The General Headquarters (abbreviated Army GHQ ) is the direct reporting and the command post of the Pakistan Army, located in the Chaklala at the vicinity of Rawalpindi , adjacent to the Joint Staff Headquarters (JS HQ).
9-457: Army Headquarters may refer to Army Headquarters (Pakistan) Army Headquarters (Sri Lanka) Army Headquarters (United Kingdom) Army Headquarters (Australia) , Victoria Barracks, Sydney Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Army Headquarters . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
18-680: Is a three-star army officer rank in the Pakistan Army . It is equivalent to a vice admiral in the Pakistan Navy and an air marshal in the Pakistan Air Force . A lieutenant general is also called a three-star general . Like other armies, this rank is higher than a major general and lower than a full general . There are currently 27 Lieutenant Generals in the Pakistan Army, with each usually presiding over
27-688: The British Army in India made an permanent headquarter in Rawalpindi when Marquess of Dalhousie decided to stationed the 53rd Infantry Regiment to protect India from Afghan intervention. In 1854, Robert Milman from the Diocese of Calcutta had built the city's first Garrison Church and a telegraph office. It is also the site where Robert Milman is buried following his death in Rawalpindi in 1876. On 14 August 1947, Commander-in-Chief of
36-616: The lieutenant-generals and multiple administrative corps that are commanded by the director-generals who are ranked at the major-general . Each of the army's branches and the director-generals of the administrative corps works under the Chief of the General Staff (CGS). The chief of general staff, who usually heads the Army GHQ Staff, reports directly to chief of army staff on daily routine basis. There are ten branches of
45-617: The Pakistan Army General Frank Messervy decided to establish the army headquarters of the Pakistan Army at the Rawalpindi , which was also the headquarter of the Northern Command of the former British Indian Army ; Gen. Messervy established it as "GHQ Pakistan", which he derived from GHQ India . The Army's GHQ was viewed as a temporary post in Rawalpindi since its where Gen. Messervy
54-462: The Pakistan Army has been slowly moving its headquarters to nation's capital, Islamabad to be able to merge with the air force and the navy. The Pakistan Army's GHQ is a command post of the Pakistan Army where the secretariat of the Chief of the Army Staff functions to ensure the ceremonial and operational command of the army. There are ten branches of the Pakistan Army that are headed by
63-1480: The Pakistan Army that are headed by the lieutenant-generals and multiple administrative corps that are commanded by the director-generals who are ranked at the major-general . The Chief of Army Staff Secretariat is not considered as a part of the army branch but functions separately as an office of the chief of army staff. Personal Secretary COAS Director-General Staff Duties Director-General Perspective Planning Cell Vice-CGS(A) Vice-CGS(B) DG Inter Services Intelligence DG Military Operations DG Military Intelligence DG Inspection and Technical Development DG Organization and Methods DG Defense Security Force DG Weapons and Equipment Vice-CLS(A) Vice-CLS(B) Dte. of Logistics Dte. National Logistics Corporation Army Service Corps Dte. of Budget and Banking Corps of EME Aviation Corps MGO of Ordnance Corps DG Supply & Transport Infantry Brnch. Armored Corps Artillery Air Defence Corps Engineers Army Aviation Corps JAG Brnch. Welfare and Rehabilitation Military Accounts Brnch. Dte. Housing Dte. Personal Service Provost Marshal-General of MP DG of Army National Guards DG of Strategic Projects Comptroller-General of Civilians Dte. Procurement-Army (P-A) Dte. Personal Administration (PA) Military Secretary Dte. of Human Resource Development DG of Corps of Education Lieutenant general (Pakistan) Lieutenant General
72-404: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Army_Headquarters&oldid=1167419716 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages General Headquarters (Pakistan Army) In 1851,
81-728: Was based in. Since its establishment, the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi has faced many problems in civil–military relations context and criticism at broader level since the nation's capital was based in Karachi in past, and now in Islamabad. Until 2006, the Army GHQ's command post was based in Rawalpindi but later moved to Chaklala , near the vicinities of the PAF Base Chaklala and the JS HQ military headquarters. Since 2017,
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