The structure of the Pakistan Army is based on two distinct themes: operational and administrative. Operationally the Pakistan Army is divided into nine corps and three corps-level formations with areas of responsibility (AOR) ranging from the mountainous regions of the north to the desert and coastal regions of the south. Administratively it is divided in several regiments (details below). The General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Army is located in Rawalpindi in Punjab province. It is planned to be moved to the capital city of Islamabad nearby.
From left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen and Rear Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, commander of Carrier Strike Group 9, speak with Chief of Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Kayani and Maj. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, director general of military operations, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) while under way in the northern part of the Arabian Sea on Aug. 27, 2008.
Inspector General Communications and Information Technology (IG C&IT)
Lieutenant General Munir Afsar
Engineer-in-Chief (E-in-C)
Lieutenant General Kashif Nazir
The Military Operations and Intelligence Directorates function under the Chief of General Staff (CGS). A major reorganization in GHQ was done in September 2008 under General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, when two new PSO positions were introduced: the Inspector General Arms and the Inspector General Communications and IT, thus raising the number of PSO's to eight.[1]
The headquarters function also includes the Judge Advocate General (JAG), and the Controller of Civilian Personnel, the Chief of the Corps of Engineers (E-in-C) who is also head of Military Engineering Service (MES), all of them also report to the Chief of the Army Staff.
A division usually comprises three brigades including infantry, artillery, and engineers. Each division also has one or more armoured brigades, except for mountain divisions. There are nineteen Infantry divisions, one Special Security Division, two mechanised divisions, two armoured divisions, one division-sized formation called Force Command Northern Areas, one engineer division, three artillery divisions (two of which are believed to be in possession of ballistic missiles).
A brigade usually comprises three or more battalions of different types and is commanded by a brigadier. Some brigades are independent of divisions and report either to Corps HQ or Army HQ (i.e. 111 Bde) and they are called independent brigades. However they consist of battalions of the same type as other brigades.
There are several independent brigades including seven mechanised infantry brigades, eight armoured brigades, four artillery brigades, and nine engineer brigades. These brigades include:
105 Independent Infantry Brigade under V Corps
105 Air Defence Independent Brigade Group in XXXI Corps
A regiment is commanded by a colonel. However there is no active field operational regiment in Pakistan Army except of Training Regiments. Pakistan Army Battle order has Battalions commanded by lieutenant colonel under the Brigades commanded by brigadier. Therefore, full colonels don't exercise command appointments in Pakistan Army except of Training Commands, Staff Appointments, Brigade Second in Command or a few Administrative Establishment Commands.
A battalion has about 600–900 soldiers and is commanded by a lieutenant colonel. This number varies depending on the type of subunits of the battalion. A battalion comprises either three batteries (artillery or air defence - generally named Papa, Quebec, Romeo, and Headquarters Battery) or four companies (infantry - generally named Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, and Delta) or three squadrons (armoured). Each of these subunits is commanded by a major and consists of further subunits called sections (which are further divisible into platoons and squads).[2]
An intermediate between a company and section, a platoon is headed by a lieutenant or, depending on the availability of commissioned officers, a junior commissioned officer, with the rank of subedar or naib-subedar. It has a total strength of about 30–36 troops.
Smallest military outfit, with a strength of about 9–13 personnel. Commanded by a non-commissioned or commissioned officer of the rank of subedar major or major, depending upon the working conditions of the section.
Eastern Command was a Corps level formation in the former East Pakistan consisting of 9, 14 and 16 Infantry Divisions, these three divisions were re-raised after the 1971 war and still exist today.
36 adhoc Div. and 39 adhoc Div. were raised to command the Paramilitary troops and a few loyal battalions. Were later reinforced with a couple of other battalions each. They were not re-raised after the war.
Administrative structure
The Pakistan Army is organised in two main ways, which are Arms and Services.
^The Azad Kashmir Regiment was raised in 1947, became part of the army in 1971.
^The Punjab Regiment formed in 1956 from the 1st, 14th, 15th and 16th Punjab Regiments; can be traced back to the 3rd Battalion of Coast Sepoys raised in 1759.
^The Sindh Regiment was raised in 1980 from battalions of the Punjab Regiment and Baloch Regiment.
^The Baloch Regiment formed in 1956 from the 8th Punjab Regiment, The 10th Baloch Regiment, and The Bahawalpur Regiment; can be traced back to the 3rd Madras Battalion raised in 1798.
^The Frontier Force Regiment is the successor to the Frontier Brigade raised in 1846.
^The Northern Light Infantry was formed in 1977 from various paramilitary units of scouts, became part of the army in 1999 after the Kargil War.
^The Special Service Group was formed in 1959 around a cadre from the Baloch Regiment.
^The President's Bodyguard formed at independence from members of the Governor General's Bodyguard, itself successor to the Governor's Troop of Moghals raised in 1773.
^Guides Cavalry is the successor to the Corps of Guides raised in 1846.
^5th Horse is the successor to the 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry (Wales's Horse), and the 2nd Sikh Irregular Cavalry, both raised in 1857.
^6th Lancers is the successor to The Rohilkhand Horse raised in 1857, and the 4th Sikh Irregular Cavalry raised in 1858.
^11th Cavalry (Frontier Force) is the successor to 1st Regiment of Punjab Cavalry and 3rd Regiment of Punjab Cavalry, both raised in 1849.
^13th Lancers is the successor to the 1st Native Troop raised in 1804, and the 2nd Native Troop raised in 1816. It is also the senior most armour regiment of the Indian Sub-Continent.
^19th Lancers is the successor to the 2nd Mahratta Horse (Tiwana Horse) raised in 1858, and Fane's Horse raised in 1860.
^25th Cavalry (Frontier Force) is the famous unit which stopped Indian armour thrust in Chawinda in 1965.
^29th Cavalry Regiment, nicknamed as 'Royal Bengal Tigers' was the armored regiment stationed in former East Pakistan. Entire regiment was lost in 1971 war and was raised later with nickname 'Tigers'. Currently the regiment forms part of 6th Armored Division and is stationed at Kharian.
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The structure of the Pakistan Army is based on two distinct themes operational and administrative Operationally the Pakistan Army is divided into nine corps and three corps level formations with areas of responsibility AOR ranging from the mountainous regions of the north to the desert and coastal regions of the south Administratively it is divided in several regiments details below The General Headquarters GHQ of the Army is located in Rawalpindi in Punjab province It is planned to be moved to the capital city of Islamabad nearby Contents 1 Army headquarters and staff 2 Operational structure 2 1 Hierarchy 2 2 Corps 2 3 Former formations 3 Administrative structure 3 1 Regiments 4 ReferencesArmy headquarters and staff EditSee also List of serving Generals of the Pakistan Army From left Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm Mike Mullen and Rear Adm Scott Van Buskirk commander of Carrier Strike Group 9 speak with Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Kayani and Maj Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha director general of military operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 while under way in the northern part of the Arabian Sea on Aug 27 2008 The Chief of the Army Staff COAS formerly called the Commander in Chief C in C of the Pakistan Army is challenged with the responsibility of commanding the Pakistan Army The COAS operates from army headquarters in Rawalpindi near Islamabad The Principal Staff Officers PSO s assisting him in his duties at the lieutenant general level include Post NameChief of Army Staff COAS GHQ General Asim MunirChief of General Staff CGS Lieutenant General Muhammad SaeedChief of Logistics Staff CLS Lieutenant General Nauman ZakariaInspector General Arms IG Arms Lieutenant General Fayyaz Hussain ShahAdjutant General AG Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim MalikQuarter Master General QMG Lieutenant General Muhammad AliMilitary Secretary MS Lieutenant General Khalid ZiaInspector General Training amp Evaluation IG T amp E Lieutenant General Chiragh HaiderInspector General Communications and Information Technology IG C amp IT Lieutenant General Munir AfsarEngineer in Chief E in C Lieutenant General Kashif NazirThe Military Operations and Intelligence Directorates function under the Chief of General Staff CGS A major reorganization in GHQ was done in September 2008 under General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani when two new PSO positions were introduced the Inspector General Arms and the Inspector General Communications and IT thus raising the number of PSO s to eight 1 The headquarters function also includes the Judge Advocate General JAG and the Controller of Civilian Personnel the Chief of the Corps of Engineers E in C who is also head of Military Engineering Service MES all of them also report to the Chief of the Army Staff Operational structure EditHierarchy Edit Order Organization Typical Commander1 Corps A corps usually comprises two or three or more divisions Lieutenant General2 Division A division usually comprises three brigades including infantry artillery and engineers Each division also has one or more armoured brigades except for mountain divisions There are nineteen Infantry divisions one Special Security Division two mechanised divisions two armoured divisions one division sized formation called Force Command Northern Areas one engineer division three artillery divisions two of which are believed to be in possession of ballistic missiles Major General3 Brigade A brigade usually comprises three or more battalions of different types and is commanded by a brigadier Some brigades are independent of divisions and report either to Corps HQ or Army HQ i e 111 Bde and they are called independent brigades However they consist of battalions of the same type as other brigades There are several independent brigades including seven mechanised infantry brigades eight armoured brigades four artillery brigades and nine engineer brigades These brigades include 105 Independent Infantry Brigade under V Corps 105 Air Defence Independent Brigade Group in XXXI Corps 111 Independent Infantry Brigade at Rawalpindi with X Corps 212 Infantry Brigade at Lahore with IV Corps Brigadier general 4 Regiment A regiment is commanded by a colonel However there is no active field operational regiment in Pakistan Army except of Training Regiments Pakistan Army Battle order has Battalions commanded by lieutenant colonel under the Brigades commanded by brigadier Therefore full colonels don t exercise command appointments in Pakistan Army except of Training Commands Staff Appointments Brigade Second in Command or a few Administrative Establishment Commands Colonel Lieutenant colonel5 Battalion A battalion has about 600 900 soldiers and is commanded by a lieutenant colonel This number varies depending on the type of subunits of the battalion A battalion comprises either three batteries artillery or air defence generally named Papa Quebec Romeo and Headquarters Battery or four companies infantry generally named Alpha Bravo Charlie and Delta or three squadrons armoured Each of these subunits is commanded by a major and consists of further subunits called sections which are further divisible into platoons and squads 2 Lieutenant Colonel6 Company Headed by the major captain a company comprises about 120 150 soldiers Major Captain7 Platoon An intermediate between a company and section a platoon is headed by a lieutenant or depending on the availability of commissioned officers a junior commissioned officer with the rank of subedar or naib subedar It has a total strength of about 30 36 troops Subedar Naib Subedar8 Section Smallest military outfit with a strength of about 9 13 personnel Commanded by a non commissioned or commissioned officer of the rank of subedar major or major depending upon the working conditions of the section Subedar majorCorps Edit There are nine corps each including an independent signals brigade and three corps level formations Air Defence Aviation and Strategic Forces Corps HQ Location Current Commander Major Corps FormationsI Corps 3 Mangla Azad Kashmir Lieutenant General Aymen Bilal 6th Armoured Division Gujranwala 17th Infantry Division Pakistan Kharian 37th Infantry Division Pakistan Kharian II Corps 4 Multan Punjab Lieutenant General Akhtar Nawaz Satti 1st Armoured Division Pakistan Multan 40th Infantry Division Pakistan Okara IV Corps 5 Lahore Punjab Lieutenant General Salman Fayyaz Ghani 10th Infantry Division Lahore 11th Infantry Division Lahore V Corps 6 Karachi Sindh Lieutenant General Babar Iftikhar 16th Infantry Division Pakistan Pano Aqil 18th Infantry Division Hyderabad 25th Mechanized Division Malir X Corps 7 Rawalpindi Punjab Lieutenant General Shahid Imtiaz Force Command Northern Areas Gilgit 12th Infantry Division Murree 19th Infantry Division Pakistan Mangla 23rd Infantry Division Jhelum 34th Light Infantry Division Chilas XI Corps 8 Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Lieutenant General Sardar Hassan Azhar Hayat 7th Infantry Division Miranshah 9th Infantry Division Pakistan Kohat XII Corps 9 Quetta Balochistan Lieutenant General Asif Ghafoor 33rd Infantry Division Quetta 41st Infantry Division Quetta 44th Light Infantry Division Gwadar XXX Corps 10 Gujranwala Punjab Lieutenant General Muhammad Amer 8th Infantry Division Pakistan Sialkot 15th Infantry Division Pakistan Sialkot XXXI Corps 11 Bahawalpur Punjab Lieutenant General Saqib Mehmood Malik 14th Infantry Division Okara 26th Mechanized Division Bahawalpur 35th Infantry Division Bahawalpur Air Defence Command 12 Rawalpindi Punjab Major General Muhammad Zafar Iqbal 3rd Air Defence Division Sargodha 4th Air Defence Division Malir Strategic Forces Command Rawalpindi Punjab Lieutenant General Shehbaz Khan 2 Artillery Division Gujranwala 21 Artillery Division Pano Aqil 22 Artillery Division Bahawalnagar Strategic Forces North Sargodha Strategic Forces South Petaro Army Aviation Command 13 Rawalpindi Punjab Major General Nadeem Yousaf 101 Avn Group Rawalpindi 202 Avn Group Quetta 303 Avn Group Gujranwala 404 Avn Group Multan 505 Avn Group Mangla 606 Avn Group Tarbela Former formations Edit Eastern Command was a Corps level formation in the former East Pakistan consisting of 9 14 and 16 Infantry Divisions these three divisions were re raised after the 1971 war and still exist today 36 adhoc Div and 39 adhoc Div were raised to command the Paramilitary troops and a few loyal battalions Were later reinforced with a couple of other battalions each They were not re raised after the war Administrative structure EditThe Pakistan Army is organised in two main ways which are Arms and Services Regiments Edit Infantry Azad Kashmir Regiment 14 Punjab Regiment 15 Sindh Regiment 16 Baloch Regiment 17 Frontier Force Regiment 18 Northern Light Infantry Regiment 19 Special Services Group 20 Armour President s Bodyguard 21 Guides Cavalry 22 4th Cavalry Valiants 5th Horse Probyn s Horse 23 6th Lancers Fateh Khem Karan 24 7th Lancers 8 Cavalry Izz Ul Khail 9th Horse Arabian Horse 11th Cavalry Frontier Force 25 12th Cavalry Sam Browne s Cavalry 13th Lancers Spearheads 26 14th Lancers 15th Lancers Baloch Horse 16th Horse al Mugheerat 17th Lancers 18th Horse 19th Lancers 27 20th Lancers Haideri 21st Horse Murtajiz 22nd Cavalry Death or Glory 23rd Cavalry Frontier Force 24th Cavalry Chargers 25th Cavalry Frontier Force Men of Steel 28 26th Cavalry Mustangs 27th Cavalry Steeds of war Ribat ul Khail 28th Cavalry Chhamb Hunters 29th Cavalry Tigers 29 30th Cavalry Bold Till Death 31st Cavalry Sprocketeers 32nd Cavalry 33rd Cavalry Fortunes with the Bold 34th Lancers Dragoons 35th Cavalry al Mubarizun 30 36th Cavalry 37th Cavalry Ribat us Sehra 38th Cavalry Desert Hawks 39th Cavalry Vanguards 40th Horse Scinde Horse 41st Horse Frontier Force 42nd Lancers Punjab Lancers 43rd Cavalry al Zarib 44th Cavalry Pioneers 45th Horse 47th Cavalry 51st Lancers Silver Eagles 52nd Cavalry Howal mastan 53rd Cavalry Golden Eagles 54th Cavalry Hizbullah 55th Cavalry 56th Cavalry Raad ul Harb 57th Lancers 58th Cavalry Artillery 3 Medium Regiment Artillery 4 Medium Regiment Artillery 5 MLRS Regiment 7 Field Regiment Artillery 15 SP Medium Regiment Artillery 16 SP Medium Regiment Artillery 17 Locating Regiment Artillery 28 Medium Regiment Artillery 30 SP Heavy Regiment Artillery 32 Medium Regiment Artillery 35 SP Heavy Regiment 39 SP Medium Regiment Artillery 44 Medium Regiment Artillery 45 Field Regiment Artillery 46 Field Regiment Artillery 48 Field Regiment Artillery 51 Medium Regiment Artillery 54 Medium Regiment Artillery 61 Medium Regiment Artillery 63 Medium Regiment Artillery 64 Medium Regiment Artillery 72 SP Medium Regiment Artillery 79 Field Regiment Artillery 93 Medium Regiment Artillery 118 Medium Regiment Artillery 140 SP Medium Regiment Artillery 150 Medium Regiment Artillery 154 Medium Regiment Artillery 156 Locating Regiment Artillery 159 Locating Regiment 162 Field Regiment Artillery 165 Field Regiment Artillery 170 Field Regiment Artillery 172 MBRL Regiment 174 Medium Regiment Artillery 176 Missile Regiment Artillery 184 SP Medium Regiment Artillery 189 Missile Regiment Artillery 197 Missile Regiment Artillery 198 Missile Regiment Artillery Air Defence 74 Light Air Defence SAM Regiment 89 Light Air Defence Regiment 97 RCG Air Defence Regiment 98 RCG Air Defence Regiment 102 Light Air Defence SAM Regiment 103 Light Air Defence GM Regiment 104 RCG Air Defence Regiment 126 Light Air Defence Gun Missile Regiment 127 Medium Air Defence Regiment 134 Radar Control Guns Regiment 146 Light Air Defence Regiment 148 Light Air Defence SP Regiment 153 Light Air Defence SP Regiment 154 Light Air Defence SP Regiment 160 RCG Air Defence RegimentReferences Edit Iftikhar A Khan Kayani shakes up army command Dawn 30 September 2008 Subdivisions of the army Archived from the original on 2006 11 16 Retrieved 2007 01 21 Formed in 1958 in Abbottabad now based in Mangla Fought in the 1965 and 1971 wars as well as sent replacements to Kashmir for LOC Formed in 1968 in Lahore transferred to Multan in 1969 Formed in 1965 in Multan transferred to Lahore in 1969 Formed in 1975 16 18 IDs are all mechanized Has a lot of independent Brigades as well since it has all of Sindh to cover Raised in 1975 by Lt Gen Aftab Ahmad Khan Formed in 1975 Presently engaged in fighting in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas Formed in 1985 Formed in 1987 Each division has 4 brigades and an armoured division is in the process of raising Formed in 1988 Formed in 1990 Formed in 1977 The Azad Kashmir Regiment was raised in 1947 became part of the army in 1971 The Punjab Regiment formed in 1956 from the 1st 14th 15th and 16th Punjab Regiments can be traced back to the 3rd Battalion of Coast Sepoys raised in 1759 The Sindh Regiment was raised in 1980 from battalions of the Punjab Regiment and Baloch Regiment The Baloch Regiment formed in 1956 from the 8th Punjab Regiment The 10th Baloch Regiment and The Bahawalpur Regiment can be traced back to the 3rd Madras Battalion raised in 1798 The Frontier Force Regiment is the successor to the Frontier Brigade raised in 1846 The Northern Light Infantry was formed in 1977 from various paramilitary units of scouts became part of the army in 1999 after the Kargil War The Special Service Group was formed in 1959 around a cadre from the Baloch Regiment The President s Bodyguard formed at independence from members of the Governor General s Bodyguard itself successor to the Governor s Troop of Moghals raised in 1773 Guides Cavalry is the successor to the Corps of Guides raised in 1846 5th Horse is the successor to the 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry Wales s Horse and the 2nd Sikh Irregular Cavalry both raised in 1857 6th Lancers is the successor to The Rohilkhand Horse raised in 1857 and the 4th Sikh Irregular Cavalry raised in 1858 11th Cavalry Frontier Force is the successor to 1st Regiment of Punjab Cavalry and 3rd Regiment of Punjab Cavalry both raised in 1849 13th Lancers is the successor to the 1st Native Troop raised in 1804 and the 2nd Native Troop raised in 1816 It is also the senior most armour regiment of the Indian Sub Continent 19th Lancers is the successor to the 2nd Mahratta Horse Tiwana Horse raised in 1858 and Fane s Horse raised in 1860 25th Cavalry Frontier Force is the famous unit which stopped Indian armour thrust in Chawinda in 1965 29th Cavalry Regiment nicknamed as Royal Bengal Tigers was the armored regiment stationed in former East Pakistan Entire regiment was lost in 1971 war and was raised later with nickname Tigers Currently the regiment forms part of 6th Armored Division and is stationed at Kharian Raised 1 November 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Structure of the Pakistan Army amp oldid 1133836377, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
