Joint Staff Headquarters (Pakistan)

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Joint Staff Headquarters
TypeHeadquarters
Site information
OwnerPakistan Armed Forces
Controlled byJoint Chiefs of Staff Committee
ConditionActive Service
Site history
Built1971 (1971)
Built byPakistan Army Corps of Engineers
In usePakistan Armed Forces

The Joint Staff Headquarters (reporting name:JS HQ), is the combatant joint-field operations secretariat and principal headquarters of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee established after Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 in Rawalpindi.It is situated neighborhood to GHQ. The JS HQ served as the principle headquarters of Pakistan Armed Forces and concerned authorities relating the defence and strategic developments.

The JS HQ was set up to improve coordination, command and communication between the three arms of Pakistan Armed Forces.[1]

Joint Staff Command in Media

See also

References

  1. ^ Zafar Iqbal Cheema (24 August 2000). "Pakistan's Nuclear Use Doctrine and Command & Control". In James J. Wirtz; Peter R. Lavoy; Scott D. Sagan (eds.). Planning the Unthinkable: How New Powers Will Use Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons. Cornell University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0801487040. Retrieved 11 May 2012.