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The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Urdu: جوانٹ چيفس ﺁف اسٹاف كميٹي; Acronym:JCSC), is an administrative body of senior and high-ranking uniformed military leaders Pakistan Defense Forces who advises the civilian Government of Pakistan, National Security Council, and Defence Minister, President, and Prime minister of Pakistan on important military matters.[4] It is defined as a statue, and consists of a Chairman, and the military chiefs from Army, Navy, and the Air Force: all appointed by the President, on the advise of the Prime minister of Pakistan.[5] The chairman is selected, based on their seniority and merit, from the Chiefs of service from the three branches of the Pakistan Armed and Defense Services. Each services chiefs, outside of their Joint Chiefs of Staff obligations, perform their duty directly for the Ministry of Defence.[5]
Following the Hamoodur Rahman Commission, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee does not have operational command authority, as the chain of unified command of Pakistan Armed Forces. Instead, the Joint Chief of Staff Committee is a principal military advisory body, and coordinates command operations between each service of Pakistan Armed Forces.[6] The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee is headed by the four-star officer who is designated as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC).[6] The chairman is the de-Jure Commander in chief of the all services of the Pakistan Defense Forces, but he does not have any operational authority over any combatant forces, i.e. Army, Navy, Marines, and the Air Force, by law, reporte directly to their Chiefs of Staff.[5] The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Secretariat (JCSCS), is headquartered in Rawalpindi of Punjab Province near at the Pakistan Army Generals Combatant Headquarter (GHQ). The Joint Chief of Staff Committee is composed of all uniformed military personnel from the each services, who assist the Chairman to coordinate military efforts by each military service.
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[edit] Historical Overview
During the 1960s, the Pakistan Military grew at an exponential rate, however, during the Indo-Pak 1971 Winter War and the Bangladesh Liberation War, the joint military efforts between the Air Force, Navy, Marines, and the Army, became increasingly difficult. However, the traces of this body can be found in East Pakistan when Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan became the Commander of the Eastern Military High Command of East-Pakistan. Admiral Ahsan was widely credited for improving the military coordination between the Armed Forces under his command, but before the system could be evolved completely, Admiral Ahsan resigns from his position due to amid political differences with the Central Military Government at that time.
As the Military government, with majority as high ranking generals, was heading the Pakistan Armed Forces in the dual conflict. On important military matters, Air Force, Marines, and Navy, including the Army, weren't taken on confidence, and the joint efforts were unsupportive at either on planning or operational level, and were also and were constrained over disagreements during the 1971 Winter war and the East-Pakistan crises. Due to lack of complete and comprehensive communication, each services had blamed on each other for their intense failure of their operations against the opposite force.
In 1974, Former Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto created Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee as his Government adopted the recommendations of the White Paper on Higher Defense Reorganization, a recommendation made by Chief Justice Hamoodur Rahman, heading the Hamoodur Rahman Commission.[7] A formal joint committee was established, the membership of which comprised the three services chiefs and the Secretary of the Defense Ministry.[7] As the system evolves, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) became an important tier of higher defence military administrative body that came into existence in since in March 1976.[7] It consists of a permanent Chairman and the three Chiefs of Staff. It is headed by a four-star officer designated as Chairman.[7][7] In 1976, Pakistan Army's General Muhammad Shariff was the first of four-star rank to head the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan as its chairman. Currently, in total from 1976 till today, there have been 14th full four-star Pakistan military officers who headed the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Secretariat.[6] There are twelve four-star general officers of the Army, one four-star Air Chief Marshal from the Air Force, and two four-star admirals from the Navy, have been made chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. While, there is no four-star admiral belonging to the Marines has achieved this task yet.[6]
The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee is headed by a four-star officer (a four-star General or Air Chief Marshal or Admiral). The headquarter known as, Joint Staff Headquarters, act as secretariat of JCSC.[7] It is located at Chaklala, Rawalpindi.[7] Currently, General Khalid Shameem Wynne is serving as CJCSC who previously was promoted as four-star general officer.
[edit] Responsibilities
In peacetime the main function of Chairman JCSC is to plan for the defence of the country.[4] In war-like situation the Chairman will assume responsibilities as Principal Staff Officer to assist the Government in the supervision and conduct of war.[7] JCSC is the highest military body for considering all problems bearing on the military aspects of national defence and rendering professional military advice thereon.[4] It is mainly responsible for preparing joint strategic plans and providing for the strategic direction of the armed forces.[4] It reviews periodically the role, size and shape of the three services and advises the Government on related aspects of national defence and security.[4]
[edit] Current Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
The Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee includes:
| Position | Name of current officeholder | Service |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee | General Khalid Shameem Wynne | Pakistan Army |
| Chief of Army Staff | General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani | Pakistan Army |
| Chief of Air Staff | Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman | Pakistan Air Force |
| Chief of Naval Staff | Admiral Asif Sandila | Pakistan Navy |
| Secretary of Defence | Lieutenant-General (Retd) Syed Athar Ali | Pakistan Army |
Temporary Members of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee:
| Position | Name of current officeholder | Service |
|---|---|---|
| Vice Chief of Air Staff | Air Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt | Pakistan Air Force |
| Vice Chief of Naval Staff | Vice-Admiral Shahid Iqbal | Pakistan Navy |
| Military Secretary to the Prime minister of Pakistan | Lieutenant-General Mohsin Kamal | Pakistan Army |
| Chief of Staff (COS) | Vice-Admiral Asif Sandila | Pakistan Navy |
| Deputy Chief of Air Staff | Air-Marshal Waseem-ud-Din | Pakistan Air Force |
| Corps Commander, Army Strategic Forces Command | Lieutenant-General Jamil Haider | Pakistan Army |
| Naval Commander, Naval Strategic Forces Command | Vice-Admiral Asif Sandila | Pakistan Navy |
| Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Strategic Command | Air Marshal Sohail Ahmad | Pakistan Air Force |
Military Affairs and Public Relation Office:
| Position | Name of current officeholder | Service |
|---|---|---|
| Director-General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) | Major-General Athar Abbas | Pakistan Army |
Non-Member Officers of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee:
[edit] References
- ^ Persons of 16 years of age with parental permission.[citation needed]
- ^ The Military Balance 2010, p. 367, International Institute for Strategic Studies (London, 2010).
- ^ The SIPRI Military Expenditure Database
- ^ a b c d e "Pakistan: Ministry of Defence". country-data.com. 1994. http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-9905.html. Retrieved 2011.
- ^ a b c "Pak Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee satisfied with military's operational capabilities". NewsKerala.com. http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-88049.html.
- ^ a b c d "Admiral Bashir to be new chairman joint chiefs". Pakistan Tribune. http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?231562.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC)". Global Security.org. Global Security.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/pakistan/jcsc.htm.
