Pakistan Army
Pakistan Army Emblem.png
Emblem of the Pakistan Army
Founded
14 August 1947
Country
Pakistan
Type
Army
Size
560,000 active troops[1]
Headquarter
General Headquarters
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Motto(s)
Arabic: إِيمَان, تقوى, في سبيل الله
English: A follower of none but God, the fear of God, struggle for God
Colour
Green and White
Anniversaries
Defence Day: September 6
Engagements
1947 Indo-Pakistan War
1965 Indo-Pakistan War
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
1971 Indo-Pakistan War
Grand Mosque Seizure
Soviet-Afghan War
Siachen conflict
Kargil War
Global War on Terror
Siege of Lal Masjid
War in North-West Pakistan
Balochistan conflict
Website
www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk
Commanders
Chief of Army Staff
General Qamar Javed Bajwa
Chief of General Staff
Lieutenant-General Bilal Akbar
Insignia
Flag
Flag of the Pakistani Army
Aircraft flown
Attack
Bell AH-1 Cobra
Helicopter
Bell 412, Bell 407, Bell 206, Bell UH-1 Huey
Transport
Mil Mi-8/17, Aérospatiale Alouette III, Bell 412
The primary objective and its constitutional mission is to ensure the national security and national unity of Pakistan by defending it against external aggression or threat of war, and internal threat by maintaining peace and security within its land borders by requisitioning it by the government to cope with internal threats.[5] During the events of national calamities and emergency, it conducts humanitarian rescue operations at home as well as participating in the peacekeeping missions mandated by the United Nations, most notably playing a major role in rescuing the trapped U.S. soldiers in Somalia in 1993 and Bosnian War in 1992–95.:70[6]
The Pakistan Army, which is a major component of the national power alongside with the Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Navy, has been involved with four wars on its borders with neighbouring India and several armed skirmishes on its porous border with Afghanistan.[7] Since 1960s, the elements of the army has been repeatedly deployed to act as military advisory in the Arab states during the events of Arab-Israeli Wars, aided the UN-based coalition in the first Gulf War. Other notable military operations on War on Terror in the 21st century included: Operation Zarb-e-Azb, Operation Black Thunderstorm, and Operation Rah-e-Nijat.[8]
Due to its constitutional mandate protected by the Constitution to "act in aid of civilian government when called upon to do so",[9] the army has been involved in enforcing martial law against the elected governments in a view of attempting to restore the law and order in the country four times in past years, and has wider commercial, foreign, and political interests in the country.[10][11][12][13][14]
The Pakistan Army has a regimental system but is operationally and geographically divided into command zones, with basic field of being the corps.[15] The Constitution declares the President of Pakistan to be the Commander-in-Chief.[16] The Pakistan Army is commanded by the Chief of Army Staff, by statute a four-star rank general, who is senior member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee is appointed by the Prime Minister and confirmed by the President of Pakistan.[17] The Pakistan Army is currently under the command of General Qamar javed bajwa , appointed on 29 November 2016.[18][19]