochistan
(1973–1978)
Pakistan BLA
Victory
 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.

41. PEACE MISSIONS