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The Defence Security Force (DSF), [a] formerly known as the Defence Services Guards (DSG), is a paramilitary organization of Pakistan responsible for safeguarding national institutions, military establishments and installations across the country.
TV One Pakistan BrassTacks is a Pakistani weekly defense and strategic political program, hosted by defense and security analyst Zaid Zaman Hamid and telecast by News One (Pakistani TV channel). It airs on Sundays at 8 p.m.
Pakistan has enjoyed strong military co-operation with the Iranian military since the 1950s. Iranian leader Mohammad Reza Shah provided free fuel to PAF fighter jets in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, allowing Pakistani planes to land at Iranian Air Force bases, refuel, and take off.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) established the "Directorate for General Supply and Development (DG&D) in 1947; it was reorganized as "Defense Purchase Directorate" in 1953. [ 2 ] : 9–10 After the war with India in 1965, the MoD took initiatives to increase domestic production of ordnance for the Pakistani military , and the "Defence Production ...
The National Guard was established on 1 January 1948 as a reserve component of the Pakistan Army, first advertised as a volunteer corps later expanded with a Women's Guard. [ 5 ] [ 4 ] : 84–85 Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan appointed Brigadier Syed Shahid Hamid as its first chief, and later delegated the command to Major-General Akbar Khan .
The Navy's ground based air defence is entrusted with the Pakistan Marines who received their weapons training at the School of Infantry and Tactics in Quetta with the Pakistan Army. [96] [152] In 2016, the Navy inducted the Harbah cruise missile, based on the Babur design, that was test fired from the PNS Himmat– the Azmat-class missile boat ...
The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) [a] is, in principle, the highest-ranking and senior most uniformed military officer, typically at four-star rank, in the Pakistan Armed Forces who serves as a principal staff officer (PSO) and a chief military adviser to the civilian government led by elected prime minister of Pakistan and the National Security Council.
The Defence Industry of Pakistan (Urdu: دفاعی صنعتِ پاکستان), established in September 1951, mainly falls under the purview of the Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP). It aims to foster collaboration and oversee the diverse range of military production facilities that have emerged since Pakistan's independence.