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Pakistan Armed Forces
پاک مسلح افواج |
Emblem of Pakistan |
| Service branches |
 Pakistan Army
 Pakistan Air Force
 Pakistan Navy (Marines)
 Pakistan Coast Guard
Paramilitary forces of Pakistan
Pakistan Strategic Nuclear Command |
| Headquarters |
Rawalpindi |
| Leadership |
| Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee |
General Khalid Shameem Wynne |
| Secretary of Defence |
Lt. Gen. (retired) Syed Athar Ali |
Chief of Army Staff
Chief of Air Staff
Chief of Naval Staff |
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Air-Chief Marshal Rao Suleman
Admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila |
| Manpower |
| Military age |
16–49 years old[1] |
| Conscription |
None |
Available for
military service |
48,453,305 males, age 16–49 (2010 est.),
44,898,096 females, age 16–49 (2010 est.) |
Fit for
military service |
37,945,440 males, age 16–49 (2010 est.),
37,381,549 females, age 16–49 (2010 est.) |
Reaching military
age annually |
2,237,723 males (2010 est.),
2,104,906 females (2010 est.) |
| Active personnel |
617,000[2] (ranked 7th) |
| Reserve personnel |
513,000 |
| Expenditures |
| Budget |
$6.41 billion (2010–11) (ranked 35th) |
| Percent of GDP |
2.6% (2008)[3] |
| Industry |
| Domestic suppliers |
Air Weapons Complex
Heavy Industries Taxila
Kahuta Research Laboratories
Karachi Shipyard
National Defence Complex
National Engineering and Scientific Commission
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
Pakistan Ordnance Factories
SATUMA
Integrated Defence Systems |
| Foreign suppliers |
 China
 United States
 France
 Italy
 Germany
 Sweden
 Turkey |
| Annual imports |
China, United States |
| Related articles |
| History |
Military history of Pakistan
UN peacekeeping missions
Weapons of mass destruction (706)
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
1970s Baloch Insurgency
Siachen conflict
Kargil War
War in North-West Pakistan |
| Ranks |
Awards and decorations of the Pakistan military |
The paramilitary forces of Pakistan consist of various organizations constitutionally charged with safeguarding Pakistan from external and internal threats. Their current strength approximately 427,627 personnel[citation needed].
The paramilitary forces can be divided into three categories, performing three distinct roles: Firstly the armed security forces (the Rangers and Frontier Corps), secondly a reserve force (the National Guard), and thirdly the Maritime Security Agency.
The Northern Light Infantry which was a paramilitary force until 1999, is now part of the Pakistan Army.
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- Pakistan Rangers: The Rangers are headquartered in Lahore, Punjab and in Karachi, Sindh. This force has a border security role on the international borders of Punjab and Sindh and perform internal security duties as an extension of the Army. This force is organised on a provincial level but are subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior and are commanded by seconded army generals.
- Mehran Force: The Mehran Force, based in the Sindh province, performed the same function as the Punjab-based Rangers. The Mehran Force became the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) in 1995.[4] It was a force of 25,000 men divided into "wings" of approximately 800 men each.
- Frontier Corps: The Frontier Corps, based in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province and Quetta, Balochistan is responsible for protecting the western border regions. The force is responsible to both the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions and to Army Headquarters. The Force comprises fourteen units based in the North-West Frontier and sixteen units based in Balochistan. Some of the local units have a long history such as the Chitral Scouts, the Khyber Rifles, Swat Levies, the Kurram Militia, the Tochi Scouts, the South Waziristan Scouts, the Zhob Militia, and the Gilgit Scouts. These histories date back to Colonial times and many of the regiments have distinguished combat records, e.g. the Khyber Rifles. These regiments can be "regularized" i.e. attached to regular Army as necessary. Khyber Rifles was in fact regularized during the 1965 war and fought with distinction in Kashmir.
- Maritime Security Agency: The 2,500-strong Maritime Security Agency, headquartered in Karachi, is a coast guard and is responsible for patrolling Pakistan's territorial waters. The MSA is equipped with a former Pakistan Navy destroyer, two coastal patrol craft and four oceanic patrol craft.
- Airport Security Force: Safeguarding and protecting airports in Pakistan.[5][6]
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