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
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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 to the Prime Minister and its
civilian government in the line of defending the
land borders of the country.
The Chief of Army Staff exercise its responsibility of
command and control
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of the operational, combatant, logistics, and training commands within the army, in contrast to the
Chief of Staff
The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporti ...
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.". OE ...
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
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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:
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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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France
In Revolutionary France, the was a senior staff officer, effectively an assistant to a general officer. It was a special position for lieutenant-colonels and colonels in staf ...
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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
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) or general director is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a government ...
EME (DGEME)
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Director-General
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) or general director is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a government ...
Frontier Works Organisation (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
The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) ( ur, ) is, in principle, the highest-ranking and senior most uniformed military officer, typically at four-star rank, in the Pakistan Armed Forces who serves as a Principal Staff Officer and ...
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List of serving generals of the Pakistan Army
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Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)
The Chief of Air Staff ( ur, ) (reporting name: CAS) is a military appointment and a statutory office held by an Air Chief Marshal in the Pakistan Air Force, who is appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan and final confirmation by the Pre ...
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Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)
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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 fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-la ...
Pakistani military appointments