MCQS for Army Jobs Tests
Founded 14 August 1947
Army Size 550,000 active troops
500,000 reserves
Headquarters Rawalpindi, GHQ
Motto Iman, Taqwa, Jihad fi Sabilillah
Colors Green and White
Wars.
1947 Indo-Pakistan War
1965 Indo-Pakistan War
1971 Indo-Pakistan War
Soviet-Afghan War
Siachen conflict
Kargil War
Global War on Terror
List of Army Chiefs Present/Previous from….to
01- General Sir Frank Messervy August 15, 1947 February 10, 1948
02- General Sir Douglas Gracey February 11, 1948 January 16, 1951
03- Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan January 16, 1951 October 26, 1958
04- General Muhammad Musa Khan October 27, 1958 June 17, 1966
05- General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan June 18, 1966 December 20, 1971
06- Lieutenant General Gul Hassan Khan December 20, 1971 March 3, 1972
07- General Tikka Khan March 3, 1972 March 1, 1976
08- General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq March 1, 1976 August 17, 1988
09- General Mirza Aslam Beg August 17, 1988 August 16, 1991
10- General Asif Nawaz Janjua August 16, 1991 January 8, 1993
11- General Abdul Waheed Kakar January 11, 1993 January 12, 1996
12- General Jehangir Karamat January 12, 1996 October 6, 1998
13- General Pervez Musharraf October 6, 1998 November 28, 2007
14- General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani November 29, 2007 November 28, 2013
15- General Raheel Sharif November 29, 2013 29 November 2016
16- Qamar Javed Bajwa 29 November 2016 to Present
02- General Sir Douglas Gracey February 11, 1948 January 16, 1951
03- Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan January 16, 1951 October 26, 1958
04- General Muhammad Musa Khan October 27, 1958 June 17, 1966
05- General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan June 18, 1966 December 20, 1971
06- Lieutenant General Gul Hassan Khan December 20, 1971 March 3, 1972
07- General Tikka Khan March 3, 1972 March 1, 1976
08- General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq March 1, 1976 August 17, 1988
09- General Mirza Aslam Beg August 17, 1988 August 16, 1991
10- General Asif Nawaz Janjua August 16, 1991 January 8, 1993
11- General Abdul Waheed Kakar January 11, 1993 January 12, 1996
12- General Jehangir Karamat January 12, 1996 October 6, 1998
13- General Pervez Musharraf October 6, 1998 November 28, 2007
14- General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani November 29, 2007 November 28, 2013
15- General Raheel Sharif November 29, 2013 29 November 2016
16- Qamar Javed Bajwa 29 November 2016 to Present
Recipients of Nishan-e-Haider
Name | Unit | Conflict | Date | Place of Death |
Captain Muhammad Sarwar | 2nd Battalion of the Punjab Regiment | War of 1947 | 27 July 1948 | Uri, Kashmir |
Major Tufail Mohammad | 16th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment | 1958 Border clash with India | 7 August 1958 | Lakshmipur District |
Major Aziz Bhatti | 17th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment | War of 1965 | 10 September 1965 | Lahore District |
Major Mohammad Akram | 4th Battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment | War of 1971 | 1971 | East Pakistan |
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed | No. 2 Squadron Minhas | War of 1971 | 20 August 1971 | Thatta, Sindh, West Pakistan |
Major Shabbir Sharif | 6th Battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment | War of 1971 | 6 December 1971 | Kargil, Indian Occupied Kashmir |
Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz | 15th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment | War of 1971 | 8 December 1971 | Wagah-Attari |
Sawar Muhammad Hussain | 20th Lancers, Armoured Corps | War of 1971 | 10 December 1971 | Zafarwal-Shakargarh |
Captain Karnal Sher Khan | 12th Battalion of the Northern Light Infantry | Kargil War | 5 July 1999 | Kargil, Indian Occupied Kashmir |
Havaldar Lalak Jan | 12th Battalion of the Northern Light Infantry | Kargil War | 7 July 1999 | Kargil, Indian Occupied Kashmir |