Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan), the Glossary
The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) is a position in the Pakistani Army held by a four-star general.[1]
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52 relations: Abdul Waheed Kakar, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Asif Nawaz Janjua, Asim Munir, Azad Kashmir Regiment, Baloch Regiment, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Chief of the Air Staff (Pakistan), Chief of the General Staff (Pakistan), Chief of the Naval Staff (Pakistan), Command and control, Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, Frontier Force Regiment, General (Pakistan), General Headquarters (Pakistan Army), Government of Pakistan, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Hilal-i-Jur'at, Jehangir Karamat, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, List of serving generals of the Pakistan Army, Malacca Cane (Pakistan), Military advisor, Military Secretary (Pakistan), Military star ranking, Minister of Defence (Pakistan), Ministry of Defence (Pakistan), Mirza Aslam Beg, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, National Security Council (Pakistan), Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Nishan-e-Pakistan, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Army Armoured Corps, Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, Punjab Regiment (Pakistan), Punjab, Pakistan, Qamar Javed Bajwa, Quartermaster general, Raheel Sharif, Rawalpindi Cantonment, Regiment of Artillery (Pakistan), Resignation of Jehangir Karamat, Sitara-e-Basalat, Special Investment Facilitation Council, Staff (military), Tamgha-i-Basalat, Tikka Khan, ... Expand index (2 more) »
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Abdul Waheed Kakar
General Abdul Waheed Kakar (عبدالوحید کاکڑ; born 23 March 1937), is a retired senior officer of the Pakistan Army who served as the ninth chief of army staff, appointed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 12 January 1993 upon death of his predecessor Asif Nawaz Janjua, he remained in office until retiring on 12 January 1996.
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Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (Urdu:; born 20 April 1952), is a retired four-star general of the Pakistan Army who served as the eighth chief of army staff, being appointed on 29 November 2007 after his predecessor Pervez Musharraf retired from his military service and remained in the office until 29 November 2013.
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Asif Nawaz Janjua
General Asif Nawaz Janjua NI(M), HI(M), SBt, psc, (Urdu:; 3 January 1937 – 8 January 1993) was a senior officer of the Pakistan Army who served as the fourth chief of army staff from 16 August 1991 until his death from arsenic poisoning.
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Asim Munir
Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah NI(M), HI(M) (سید عاصممنیر احمد شاہ; born 1968) is a Pakistani general and the current Chief of Army Staff since 29 November 2022.
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Azad Kashmir Regiment
The Azad Kashmir Regiment (AK Regt) is one of six infantry regiments in the Pakistan Army named after Azad Kashmir (Pakistan Administered Kashmir).
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Baloch Regiment
The Baloch Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army.
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Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) (صدرنشین مجلسِ مشترکہَ رؤسائے افواجِ پاکستان) 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 a chief military adviser to the civilian government led by elected Prime minister of Pakistan and his/her National Security Council.
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Chief of the Air Staff (Pakistan)
The Chief of the Air Staff (سربراہ پاک فضائيہ) (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 President of Pakistan.
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Chief of the General Staff (Pakistan)
Chief of the General Staff (abbreviated as CGS) is the most coveted position within the Pakistan Army after that of the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS).
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Chief of the Naval Staff (Pakistan)
The Chief of the Naval Staff (رئیسِ عملۂ پاک بحریہ|Rais amlah pak bahriyah; reporting name as CNS), is a military appointment and a Statutory office held by a four-star admiral in the Pakistan Navy, who is nominated and appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan and confirmed by the President of Pakistan.
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Command and control
Command and control (abbr. C2) is a "set of organizational and technical attributes and processes...
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Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army
The Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army (abbreviation: C-in-C of the Pakistan Army) was the professional head of the Pakistan Army from 1947 to 1972.
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Frontier Force Regiment
The Frontier Force Regiment is one of the six infantry regiments of the Pakistan Army.
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General (Pakistan)
General; جنرل; abbreviated as GEN) is a four-star general officer rank of the Pakistan Army, officially used by the government of Pakistan to denote a supreme leader of the army. It is given to an army general officer (usually a lieutenant general) upon promotion or possibly a position advancement with a basic pay scale of 22 (BPS-22).
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General Headquarters (Pakistan Army)
The General Headquarters (abbreviated GHQ) is the headquarters of the Pakistan Army, located in the Chaklala at the vicinity of Rawalpindi, adjacent to the Joint Staff Headquarters (JS HQ).
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Government of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan (حکومتِ پاکستان, abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, commonly known as the Centre, is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of four provinces and one federal territory.
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Hilal-i-Imtiaz
The Hilaal-e-Imtiaz, also spelled and transliterated as Hilāl-e-Imtiyāz, is the second-highest (in the hierarchy of "Hilal") civilian award and honour given to both civilians and military officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces by the Government of Pakistan.
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Hilal-i-Jur'at
The Hilal-e-Jurat (ہلالِ جرأت, as if it were Halāl-e-Jurāt; English: Crescent of Courage, sometimes spelled as Hilal-e-Jur'at, Hilal-e-Jurat, Hilal-i-Jurrat and Hilal-i-Juraat)Various official sources that are highly reputable spell the name of the medal differently, so the Pakistan Army website spelling is being taken as the official spelling construction.
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Jehangir Karamat
General Jehangir Karamat (جہانگیر کرامت; born 20 February 1941) is a retired four-star rank military officer, diplomat, public intellectual, and a former professor of political science at the National Defense University.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC), (ہیئتِ مشترکہَ رؤسائے افواجِ پاکستان); is an administrative body of senior high-ranking uniformed military leaders of the unified Pakistan Armed Forces who advises the civilian Government of Pakistan, National Security Council, Defence Minister, President and Prime minister of Pakistan on important military and non-military strategic matters.
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List of serving generals of the Pakistan Army
This is the list of serving generals in the Pakistan Army.
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Malacca Cane (Pakistan)
In the military traditions of Pakistan, the commander baton, which is known as Malacca Cane, is constructed from Malacca cane (rattan) and derives its name from the port city of Malacca in modern-day Malaysia.
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Military advisor
Military advisors or combat advisors are military personnel deployed to advise on military matters.
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Military Secretary (Pakistan)
The Military Secretary (MS) is an administrative post in the federal government of Pakistan tasked with appointment, posting and other military administrative privileges given by the government.
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Military star ranking
Military star ranking is military terminology, used in mainly English speaking countries, to describe general and flag officers.
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Minister of Defence (Pakistan)
The Minister of Defence (Urdu: 'وزیرِ دفاع') heads the Ministry of Defence.
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Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)
The Ministry of Defence (وزارت دفاع, ''Trans''. Wazarat-e-Difa, abbreviated as MoD), is an executive ministry of the federal Government of Pakistan, tasked in defending national interests and territorial integrity of Pakistan.
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Mirza Aslam Beg
General Mirza Aslam Beg (مرزا اسلمبیگ; born 2 August 1931), also known as M. A. Beg, is a retired Pakistani four-star general who served as the third Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army from 1988 until his retirement in 1991.
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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 192417 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death.
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National Security Council (Pakistan)
The National Security Council (قومی سلامتی مجلس) (reporting name: NSC) is a federal institutional and consultative body chaired by the Prime Minister of Pakistan as its chairman.
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Nishan-e-Imtiaz
The Nishan-e-Imtiaz is one of the state organized civil decorations of Pakistan.
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Nishan-e-Pakistan
Nishan-e-Pakistan (نشانِ پاکستان|| Grand Cross of the Order of Pakistan) is the highest civilian award of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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Pakistan Army
The Pakistan Army, commonly known as the Pak Army (پاک فوج|translit.
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Pakistan Army Armoured Corps
The Pakistan Army Armoured Corps is a military administrative and combined arms service branch of the Pakistan Army.
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Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani military officer and politician who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008.
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President of Pakistan
The President of Pakistan (صدرِ پاکستان|translit.
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Prime Minister of Pakistan
The prime minister of Pakistan (وزِیرِ اعظمپاکستان, romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)
The Punjab Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army.
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Punjab, Pakistan
Punjab (abbr. PB) is a province of Pakistan.
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Qamar Javed Bajwa
Qamar Javed Bajwa (قمر جاوید باجوہ; born 11 November 1960) is a retired Pakistani army general who served as the tenth chief of the army staff of Pakistan from 29 November 2016 to 29 November 2022.
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Quartermaster general
A quartermaster general is the staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army and is in charge of quartermaster units and personnel, i.e. those tasked with providing supplies for military forces and units.
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Raheel Sharif
General Raheel Sharif (Urdu:; born 16th June 1956) is a retired four-star army general of the Pakistan Army who served as the ninth chief of army staff from 29 November 2013 to 29 November 2016.
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Rawalpindi Cantonment
Rawalpindi Cantonment Pakistan (Urdu: چھاؤنی راولپنڈی) is a large cantonment located in Rawalpindi, Punjab province, Pakistan.
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Regiment of Artillery (Pakistan)
The Regiment of Artillery is the military administrative and combat support branch of the Pakistan Army.
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Resignation of Jehangir Karamat
On 6 October 1998, Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif relieved General Jehangir Karamat who was simultaneously serving as CJCSC and COAS from the command of the Pakistan Armed Forces for making public statements regarding and contradicting the policies of public administration.
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Sitara-e-Basalat
Sitara-e-Basalat (ستارہِ بسالت||Star of Valour) is a non-operational gallantry (courageous behaviour, especially in battle) award of Pakistan Armed Forces given to individuals for distinguished acts of gallantry, valor or courage while performing their duty It is given by the President of Pakistan on the recommendation of a service chief.
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Special Investment Facilitation Council
The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) stands as a council initiated under the leadership of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
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Staff (military)
A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military unit in their command and control role through planning, analysis, and information gathering, as well as by relaying, coordinating, and supervising the execution of their plans and orders, especially in case of multiple simultaneous and rapidly changing complex operations.
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Tamgha-i-Basalat
Tamgha-i-Basalat (Medal of Good Conduct) is an award of the Pakistan Armed Forces.
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Tikka Khan
Tikka Khan (10 February 1915 – 28 March 2002) was a Pakistani military officer who served as the first chief of the army staff from 1972 to 1976.
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Vice Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)
The Vice chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS) is the post that is principal deputy and second-in-command (S-in-C) of the Pakistan Army, reporting under the Chief of the Army Staff.
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13th Lancers
The 13th Lancers is an armoured regiment of Pakistan Army.
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See also
Army chiefs of staff
- Brazilian Army General Staff
- Chief of Army (Australia)
- Chief of Army (Malaysia)
- Chief of Army (New Zealand)
- Chief of Army (Sweden)
- Chief of Army Staff (Bangladesh)
- Chief of Army Staff (Ghana)
- Chief of Army Staff (Nigeria)
- Chief of Staff of the Army (Spain)
- Chief of Staff of the French Army
- Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army
- Chief of Staff of the Italian Army
- Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army
- Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- Chief of the Army (Philippines)
- Chief of the Army Staff
- Chief of the Army Staff (India)
- Chief of the Army Staff (Nepal)
- Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)
- Chief of the Army Staff (Sweden)
- Chief of the General Staff (Senegal)
- Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)
- Chief of the Royal Danish Army
- Commander of the Army (Kyrgyzstan)
- Commander of the Army (Mexico)
- Commander of the Army (Republic of China)
- Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)
- Commander of the Canadian Army
- Commander of the Land Forces (Azerbaijan)
- Commander of the PLA Ground Force
- Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army
- Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
- Commander, Kenya Army
- Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar Army
- Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces (Kazakhstan)
- Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces
- Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office
- Inspector of the Army
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Joint Staff
- Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
- List of chiefs of the general staff of the Argentine Army
- List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces
- List of commanders-in-chief of the Chilean Army
- List of commanders-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(Pakistan)
Also known as Army Chief of Pakistan, Army Chief of Staff (Pakistan), COAS (Pakistan), Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan), Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan, Chief of the Army Staff, Pakistan.