ARMY COMMANDER

Pakistan Navy is one of the most integral branches of Pakistan Armed Forces and it is known for its services of protecting our ocean borders. Its main objective is to defend our ocean line, which is spread over more than 1000 kilometers, day and night. Pak Navy came into existence with the independence of Pakistan itself on 14 August 1947. Right now, 75 years have passed and Pak Navy has never been behind when it mattered the most.

Pakistan Naval Force provided essential assistance during intense war fares with our archrival India in 1965 and 1971. Moreover, Pak Navy has always been one of the crucial forces when the the world required help against terrorism through its UN Peacekeeping missions. When the country was going through tough times because of natural disasters, such as floods, Pak Navy saved countless lives with its rescue missions. Pakistan Naval Force has its Naval Headquarters NHQ in Islamabad.

Chief of Staff of the Army

The C-in-Cs were assisted by Chiefs of Staff (COS), as prior to the birth of Pakistan, the GHQ, Pakistan was an army command’s HQ of the British Indian Army (the Northern Command, India) and there had been the appointment of the Chief of Staff under the command’s commander, this trend continued in independent Pakistan’s newly created army headquarters.^[15] The last Chief of Staff was General Abdul Hamid Khan, who served till 1971. Another noted chief of staff was Lieutenant General Nasir Ali Khan in 1950s.

Senior commanders during the 1965 and 1971 Wars[edit]

During the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War, there were only two Lt. Gens in the Army; Bakhtiar Rana, the Commander I Corps, and Altaf Qadri, who was on deputation to CENTO, Turkey, and a handful of Maj. Gens.

During the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War, there were two full generals and the number of Lt Gens reached 13; four were posted at the GHQ/CMLA HQ, one at the CENTO HQ in Ankara, Turkey, four were corps commanders, four were governors under martial law.https://jobline.pk/pakistan-air-force/ General Yahya Khan was the President of Pakistan, General Abdul Hamid Khan was the de facto Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Lt Gen S.G.M.M. Peerzada was the PSO CMLA HQ in Rawalpindi, Lt Gen Gul Hassan Khan was the Chief of General Staff (CGS), and Lt Gen Khwaja Wasiuddin was the Master-General of Ordnance (MGO).The GHQ posts of QMG and AG were under the rank of Major-Generals. Lt Gen Muhammad Shariff was sent as the Permanent Representative to the CENTO HQ in Turkey. Army’s Eastern Command was under Lt Gen A.A.K. Niazi, I Corps was under Lt Gen Irshad Ahmad Khan, II Corps was under Lt Gen Tikka Khan, IV Corps was under Lt Gen Bahadur Sher. On the other hand, the governor of Punjab was Lt Gen Attiqur Rahman, the governor of Sindh was Lt Gen Rakhman Gul, the governor of NWFP was Lt Gen K.M. Azhar, and the governor of Balochistan was Lt Gen Riaz Hussain.

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