Pakistani security forces
| Pakistan Army | |
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Emblem of the Pakistan Army
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| Founded | 14 August 1947 |
| Country |
 Pakistan
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| Type | Army |
| Size | 620,000 active troops 500,000 reserves |
| Headquarter |
General Headquarters Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Motto(s) | Arabic: إِيمَان, تقوى, في سبيل الله English: A follower of none but God, the fear of God, struggle for God |
| Colour | Green and White |
| Anniversaries | Defence Day: September 6 |
| Engagements |
1947 Indo-Pakistan War 1965 Indo-Pakistan War 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 Indo-Pakistan War Grand Mosque Seizure Soviet-Afghan War Siachen conflict Kargil War Global War on Terror Siege of Lal Masjid War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict |
| Website | Official Website |
| Commanders | |
| Chief of Army Staff | General Qamar Javed Bajwa |
| Chief of General Staff | Lieutenant-General Bilal Akbar |
| Insignia | |
| Flag |  |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Attack | Bell AH-1 Cobra |
| Helicopter | Bell 412, Bell 407, Bell 206, Bell UH-1 Huey |
| Transport | Mil Mi-8/17, Aérospatiale Alouette III, Bell 412 |
Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاک فوج Pak Fauj (IPA: pɑk fɒ~ɔd͡ʒ); Reporting name: PA) is the land-based service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. It came into the existence from the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India that resulted in the independence of Pakistan on 14 August 1947. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), it had approximately 620,000 active personnel as of 2015. In Pakistan, there is 16–23 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be deployed for combat until age 18 according to its nation's constitution.
The primary objective and its constitutional mission is to ensure the national security and national unity of Pakistan by defending it against external aggression or threat of war, and internal threat by maintaining peace and security within its land borders by requisitioning it by the government to cope with internal threats. During the events of national calamities and emergency, it conducts humanitarian rescue operations at home as well as participating in the peacekeeping missions mandated by the United Nations, most notably playing a major role in rescuing the trapped U.S. soldiers in Somalia in 1993 and Bosnian War in 1992–95.
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