General Headquarters (Pakistan Army): Difference between revisions

| name = General Headquarters

| ensign = Pakistan Army Emblem.png

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| partof = [[Joint Staff Headquarters (Pakistan)|Joint Staff Headquarters]]

| location = =[[Chaklala Cantonment|Chaklala]], [[Rawalpindi District|Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in Pakistan

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| ownership = [[Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)|Ministry of Defense]] (MoD)

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| controlledby = [[Chief of the General Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of the General Staff]]

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| built = {{Start date and age|1851}}<br>{{small|(By [[British Indian Army|British Army in India]])}}

| built_for = [[:Category:National army headquarters|National Army HQ]] of [[Pakistan Armed Forces]]

| builder = [[Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]]<br>{{small|(Construction and expansion since [[1947 in Pakistan|1947]])}}

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The '''General Headquarters''' (also known asabbreviated '''Army GHQ'''{{rp|230}}<ref name="Oxford University Press, Nawaz, 2008">{{cite book |last1=Nawaz |first1=Shuja |title=Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within |date=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Karachi, Sind, Pakistan |isbn=978-0-19-547660-6 |pages=655 |url=https://wwwbooks.google.com/books/edition/Crossed_Swords/jKyfAAAAMAAJ?hlid=en&gbpv=1jKyfAAAAMAAJ&bsqq=ghq |access-date=30 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Alam |first1=Shah |title=Pakistan Army: Modernisation, Arms Procurement, and Capacity Building |date=2012 |publisher=Vij Books India |isbn=978-93-81411-20-9 |url=https://wwwbooks.google.com/books/edition/_/94BEMwEACAAJ?hlid=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCpN7kgraDAxVlh-4BHcVRB9MQre8FegQIDBAF94BEMwEACAAJ |access-date=30 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="www.ppra.org.pk">{{cite web |title=General Headquarters (Army) |url=https://www.ppra.org.pk/dad_org.asp?orgid=521&orgname=General%20Headquarters%20(Army) |website=www.ppra.org.pk |publisher=Public Procurement Regulatory Authority |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>) is athe [[NATO reporting name|direct reporting]] and a generalthe command post <!--- Headquarters? Army GHQ is not the HQ of the Pakistan Armed Forces---> of the Pakistan Army, located in the [[Chaklala Cantonment|Chaklala]] at the vicinity of [[Rawalpindi District|Rawalpindi]], adjacent to the [[Joint Staff Headquarters (Pakistan)|Joint Staff Headquarters]] (JS HQ).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/india/1487285/an-indians-trip-into-rawalpindis-pakistan-army-headquarters/|title=What an Indian saw inside the Pakistan Army headquarters|date=December 7, 2018|website=Quartz}}</ref>

In 1851, the [[British Army]] in [[India]] made an permanent [[Rawalpindi Cantonment|headquarter]] in Rawalpindi when [[Marquess of Dalhousie]] decided to stationed the [[53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot|53rd Infantry Regiment]] to protect [[British India|India]] from Afghan intervention.<ref name="L. P. Sen"/> In 1854, [[Robert Milman]] from the [[Diocese of Calcutta (Church of North India)|Diocese of Calcutta]] had built the city's first Garrison Church and a telegraph office.{{rp|189}}<ref name="Oxford University Press, Coughley, 2000">{{cite book |last1=Cloughley |first1=Brian |title=A History of the Pakistan Army: Wars and Insurrections |date=2000 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-579374-1 |pages=435 |url=https://wwwbooks.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_the_Pakistan_Army/5UvfAAAAMAAJ?hlid=en&gbpv=15UvfAAAAMAAJ&bsqq=GHQ |access-date=2 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="L. P. Sen"/> It is also the site where Robert Milman is buried following his death in Rawalpindi in 1876.<ref name="L. P. Sen"/>

On 14 August 1947, [[Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army]] [[General (United Kingdom)|General]] [[Frank Messervy]] decided to establish the army headquarters of the Pakistan Army at the [[Rawalpindi Cantonment|Rawalpindi]], which was also the headquarter of the [[Northern Command (India)|Northern Command]] of the former [[British Indian Army]]; Gen. Messervy established it as "Army GHQ Pakistan", which he derived from [[GHQ India]].<ref name="L. P. Sen">{{cite book|author=L. P. Sen|title=Slender Was the Thread|date=1 January 1994|publisher=South Asia Books|isbn=978-0861316922|page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lYHXmx4cOUsC&pg=PA26 |access-date=26 April 2012}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Shreenivas Kumar">{{cite book|author=Shreenivas Kumar Sinha|title=A soldier recalls|year=1992|publisher=Spantech & Lancer|isbn=978-8170621614|page=86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vHglFDHJi78C&pg=PA86 |access-date=26 April 2012}}</ref><ref name="Eqbal Ahmad">{{cite book|title=The Selected Writings of Eqbal Ahmad|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0231127110|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DPIiR6tEHqgC&pg=PA593 |author=Eqbal Ahmad|edition=1st|author2=Noam Chomsky |author3=Carollee Bengelsdorf |author4=Margaret Cerullo |access-date=4 May 2012|page=592|date=13 June 2006}}</ref> The Army's GHQ was viewed as a temporary post in Rawalpindi since its where Gen. Messervy was based in.{{rp|51}}<ref name="NYU Press, Cheema, 2002">{{cite book |last1=Cheema |first1=Pervaiz Iqbal |title=The Armed Forces of Pakistan |date=2002 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=978-0-8147-1633-5 |url=https://wwwbooks.google.com/books/edition/The_Armed_Forces_of_Pakistan/cw_gduyRv5oC?hlid=en&gbpv=1cw_gduyRv5oC&bsqq=GHQ |access-date=31 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Since its establishment, the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi has faced many problems in [[civil–military relations]] context and [[Criticism of the Pakistan Armed Forces|criticism at broader level]] since the nation's capital was based in Karachi in past, and now in Islamabad.{{rp|51}}<ref name="NYU Press, Cheema, 2002"/>{{rp|75}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nawaz |first1=Shuja |title=Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within |date=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-547660-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jKyfAAAAMAAJ&q=GHQ |access-date=2 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Until 2006, the Army GHQ's command post was based in [[Rawalpindi Cantonment|Rawalpindi]] but later moved to [[Chaklala Cantonment|Chaklala]], near the vicinities of the [[PAF Base Nur Khan|PAF Base Chaklala]] and the JS HQ military headquarters.<ref name="NYU Press, Cheema, 2002" />

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The Pakistan Army's GHQ is a command post of the Pakistan Army where the secretariat of the [[Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of the Army Staff]] functions to ensure the ceremonial and operational command of the army.{{rp|47}}<ref name="NYU Press, Cheema, 2002" />

The Chief of Army Staff Secretariat is not considered as aparta part of the army branch but functions separately as an office of the chief of army staff.{{rp|47}}<ref name="NYU Press, Cheema, 2002" />

|1=[[Directorate|Dte.]] of Military OperationsVice-CGS(A)

|2=Corps of Military IntelligenceVice-CGS(B)

|3=Dte.DG InspectionMilitary and Technical DevelopmentOperations

|54=Dte.DG OrganizationMilitary and MethodsIntelligence

|1=Personal Secretary/Perspective Planning CellCOAS

|1=Dte. of Logistics Vice-CLS(A)

|3=[[Pakistan Army CorpsDG of Service|Army ServiceLogistics Corps]]

|4=Dte.DG of Budget and [[AskariNational Bank|BankingLogistics Corporation]]

|5=Commandant [[Pakistan Army Corps of ElectricalService|Army andService Mechanical Engineering|Corps of EME]]

|6=[[PakistanDte. Armyof AviationBudget Corps|Aviationand Corps[[Askari Bank|Banking]]

|7=Commandant [[Master-GeneralPakistan ofArmy Ordnance (Pakistan)|MGO]]Corps of [[PakistanElectrical Armyand OrdnanceMechanical CorpsEngineering|OrdnanceCorps Corpsof EME]]

|1=DG [[Infantry Branch (Pakistan Army)|Infantry Brnch.]]

|2=DG [[Pakistan Army Armoured Corps|Armored Corps]]

|3=DG [[Regiment of Artillery (Pakistan)|Artillery]]

|4=DG [[Pakistan Army Air Defence Corps|Air Defence Corps]]

|5=DG [[Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers|Engineers]]

|6=DG [[Pakistan Army Aviation Corps|Army Aviation Corps]]

|4=[[DefenceDte. Housing Authority]]

|5=Accountant-GeneralDte. Personal Service

|8=DG of [[Strategic Plans Division Force|Strategic Plans Division]]Projects

|8=DG of Physical fitness and Sports

|9=Dir.DG of [[Pakistan Armed Forces Band|Band]]

|1=DGDeputy of [[Cantonment (Pakistan)|Cantonments]]Quartermaster-General

|2=DG of [[Cantonment (Pakistan)|Cantonments]]
|3=DG of [[Military Lands and Cantonments Department|Military Lands and Cantonments]]

|34=DG of [[Pakistan Army Corps of Remount Veterinary and Farms|Corps of Remount Veterinary and Farms]]

|45=Pres. of [[Army Welfare Trust|Welfare Trust]]

}}

|3=Dte.DG of Cyber[[Pakistan OperationsArmy Corps of Signals|Corps of Signals]]

|4=DGDte. of [[SpecialCommand, CommunicationsControl, Organization]]Communication, Computer and Intelligence

|1=Deputy Surgeon General
|2=[[Pakistan Army Medical Corps|Medical Corps]]

|23=DG Medicine
|4=DG Surgery
|5=DG of [[Pakistan Armed Forces Nursing Service|Nursing Corps]]

|36=DGIG of [[Combined Military Hospitals]]

|47=DG of Medical Services (Inter-Services)

}}|8=DG of Medical Services, Azad Kashmir

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[[File:Pervez Musharraf's Mercedes Benz in Pakistan.jpg|thumb|250px|right|{{small|The [[Pakistan Army Corps of Military Police|Military Police]] (red beret and white belt) guarding the official vehicle used by theGen. chief[[Pervez of army staff, ca. 2006.Musharraf]]}}]]

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 theinto custody.{{rp|115}}<ref name="Oxford University Press, GA Khan, 2007">{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Gohar Ayub |title=Glimpses Into the Corridors of Power |date=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=University of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan |isbn=978-0-19-547354-4 |pages=354 |url=https://wwwbooks.google.com/books/edition/Glimpses_Into_the_Corridors_of_Power/xQduAAAAMAAJ?hlid=enxQduAAAAMAAJ&gbpv=1&bsqq=Mujib+GHQ&dq=Mujib+GHQ&printsec=frontcover |access-date=2 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

Due to being a significant command post of the army, theThe [[Pakistani Taliban|Taliban insurgents]] have repeatedly carried series of violent terrorist attacks atattacked the premises of the GHQ,headquarters. withThe first attack reportedtook place in 2007.<ref name="Foreign Policy, Abbas, 2023">{{cite news |last1=Abbas |first1=Hassan |title=Deciphering the attack on Pakistan’sPakistan's Army headquarters |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/11/deciphering-the-attack-on-pakistans-army-headquarters/ |access-date=2 January 2024 |work=Foreign Policy |agency=Foreign Policy |publisher=Foreign Policy |date=October 11, 2009}}</ref> Others followed in 2008, resulting in [[Operation Janbaz]]; the [[2008 Lal Masjid bombing]]; the [[December 2009 Rawalpindi attack]]; and the [[2014 Rawalpindi suicide bombing]].

To prevent the Taliban's repeated infiltration and to address the issue of increase security, the Army's GHQheadquarters, (together with JSJoint HQ)Staff Headquarters, 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan Army to get over 1,000 acres for new General Headquarters |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/pakistan-army-to-get-over-1000-acres-for-new-general-headquarters/articleshow/62269761.cms |access-date=2 January 2024 |work=The Economic Times |date=27 December 2017}}</ref>

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