It came into existence after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. The Pakistan Army is a volunteer professional fighting force. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) it had an active force of 642,892 personnel as of 2012. In addition there were around 500,000 reserves bringing the total available troops to 1,142,000
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Structure of the Pakistan Army
Frontier Corps
Frontier Works Organisation
Special Service Group
Army Cantonment Board
Pakistan Armoured Corps
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Subdivision by Profession
The Pakistan Army is divided into two main branches, which are Arms and Services. Arms
Armoured
Infantry
Artillery
Air Defence
Engineers
Signals
Aviation
Airborne
Chemical[citation needed]
Services
Army Services Corps(ASC)
Military Police
Military Intelligence
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (EME)
Medical
Ordnance
Dental
Remount Veterinary and Farms
Information and Communication Technology
Education
Clerical
JAG Branch
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Regiments ;
There are several battalions or units associated together in an infantry regiment. The infantry regiment in the Pakistani Army is an administrative military organisation and not a field formation. All the battalions of a regiment do not fight together as one formation, but are dispersed over various formations, viz. An infantry battalion serves for a period of time under a formation and then moves to another, usually in another sector or terrain when its tenure is over. Occasionally, battalions of the same regiment may serve together for a tenure. Most of the infantry regiments of the Pakistani Army originate from the old British Indian Army and recruit troops from a region or of specific ethnicities. Regiments of the Pakistani Army include:
Infantry:
Punjab Regiment
Baloch Regiment
Frontier Force Regiment (FF)
Azad Kashmir Regiment (AK)
Sind Regiment
Northern Light Infantry (NLI)
Army Air Defence Corps:
Medium AD Regiment
Light AD Regiment
GunMissile AD Regiment
SelfPropelled AD Regiment
SAM Regiment
Missile Regiment
Radar Controlled Gun Regiment
Surveillance Controlling Reporting Regiment
Armoured Corps:
Cavalry
Lancers
Horse
Artillery Corps
Field Regiment
Mountain Regiment
Medium Regiment
Heavy Regiment
Self Propelled (Med) Regiment (SP Med)
Self Propelled (Heavy) Regiment (SP Hvy)
Met and Locating Regiment (MAS)
Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher Regiment (MBRL)
Multiple Launching Rocket System Regiment (MLRS)
Corps of Engineers
Aviation Corps
Army Service Corps
Corps of Signals
Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Medical Corps
Corps of Military Police
