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General Headquarters (Pakistan Army)
The General Headquarters (GHQ) is the headquarters of the Pakistan Army and is located within the garrison complex of Rawalpindi, adjacent to the Joint Staff Headquarters.[1]
| General Headquarters | |
|---|---|
GHQ | |
| Rawalpindi in Pakistan | |
General Headquarters Location in Pakistan General Headquarters General Headquarters (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates | 33°36′N 73°02′E / 33.600°N 73.033°ECoordinates: 33°36′N 73°02′E / 33.600°N 73.033°E |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Pakistan Army |
| Website | www |
| Site history | |
| In use | August 14, 1947 |
| Garrison information | |
| Current commander | Asim Munir (general) |
History
It was established on 14 August 1947 in the headquarters of the former Northern Command of the British Indian Army.[2][3][4]
In December 2017, it was announced that the Army would be moving to a new GHQ in neighbouring Islamabad.[5]
Command Structure
General Headquarters is the command center of land forces of Pakistan. In GHQ, there are ten branches commanded by Lt Gen ranked officer, and forty directorates commanded by a Maj Gen ranked officer.
The branches and directorate in GHQ are:
- General Staff, (GS) branch
- Logistic Staff, (LS) branch
- Arms branch
- Adjutant General, (AG) branch
- Training and Evaluation, (T&E) branch
- Quarter Master General (QMG) branch
- Engineer-in-Chief (E-in-C) branch
- Communication and Information Technology (C&IT) branch
- Surgeon General, (SG) branch
General Staff, (GS) branch
- Military Operations, MO Directorate
- Military Intelligence, MI Directorate
- Organisation and Methods, O&M Directorate
- Inspection and Technical Development, I&TD Directorate
- Weapons and Equipment, W&E Directorate
Logistic Staff, (LS) branch
- Logistics Directorate
- National Logistic Cell, NLC
- Supply and Transport, S&T Directorate
- Budget Directorate
- Ordinance Services, OS Directorate
- Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME)Directorate
- Aviation Fleet Management (AFM) Dte
Arms branch
- Director General, DG Infantry
- Director General, DG Armoured Corps
- Director General, DG Artillery<br
- Director General, DG Army Air Defence
- Director General, DG Engineers
- Director General, DG Army Aviation
Adjutant General, (AG) branch
- Law Directorate
- Welfare and Rehabilitation, W&R Directorate
- Pay, Pension and Accounts, PP&A Directorate
- Housing Directorate
- Personal Service, PS Directorate
- Provost Marshal, PM Directorate
- National Guards
- Personal Administration, PA Directorate
Training and Evaluation, (T&E) branch
- Military Training, MT Directorate
- Human Resource Development, HRD Directorate
- Doctrine and Evaluation, D&E Directorate
- Federal Government Education Institutions, FGEI Directorate
- Army Institute of Military History (AIMH), Rawalpindi
- Army Sports Directorate (AS Dte)
- Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, Abbottabad
- Pakistan Command and Staff College, Quetta
Quarter Master General (QMG) branch
- Quartering and Lands, Q&L Directorate
- Military Lands and Cantonment (Ml&c) Directorate
- Remount, Veterinary, and Farms Corps Directorate - as of 2003, oversaw Okara Military Farms and 23 other military farms.[6]
- Army Heritage Foundation (AHF)
Engineer-in-Chief (E-in-C) branch
- Frontier Works Organization
- 45 Engineers Division, Rawalpindi
- Military Engineer Services (MES)
Communication and Information Technology (C&IT) branch
- Command, Control, Communication, Computer and Intelligence, (C4I) Directorate
- Signals Directorate
Surgeon General, (SG) branch
- Medical Directorate
- Medical Services Azad Kashmir, MS AK
- Medical Services Navy, MS N
See also
References
- ^ "What an Indian saw inside the Pakistan Army headquarters". Quartz. December 7, 2018.
- ^ L. P. Sen (1 January 1994). Slender Was the Thread. South Asia Books. p. 26. ISBN 978-0861316922. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ Shreenivas Kumar Sinha (1992). A soldier recalls. Spantech & Lancer. p. 86. ISBN 978-8170621614. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ Eqbal Ahmad; Noam Chomsky; Carollee Bengelsdorf; Margaret Cerullo (13 June 2006). The Selected Writings of Eqbal Ahmad (1st ed.). Columbia University Press. p. 592. ISBN 978-0231127110. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ Kashif Abbasi (2017-12-27). "Army to be allotted over 1,000 acres for new GHQ, other offices". Dawn Media Group. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ^ Lancaster, John (2003-06-29). "Fighting An Army's Empire". Washington Post.