The General Headquarters (GHQ) is the headquarters of the

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and is located in

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, adjacent to the Joint Staff Headquarters. It was established on 14 August 1947 in the headquarters of the former Northern Command of the

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. In December 2017 it was announced that the Army would be moving to a new GHQ in neighbouring

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Command Structure

General Headquarters is the command center of land forces of

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. In GHQ, there are 10 branches commanded by

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ranked officer, and 40 directorates commanded by a

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ranked officer. The branches and directorate in GHQ are: 1. General Staff, (GS) branch:
(i) Military Operations, MO Directorate
(ii) Military Intelligence, MI Directorate
(iii) Organisation and Methods, O&M Directorate
(iv) Inspection and Technical Development, I&TD Directorate
(v) Weapons and Equipment, W&E Directorate
2. Logistic Staff, (LS) branch:
(i) Logistics Directorate
(ii) National Logistic Cell, NLC
(iii) Supply and Transport, S&T Directorate
(iv) Budget Directorate
(v) Ordinance Services, OS Directorate
(Vi) Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME)Directorate
(vii) Aviation Fleet Management (AFM) Dte 3. Arms branch:
(i) Director General, DG Infantry
(ii) Director General, DG Armoured Corps
(iii) Director General, DG Artillery
(iv) Director General, DG Army Air Defence
(v) Director General, DG Engineers
(vi) Director General, DG Army Aviation
4. Adjutant General, (AG) branch:
(i) Law Directorate
(ii) Welfare and Rehabilitation, W&R Directorate
(iii) Pay, Pension and Accounts, PP&A Directorate
(iv) Housing Directorate
(v) Personal Service, PS Directorate
(vi) Provost Marshal, PM Directorate
(vii) National Guards (viii) Personal Administration, PA Directorate
5. Military Secretary, (MS) branch: 6. Training and Evaluation, (T&E) branch:
(i) Military Training, MT Directorate
(ii) Human Resource Development, HRD Directorate
(iii) Doctrine and Evaluation, D&E Directorate
(iv) Federal Government Education Institutions, FGEI Directorate
(v)

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(AIMH), Rawalpindi
(vi) Army Sports Directorate (AS Dte)
(vii)

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, Kakul, Abbottabad
(viii)

Pakistan Command and Staff College ( ''romanized'': Pir Sho Biyamooz Saadi)English: Grow old, learning Saadi ur, سیکھتے ہوئے عمر رسیدہ ہو جاؤ، سعدی , established = (as the ''Army Staff College'' in Deolali, British India) , closed ...

, Quetta 7. Quarter Master General (QMG) Branch:
*(i) Quartering and Lands, Q&L Directorate
*(ii) Military Lands and Cantonment (Ml&c) Directorate
*(iii) Remount, Veterinary, and Farms Corps Directorate - as of 2003, oversaw Okara Military Farms and 23 other military farms. *(iv) Army Heritage Foundation (AHF) 8. Engineer-in-Chief (E-in-C) Branch: *(i)

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*(ii) 45 Engineers Division, Rawalpindi *(iii)

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(MES) 9. Communication and Information Technology (C&IT) branch:
(i) Command, Control, Communication, Computer and Intelligence, (C4I) Directorate
(ii) Signals Directorate 10. Surgeon General, (SG) branch:
(i) Medical Directorate
(ii) Medical Services

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, MS AK
(iii) Medical Services Navy, MS N

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