The Chief of Army Staff ( ur, , Salar afwaj barri pakistan) (
reporting name: COAS), is the most senior officer in the
Pakistan Army.
It is one of the most powerful positions in Pakistan.
This is the senior most appointment in the
Pakistan Armed Forces who is a member of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in a separate capacity, usually consulting with the
Chairman joint chiefs to act as a
military adviser
Military advisors, or combat advisors, advise on military matters. Some are soldiers sent to foreign countries
to aid such countries with their military training, organization, and other various military tasks. The Foreign powers or organizations m ...
to the Prime Minister and its
civilian government in the line of defending the
land borders
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of the country.
The Chief of Army Staff exercise its responsibility of
command and control
Command and control (abbr. C2) is a "set of organizational and technical attributes and processes ... hatemploys human, physical, and information resources to solve problems and accomplish missions" to achieve the goals of an organization o ...
of the operational, combatant, logistics, and training commands within the army, in contrast to the
Chief of Staff of the
U.S. Army.
Due to its stature, the Chief of Army Staff have been instrumental in enforcing
martial laws against the civilian government due to the meltdown of a
civil-military relations in the
past decades.
The appointment, in principle, is constitutionally subjected to be for three years but an extension may be granted from the approval and recommendations of the Prime Minister by the President.
The Chief of Army Staff is based in the
Army GHQ, and the current Chief of Army Staff is
General
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.
In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". O ...
Asim Munir Ahmed, serving in this capacity since 29 November 2022.
Office of the Chief of the Army Staff
The designation of the Chief of the Army Staff was created from the previous title
Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army in 1972. Since 1972, there has been 10 four-star rank army generals to be appointed as chief of army staff by statute.
The
Prime Minister
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approved the nomination and appointment of the Chief of Army Staff, with
President confirming the Prime Minister's appointed choosing and nomination.
The army leadership is based in the
Army GHQ whose functions are supervised by the Chief of Army Staff, assisted by the civilians from the Army Secretariat of the
Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The Chief of Army Staff exercise its responsibility of complete operational, training and logistics commands.
There are several principle
staff officers (PSO) who assist in running the operations of the Army GHQ:
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Engineer-in-Chief (Eng-in-C)
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Chief of General Staff
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Chief of Logistics Staff
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Inspector-General of Training and Evaluation (IGT&E)
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Inspector-General Communications and IT (IGC&IT)
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Inspector-General Arms (IG Arms)
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Military Secretary (Mil Secy)
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Adjutant-General
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Quartermaster General (QMG)
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Master-General of Ordnance (MGO)
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Judge Advocate General Corps
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Director-General
A director general or director-general (plural: ''directors general'', ''directors-general'', ''director generals'' or ''director-generals''
) or general director is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a governmen ...
EME (DGEME)
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Director-General
A director general or director-general (plural: ''directors general'', ''directors-general'', ''director generals'' or ''director-generals''
) or general director is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a governmen ...
Frontier Works Organisation
The Frontier Works Organization ( ur, )); abbreviated as FWO), is a military engineering organization, and one of the major science and technology commands of the Pakistan Army. Commissioned and established in 1966, the FWO includes active duty ...
(DGFWO)
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DG Combat Development Directorate
List of Chiefs of Army Staffs
See also
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Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
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List of serving generals of the Pakistan Army
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Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)
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Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)
The Chief of Naval Staff ( ur, , Rais amlah pak bahriyah; reporting name as CNS), is a military appointment and a Statutory office held by a four-star admiral in the Pakistan Navy, who is nominated and appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakis ...
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Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)
References
External links
Official Pakistan Army websiteInter-Services Public Relations
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Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
Pakistani military appointments