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The General Headquarters (Reporting name: Army GHQШаблон:Rp[1][2][3]) is a direct reporting and a general command post of the Pakistan Army, located in the Chaklala at the vicinity of Rawalpindi, adjacent to the Joint Staff Headquarters (JS HQ).[4]

History

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In 1851, 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.[5] In 1854, Robert Milman from the Diocese of Calcutta had built the city's first Garrison Church and a telegraph office.Шаблон:Rp[6][5] It is also the site where Robert Milman is buried following his death in Rawalpindi in 1876.[5]

On 14 August 1947, 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 "Army GHQ", which he derived from GHQ India.[5][7][8] The Army's GHQ was viewed as a temporary post in Rawalpindi since its where Gen. Messervy was based in.Шаблон:Rp[9] 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.Шаблон:Rp[9]Шаблон:Rp[10] 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.[9]

Since 2017, 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.[11]

Gates

Gates Purpose Road
Gate No 1 General
Gate No 2 Exclusively reserved for service/ex-service personnels
Gate No 3 Exclusively reserved for families/families of martyrs
Gate No 4 Exclusively reserved for politicians/bureaucrats
Gate No 5 Exclusively reserved for foreign dignatries
Gate No 6 Exclusively reserved for patients visiting CMH/Army Museum
Gate No 7 General

Secretariat

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.Шаблон:Rp[9]

There are ten branches of 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.Шаблон:Rp[9] Each of the army's branches and the director-generals of the administrative corps works under the Chief of the General Staff (CGS).[12] The chief of general staff, who usually heads the Army GHQ Staff, reports directly to chief of army staff on daily routine basis.[12]

Branches of the Pakistan Army

There are ten branches of 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.Шаблон:Rp[9]

The Chief of Army Staff Secretariat is not considered as apart of the army branch but functions separately as an office of the chief of army staff.Шаблон:Rp[9]

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Security

Incidents, breaches, and relocation efforts

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In 1970s, the Army's GHQ became a focal point of massive arrests and incidents of military police's baton charge on protestors when politicians Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (in 1970) and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (in 1977) were taken in the custody.Шаблон:Rp[13]

Due to being a significant command post of the army, the Taliban insurgents have repeatedly carried series of violent terrorist attacks at the premises of the GHQ, with first attack reported in 2007.[14]

To prevent the Taliban's repeated infiltration and to address the issue of increase security, the Army's GHQ (together with JS HQ) has been slowly moving its command infrastructure to Islamabad to integrate with the navy and air force's headquarters that are located in much safer zones of Islamabad, the nation's capital, since 2017.[15]

See also

References

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External links

  • Cloughley, Brian (2000). A History of the Pakistan Army: Wars and Insurrections. Oxford University Press: Oxford University Press. p. 435. ISBN 978-0-19-579374-1. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  • Nawaz, Shuja (2008). Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within. Karachi, Sind, Pakistan: Oxford University Press. p. 655. ISBN 978-0-19-547660-6. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

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