Founded 14 August 1947
Army Size 550,000 active troops
500,000 reserves
Headquarters Rawalpindi, GHQ
Motto Iman, Taqwa, Jihad fi Sabilillah
Colors Green and White
Wars.
1947 Indo-Pakistan War
1965 Indo-Pakistan War
1971 Indo-Pakistan War
Soviet-Afghan War
Siachen conflict
Kargil War
Global War on Terror
List of Army Chiefs Present/Previous from....to
01- General Sir Frank Messervy August 15, 1947 February 10, 1948
02- General Sir Douglas Gracey February 11, 1948 January 16, 1951
03- Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan January 16, 1951 October 26, 1958
04- General Muhammad Musa Khan October 27, 1958 June 17, 1966
05- General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan June 18, 1966 December 20, 1971
06- Lieutenant General Gul Hassan Khan December 20, 1971 March 3, 1972
07- General Tikka Khan March 3, 1972 March 1, 1976
08- General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq March 1, 1976 August 17, 1988
09- General Mirza Aslam Beg August 17, 1988 August 16, 1991
10- General Asif Nawaz Janjua August 16, 1991 January 8, 1993
11- General Abdul Waheed Kakar January 11, 1993 January 12, 1996
12- General Jehangir Karamat January 12, 1996 October 6, 1998
13- General Pervez Musharraf October 6, 1998 November 28, 2007
14- General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani November 29, 2007 November 28, 2013
15- General Raheel Sharif November 29, 2013 Present
02- General Sir Douglas Gracey February 11, 1948 January 16, 1951
03- Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan January 16, 1951 October 26, 1958
04- General Muhammad Musa Khan October 27, 1958 June 17, 1966
05- General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan June 18, 1966 December 20, 1971
06- Lieutenant General Gul Hassan Khan December 20, 1971 March 3, 1972
07- General Tikka Khan March 3, 1972 March 1, 1976
08- General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq March 1, 1976 August 17, 1988
09- General Mirza Aslam Beg August 17, 1988 August 16, 1991
10- General Asif Nawaz Janjua August 16, 1991 January 8, 1993
11- General Abdul Waheed Kakar January 11, 1993 January 12, 1996
12- General Jehangir Karamat January 12, 1996 October 6, 1998
13- General Pervez Musharraf October 6, 1998 November 28, 2007
14- General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani November 29, 2007 November 28, 2013
15- General Raheel Sharif November 29, 2013 Present
Recipients of Nishan-e-Haider
Name
|
Unit
|
Conflict
|
Date
|
Place of Death
|
Captain Muhammad Sarwar
|
2nd Battalion of the Punjab Regiment
|
War of 1947
|
27 July 1948
|
Uri, Kashmir
|
Major Tufail Mohammad
|
16th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment
|
1958 Border clash with India
|
7 August 1958
|
Lakshmipur District
|
Major Aziz Bhatti
|
17th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment
|
War of 1965
|
10 September 1965
|
Lahore District
|
Major Mohammad Akram
|
4th Battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment
|
War of 1971
|
1971
|
East Pakistan
|
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed
|
No. 2 Squadron Minhas
|
War of 1971
|
20 August 1971
|
Thatta, Sindh, West Pakistan
|
Major Shabbir Sharif
|
6th Battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment
|
War of 1971
|
6 December 1971
|
Kargil, Indian Occupied Kashmir
|
Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz
|
15th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment
|
War of 1971
|
8 December 1971
|
Wagah-Attari
|
Sawar Muhammad Hussain
|
20th Lancers, Armoured Corps
|
War of 1971
|
10 December 1971
|
Zafarwal-Shakargarh
|
Captain Karnal Sher Khan
|
12th Battalion of the Northern Light Infantry
|
Kargil War
|
5 July 1999
|
Kargil, Indian Occupied Kashmir
|
Havaldar Lalak Jan
|
12th Battalion of the Northern Light Infantry
|
Kargil War
|
7 July 1999
|
Kargil, Indian Occupied Kashmir
|