PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES

Saba Azam
2840-FBAS/BSSE/F15-C
History
 After independence, the military was supposed to have been
divided between India and Pakistan but India refused to divide its
share of equipment.
 The Military of Pakistan has participated in several United Nations
peacekeeping operations.
TROOP STRENGTH
Service Total Active Duty Personnel Total Reserve

Army 550,000 528,000

Navy 24,000 5,000

Air Force 65,000 10,000

Paramilitary Forces 302,000 0

Coast Guard Classified Classified

Total 921,000 528,000

PAKISTAN ARMY
STRUCTURE OF ARMY UNITS
• Regiment of Artillery
• Armoured Corps
• Regiment of Air Defence
• Corps of Engineers
• Army Medical Corps
• Corps of Signals
• Army Aviation Corps
 POLITICAL POWER
OF THE ARMY

The Pakistani army has

always played an
integral part of the
Pakistan government
since its inception.
PERSONNEL
 The Army has about 550,000 active personnel with about 528,000 reserves.
PAKISTAN AIR FORCE
 CURRENT AIRCRAFT INVENTORY

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
AIR FORCE HEROES
 SQN LDR MUHAMMAD MAHMOOD ALAM
 PILOT OFFICER RASHID MINHAS
 Mariyam Mukhtiyar
 Sqn Ldr Sarfaraz Ahmad Rafiqui
 Squadron Leader Munir-ud-Din Ahmed
 FLT LT SAIFUL AZAM
 Flt Lt Javed Iqbal
 Flt Lt Saifullah Khan Lodhi
PERSONNEL
 The Air Force has about 65,000 active personnel with about 10,000 reserves.
PAKISTAN NAVY
PERSONNEL
 The Pakistan Navy has around 24,000 active personnel and 5,000 in reserve.
TSUNAMI RELIEF ACTIVITIES
 The Navy has been involved in some peacetime operations, most notably
during the tsunami tragedy. Pakistan sent vessels to Sri Lanka and the
Maldives to help in rescue and relief work
GALLANTRY AWARDS
 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-BASALAT
 TAMGHA-I-JURAT
THANK YOU