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In 1977, the Pakistan Army's Corps of Education established the direct military unit as a residential institution for imparting undergraduate medical, and dental education, established 1998, to the army's cadets. [4] In Pakistan, the program of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) is pursued rather than the Doctor of Medicine (MD). [4]
John Kerry, then-Secretary of State, at the pavilion of the Army GHQ in 2015. The General Headquarters (abbreviated Army GHQ: 230 [2] [3] [4]) 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). [5]
The major training institutions of Pakistan Army are: Pakistan Military Academy: Pakistan Military Academy also known as PMA Kakul, is a Pakistan Army Officers training school located in Kakul, Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [1] The academy was established on 14 August 1947.
According to history pages, this institute started operating in 1970. The Pakistan Army Cardiac Service started in 1953 in Cardiothoracic Centre Rawalpindi. [2] The first angiography was done in 1969 and the first open heart surgery was done in 1970. In 1978, the Cardiothoracic Centre Rawalpindi was upgraded as Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology.
Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute (AFPGMI) is the oldest post-graduate medical institute of the country. It was established on 18 August 1953 as the Army Medical Corps School at Lahore by integration of Hygiene and Malaria Wings of Pakistan Army Medical Corps.
The National Defence University (NDU), formerly introduced as Army War Course (1963–70), [a] the National Defence College (1970–2007), is the military university of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan focused on military education and training for the armed forces, including Pakistan military forces and two hundred foreign participants. [1]
It was established in 2015 and run by the Pakistan Army Medical Corps. Previously, Army Medical College (which is a military-run medical institute) [ 3 ] [ 4 ] was affiliated with National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (NUST) but now it is a constituent college of the university.
Military College of Signals. The Military College of Signals (MCS) is located in the suburbs of the Rawalpindi Cantonment, near the close proximity of the Chaklala Cantonment where the JS HQ is currently based in. [2] The college is approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) from the Rawalpindi Railway Station with the nearby shopping center which is about 2 km (1.2 mi) [2]