The Chief of Army Staff ( ur, , Salar afwaj barri pakistan) ( reporting name: COAS), is the most senior officer in the

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. It is one of the most powerful positions in Pakistan. This is the senior most appointment in the

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who is a member of the

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in a separate capacity, usually consulting with the Chairman joint chiefs to act as a

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to the Prime Minister and its

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in the line of defending the

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of the country. The Chief of Army Staff exercise its responsibility of

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of the operational, combatant, logistics, and training commands within the army, in contrast to the

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of the

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. 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

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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

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in 1972. Since 1972, there has been 10 four-star rank army generals to be appointed as chief of army staff by statute. The

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approved the nomination and appointment of the Chief of Army Staff, with

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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

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(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: * Engineer-in-Chief (Eng-in-C) * Chief of General Staff * Chief of Logistics Staff * Inspector-General of Training and Evaluation (IGT&E) * Inspector-General Communications and IT (IGC&IT) * Inspector-General Arms (IG Arms) * Military Secretary (Mil Secy) *

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* Quartermaster General (QMG) * Master-General of Ordnance (MGO) *

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EME (DGEME) *

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) * DG Combat Development Directorate

List of Chiefs of Army Staffs

References

External links

Official Pakistan Army websiteInter-Services Public Relations
{{Chief of the army by country *C

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Pakistani military appointments

Office of the Chief of the Army Staff

List of Chiefs of Army Staffs

See also

References

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