10 Amazing Facts About Pakistan’s Armed Forces

Here are some rare facts about our military forces that we are be proud of!

• Pakistan’s military forces are the seventh largest in the world in terms of active troops.
• Pakistan is the only country in the Islamic world to have female Major Generals in the Army. Major General Shahida Malik was Pakistan’s first female two-star general
• Air Commodore MM ALAM (Late) has a world record of shooting down 5 planes in less than a Minute.
• Of the largest forces in the world Pakistan spends $10,000 per soldier whereas America spends nearly $400,000 per soldier and India spends $25,000.
• The annual budget of our military forces sums up to $6.98 billion which is almost 2.7% of our GDP.
• The number of personnel serving in our defense forces are as follows;

Pakistani Military Troop Levels

Service           Total Active Duty Personnel           Total Reserves

Army                                 550,000                                        500,000

Navy                                   22,000                                           5,000

Air Force                           45,000                                           8,000

• Whereas, 304,000 in the paramilitary forces, and approximately 20,000 serving in the Strategic Plans Division forces, giving a total of almost 1,451,000.
• There have been numerous non-muslims who have risen to the rank of Brigadier; and in the 1990, the first Christian promoted to the rank of Major General was Julian Peter who commanded the 14th Div in Okara Cantt. In 2009 brigadier Noel Israel Khokhar, was also promoted to rank of Major General. Capt. Hercharn Singh, the first Sikh as Commissioned Officer in Pakistan Army. He was commissioned in Baloch Regiment. Currently, he’s serving as an ADC to a Corps Commander
• Reports suggest that the percentage representation in the Pakistan Army as a whole was approximate as Punjabis: 53.19%, Pashtuns: 20%, Sindhis: 14.5%, Kashmiris: 9.11%,Baloch: 3.2%

Following are the details of our nation’s pride, our Nishan-e-Haider holders, who have sacrificed their lives for ours and our future generation’s well-being and sovereignty.