Structure of The Pakistan Army - Army Headquarters and Staff

Army Headquarters and Staff

See also: List of serving generals of the Pakistan Army

The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), formerly called the Commander in Chief (C in C), is challenged with the responsibility of commanding the Pakistani Army. The COAS operates from army headquarters in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad. The Principal Staff Officers (PSO's) assisting him in his duties at the Lieutenant General level include:

• Chief of General Staff (CGS) — Lt Gen Rashad Mahmood
• Chief of Logistics Staff (CLS) — Lt Gen Muhammad Haroon Aslam
• Inspector General Arms (IGA) — Lt Gen Salim Nawaz
• Adjutant General (AG) — Lt Gen Javed Iqbal
• Quarter-Master General (QMG) — Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani
• Inspector General Training and Evaluation (IGT&E) — Lt Gen Raheel Sharif
• Military Secretary (MS) — Lt Gen Naweed Zaman
• Inspector General Communications and IT (IGC&IT) — Maj Gen Khalid Asghar

The Military Operations and Intelligence Directorates function under the Chief of General Staff (CGS). A major reorganization in GHQ was done in September 2008 under General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, when two new PSO positions were introduced: the Inspector General Arms and the Inspector General Communications and IT, thus raising the number of PSO's to eight.

The headquarters function also includes the Judge Advocate General (JAG), and the Comptroller of Civilian Personnel, the Chief of the Corps of Engineers (E-in-C) who is also head of Military Engineering Service (MES), all of them also report to the Chief of the Army Staff.