The Pakistan Armed Forces Nursing Service is a joint military administrative and staff service

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of the

Pakistan Armed Forces The Pakistan Armed Forces (; ) are the military forces of Pakistan. It is the world's sixth-largest military measured by active military personnel and consists of three uniformed services—the Army, Navy, and the Air Force, which are backe ...

— since it is not restricted to the army but service members of other branches of the Pakistan's military are also its part.

Overview

The staff branch was established by the British

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at the request of

Pakistan Army Medical Corps The Pakistan Army Medical Corps is a military administrative, combined arms, and the combat support branch of the Pakistan Army, mainly concerns with the military medicine and move of army in the war providing medical and combat support In ...

in 1952— its first director was

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C. P. Maudsley from the

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, which he served till 1964. The Nursing Service is all female military unit according to the constitution of Pakistan. In 1964, the Nursing Service saw its first officer Col. Fatima Qureshi as its director. The qualifications, training, and professional certifications in nursing, and personnel support for Nursing Service is provided by the

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in Rawalpindi since 1959. The Nursing Service is not restricted to the army but service members of other branches of the Pakistan's military are also its part– though the leadership comes from the army.

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