3. BRIEF DETAILS
Leadership
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff Committee
General Khalid Shameem
Secretary of Defense Nargis Sethi
Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parveez Kayani
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafik
Chief of Navy Staff Muhammad Asif Sandila
4. Man Power
Military Age 16-49 years old
Available for Military Service 48,453,305 males,
44,898,096 females,
Fit for
Military Service
37,945,440 males, (2010 est.)
37,381,549 females, (2010 est.)
6. PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES
• The Pakistan Armed Forces, are the military forces of
Pakistan.
• They are the 7th Largest in the world in terms of active troops.
Main Branches
• Pakistan Army, the Pakistan Navy (including the Pakistan
Marines) & Pakistan Air Force & Special Forces.
• Pakistan Armed Forces are the largest contributors to United
Nations peacekeeping efforts.
7. HISTORY
• Pakistan military formed the officers
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.
8. CURRENT DEPLOYMENTS
• About 80–90% of Pakistani troops are
deployed along the India-Pakistan border.
• Since the September11th terrorist attacks,
Pakistani military forces have engaged
intermittently in the War on Terrorism against
Taliban and Al Qaeda.
9. TROOPS 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 5000
Air Force 45,000 8000
Paramilitary
Forces
302,000 0
Coast Guard Classified Classified
Total 921,000 541,000
10. UNIFORMS
• The standard uniform for the Pakistan
Army was a traditional old British Army
Khaki.
• Now The colors of the new pattern uniform
depend on the geographical areas.
11. WEAPON INDUSTRY
• Pakistan invented POF Eye which is
special-purpose weapon fitted with a
semi-automatic pistol.
.
• The Ministry of Defense Production was
created in September 1991 to promote
and coordinate the military production
facilities that have developed since
independence.
12. WEAPON INDUSTRY
• By early 2000, in a joint project with China led to the
development of the JF-17 Thunder fighter and the Al-
Khalid Tank.
• The navy is supported mainly by a facility at the
Karachi Shipyard, which has limited production
capacity.
13. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ACADEMIES
• Pakistan's Military Intelligence (MI) is one of the three
main intelligence services in Pakistan.
• Functions involve monitoring high level military and
political leaders and safe guarding critical facilities such
as military and non-military installations.
14. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ACADEMIES
• Pakistan Military Academy
• Pakistan Air Force Academy
• Pakistan Naval Academy
• Pakistan Maritime Academy
16. • China has been a steady source of military equipment and
has cooperated with Pakistan in setting up weapons
production and modernization facilities.
• The two countries are also actively involved in the joint
venture of several projects to enhance each others' military
needs
• The joint venture of several projects
JF-17 thunder fighter
aircraft, K-8 karakorum advanced training aircraft, space
technology, AWACS, al khalid tank, missiles and many
other projects.
17. PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES RELATIONS WITH ASIAN
COUNTRIES
• After independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan, full political relations were
not restored until 1976.
• In May 2000, President Musharraf of Pakistan supplied millions of dollars of
much-needed weapons to the Sri Lankan government, when separatist Tamil
Tiger revolutionaries were about to recapture their former capital of Jaffna.
18. PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES RELATIONS
WITH ASIAN COUNTRIES
• In the 1960s, Pakistanis have been detailed as instructors and
trainers in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Libya, Kuwait, and the
United Arab Emirates.
• Pakistan enjoyed strong military relations with Iran during the
Shah era.
• The relations began to decline when the Soviet war in
Afghanistan caused large number of Sunni foreign fighters to
arrive in Pakistan.
19. • Pakistan's has had an on-again and off-again military relationship with
the United States.
• After the attacks of September 11, Pakistan received a huge increase in
military aid from America.
• In the three years before the attacks of September 11, Pakistan
received approximately $9 million in American military aid.
20. ARMY
• Pakistan Army is the largest branch of
military.
• Mainly responsible for protection of
the state borders, the security of
administered areas and defending the
national interests of Pakistan.
21. 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
22. POLITICAL POWER
OF THE ARMY
• 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.
23. AIR FORCE
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.”
24. INTRODUCTION
• Pakistan Air Force (PAF) ( فضائیہ پاک, ) 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
25. ORGANIZATION
•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.
26. 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
27. Pakistan Navy
• (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.
•
28. PERSONNEL
• 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).
29. PN ROLE IN WAR ON
TERROR
• 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.
30. 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.
31. SPECIAL FORCES
• The Special Service Group (SSG) is an
independent commando division of the
Pakistan Army.
• It is an elite special operations force
similar to the Special Air Service and the
Delta Force.
• Special Service Group Navy (SSGN) is an
independent commando division of the
Pakistan Navy.
32. 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-JURAT