General Headquarters (Pakistan Army)
| General Headquarters Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan | |
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  General Headquarters  General Headquarters | |
| Coordinates | 33°36′N 73°02′E / 33.600°N 73.033°E |
| Type | HQ |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defense (MoD) |
| Operator | Secretariat-I Army |
| Controlled by | Chief of the General Staff |
| Open to the public | No |
| Website | |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1851 (By British Army in India) |
| Built for | National Army HQ of Pakistan Armed Forces |
| Built by | Corps of Engineers (Construction and expansion since 1947) |
| Garrison information | |
| Current commander | Lt-Gen. Avais Dastgir |
| Designations | Army GHQ[1] |
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The General Headquarters (abbreviated Army GHQ: 230
History
In 1851, the
On 14 August 1947,
Since 2017, the Pakistan Army has been slowly moving its headquarters to nation's capital, Islamabad to be able to merge with the air force and the navy.[12]
Gates
| Gates | Purpose | Road | |
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| Gate No 1 | General | ||
| Gate No 2 | Exclusively reserved for service/ex-service personnels | ||
| Gate No 3 | Exclusively reserved for families/families of martyrs | ||
| Gate No 4 | Exclusively reserved for politicians/bureaucrats | ||
| Gate No 5 | Exclusively reserved for foreign dignatries | ||
| Gate No 6 | Exclusively reserved for patients visiting CMH/Army Museum | ||
| Gate No 7 | General |
Secretariat
The Pakistan Army's GHQ is a command post of the Pakistan Army where the secretariat of the Chief of the Army Staff functions to ensure the ceremonial and operational command of the army.: 47 [10]
There are ten branches of the Pakistan Army that are headed by the lieutenant-generals and multiple administrative corps that are commanded by the director-generals who are ranked at the major-general.: 47 [10] Each of the army's branches and the director-generals of the administrative corps works under the Chief of the General Staff (CGS).[13] The chief of general staff, who usually heads the Army GHQ Staff, reports directly to chief of army staff on daily routine basis.[13]
Branches of the Pakistan Army
There are ten branches of the Pakistan Army that are headed by the lieutenant-generals and multiple administrative corps that are commanded by the director-generals who are ranked at the major-general.: 47 [10]
The Chief of Army Staff Secretariat is not considered as apart of the army branch but functions separately as an office of the chief of army staff.: 47 [10]
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Security
Incidents, breaches, and relocation efforts
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 the custody.: 115 [14]
Due to being a significant command post of the army, the Taliban insurgents have repeatedly carried series of violent terrorist attacks at the premises of the GHQ, with first attack reported in 2007.[1]
To prevent the Taliban's repeated infiltration and to address the issue of increase security, the Army's GHQ (together with JS HQ) 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.[15]
See also
- Joint Staff Headquarters (Pakistan)
- Air Headquarters (Pakistan Air Force)
- Naval Headquarters (Pakistan Navy)
- Pakistan Armed Forces
- Operation Janbaz
References
- ^ a b Abbas, Hassan (October 11, 2009). "Deciphering the attack on Pakistan's Army headquarters". Foreign Policy. Foreign Policy. Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ISBN 978-0-19-547660-6. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ISBN 978-93-81411-20-9. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "General Headquarters (Army)". www.ppra.org.pk. Public Procurement Regulatory Authority. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "What an Indian saw inside the Pakistan Army headquarters". Quartz. December 7, 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-0861316922. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-19-579374-1. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ISBN 978-8170621614. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ISBN 978-0231127110. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8147-1633-5. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-19-547660-6. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Kashif Abbasi (2017-12-27). "Army to be allotted over 1,000 acres for new GHQ, other offices". Dawn Media Group. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ^ ISBN 978-93-81411-79-7. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-19-547354-4. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Pakistan Army to get over 1,000 acres for new General Headquarters". The Economic Times. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
External links
- Cloughley, Brian (2000). A History of the Pakistan Army: Wars and Insurrections. Oxford University Press: Oxford University Press. p. 435. ISBN 978-0-19-579374-1. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- Nawaz, Shuja (2008). Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within. Karachi, Sind, Pakistan: Oxford University Press. p. 655. ISBN 978-0-19-547660-6. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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| Punjab | |
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| Sindh | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Balochistan |
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| Gilgit-Baltistan | |
See also: Defence Housing Authority | |
