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The modern history of the Pakistan Army dates back to the formation of Pakistan in 1947, following the partition of the India subcontinent. [1] The army was initially formed as a professional land force by inheriting the assets and personnel of the British Indian Army, with its first commander-in-chief, Frank Messervy.
Out of the six existing Punjab Regiments, the 1st Punjab, 8th, 14th, 15th and 16th were allotted to the newly raised Pakistan Army, while the 2nd went to the Indian Army. The Punjab Regiment of the Pakistan Army was raised in its present form in 1956, when four of the five Punjab Regiments allocated to Pakistan were merged into a unified unit.
From left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen and Rear Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, commander of Carrier Strike Group 9, speak with Chief of Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Kayani and Maj. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, director general of military operations, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) while under way in the northern part of the Arabian Sea on ...
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Pay scales: EG-01 To EG -02 EG-03 To EG-04 EG-05 To EG-06 EG-07 To EG-08 EG-09 To EG-10 and ADG (Serving Air Vice Marshal (BPS-21) on deputation from Pakistan Air Force.) DG – – 12. Financial Monitoring Unit: FMU-1 & FMU-2 FMU-3 FMU-4 FMU-5 FMU-6 (Serving Executive Director (OG-8) on Deputation from State ...
The Frontier Force Regiment of the Pakistan Army consists of battalions with their own history. Most were formed after independence, but some are much older. They are known as Piffers in reference to the former Punjab Irregular Force (PIF) formed by the British in 1851. The PIF consisted of five regiments of cavalry, eleven regiments of ...
The 1st Punjab Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. Upon the Partition of India , it was transferred to the newly-raised Pakistan Army . It ceased to exist in this form in 1956 , when it was amalgamated with the 14th , 15th and 16th Punjab regiments to form the Punjab Regiment , an existing infantry ...
The Infantry Branch of the Pakistan Army was established from the partition of the former British Indian Army's Infantry in 1947– only five regiments were part of the Infantry.: 50 [3] The Infantry Branch is in fact an administrative military organization that is not combat field formation, and it oversees the practice, training, rotation, and deployments including assisting the federal ...
The 15th Punjab Regiment was a infantry regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947 and of the Pakistan Army from 1947 to 1956. Following its allotment to Pakistan after the partition of India in 1947, it was amalgamated in 1956 with the 1st Punjab Regiment, the 14th Punjab Regiment, and the 16th Punjab Regiment to form the present-day Punjab Regiment.