The General Headquarters (GHQ) is the headquarters of the Pakistan Army and is located within the garrison complex of Rawalpindi, adjacent to the Joint Staff Headquarters.
History
Following Rawalpindi's capture by the British East India company, 53rd Regiment of the company army took quarters in the newly captured city. The decision to man a permanent military cantonment in the city was made in 1851 by the Marquess of Dalhousie. The city saw its first telegraph office in the early 1850s. The city's Garrison Church was built shortly after in 1854, and is the site where Robert Milman, Bishop of Calcutta, was buried following his death in Rawalpindi in 1876. It was established on 14 August 1947 in the headquarters of the former Northern Command of the British Indian Army. The name 'GHQ Pakistan' was derived from GHQ India.
In December 2017, it was announced that the Army would be moving to a new GHQ in neighbouring Islamabad.
Gates
Command Structure
General Headquarters is the command center of land forces of Pakistan. In GHQ, there are ten branches commanded by Lt Gen ranked officer, and forty directorates commanded by a Maj Gen ranked officer.
The branches and directorate in GHQ are: General Staff, (GS) branch Logistic Staff, (LS) branch Arms branch Adjutant General, (AG) branch Training and Evaluation, (T&E) branch Quarter Master General (QMG) branch Engineer-in-Chief (E-in-C) branch Communication and Information Technology (C&IT) branch Surgeon General, (SG) branch
General Staff, (GS) branch
Military Operations, MO Directorate
Military Intelligence, MI Directorate
Organisation and Methods, O&M Directorate
Inspection and Technical Development, I&TD Directorate
Weapons and Equipment, W&E Directorate
Logistic Staff, (LS) branch
Logistics Directorate
National Logistic Cell, NLC
Supply and Transport, S&T Directorate
Budget Directorate
Ordinance Services, OS Directorate
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME)Directorate
Aviation Fleet Management (AFM) Dte
Arms branch
Director General, DG Infantry
Director General, DG Armoured Corps
Director General, DG Artillery
Director General, DG Army Air Defence
Director General, DG Engineers
Director General, DG Army Aviation
Adjutant General, (AG) branch
Law Directorate
Welfare and Rehabilitation, W&R Directorate
Pay, Pension and Accounts, PP&A Directorate
Housing Directorate
Personal Service, PS Directorate
Provost Marshal, PM Directorate
National Guards
Personal Administration, PA Directorate
Army Medical Corps AMC, Med Directorate
Training and Evaluation, (T&E) branch
Military Training, MT Directorate
Human Resource Development, HRD Directorate
Doctrine and Evaluation, D&E Directorate
Federal Government Education Institutions, FGEI Directorate
Army Institute of Military History (AIMH), Rawalpindi
Army Sports Directorate (AS Dte) Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, Abbottabad Pakistan Command and Staff College, Quetta
Quarter Master General (QMG) branch
Quartering and Lands, Q&L Directorate
Military Lands and Cantonment (Ml&c) Directorate
Remount, Veterinary, and Farms Corps Directorate - as of 2003, oversaw Okara Military Farms and 23 other military farms. Army Heritage Foundation (AHF)
Engineer-in-Chief (E-in-C) branch
Directorate of Inspection and Evaluation
Frontier Works Organization
45 Engineers Division, Rawalpindi
Military Engineer Services (MES)
Communication and Information Technology (C&IT) branch
Command, Control, Communication, Computer and Intelligence, (C4I) Directorate
Signals Directorate
Surgeon General, (SG) branch
Medical Directorate
Medical Services Azad Kashmir, MS AK
Medical Services Navy, MS N
See also
Joint Staff Headquarters (Pakistan) Air Headquarters (Pakistan Air Force) Naval Headquarters (Pakistan Navy) Pakistan Armed Forces Operation Janbaz