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Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army

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The responsibility of the C-in-C was to perform as the chief commander of the army, he was responsible to make army and war policies along with other senior generals. He had the main command authority over the army. It was also the responsibility of the general to preside over the formation
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The first native Pakistani person to be the C-in-C and as a substantive full general to hold the appointment, also the first chief to become President of the country. He was a self promoted Field Marshal after becoming the
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from 1947 to 1972. The C-in-C was directly responsible for commanding the army. It was an administrative position and the appointment holder had main operational command authority over the army.
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was the first person to hold the new title. Six generals have served as C-in-C, the first two of them were native British and the post's name was derived from the post of
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was promoted to full General and was appointed as the 'Chief of Staff of the Army'. On 20 March 1972, the commander-in-chief post was renamed as "
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elevated to four star rank to be appointed as army's first chief of army staff; this renaming was done copying India's
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This article is about the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army. For Commanders-in-Chief of the other countries, see
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to hold the appointment on 17 January 1951. However, Ayub didn't hold the substantive rank of full general till 1957.
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was the de facto Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Lt Gen S.G.M.M. Peerzada was the PSO CMLA HQ in Rawalpindi, Lt Gen
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was the Master-General of Ordnance (MGO).The GHQ posts of QMG and AG were under the rank of Major-Generals. Lt Gen
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The last native British person to hold the C-in-C title, served as an acting full general like his predecessor.
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who became the supreme commander of India and Pakistan on 15 August 1947 serving till November 30 of that year.
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The following table chronicles the appointees to the office of the Commander-in-Chief since the
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The C-in-Cs were assisted by Chiefs of Staff (COS), as prior to the birth of Pakistan, the
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was born on 14 August 1947 and its army was known as 'Royal Pakistan Army'; on 15 August
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Last C-in-C of the Pakistan Army, serving till 1972 in the rank of lieutenant general.
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The first commander-in-chief of the army who was in the acting rank of full general.
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General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan: The Rise & Fall of a Soldier, 1947-1971
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was sent as the Permanent Representative to the CENTO HQ in Turkey. Army's
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Second chief to serve as President of the country from 1969 to 1971.
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became the first C-in-C of the newly created Pakistan Army. General
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For the present title of the head of the Pakistan Army, see
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The supreme military commander's appointment was known as
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1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
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Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2002). "Defence Administration".
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and also the longest serving officer to hold the post.
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Index

C-in-C of the Pakistan Army
Commander-in-Chief of the Army
Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)


Muhammad Musa
Ministry of Defence
MoD
Residence
Rawalpindi Cantonment
Seat
General Headquarters
Rawalpindi Cantonment
Punjab
Pakistan
Governor General of Pakistan
Prime Minister
President of Pakistan
Governor General of Pakistan
Prime Minister
President of Pakistan
Term length
Gen.
Frank Messervy
Lt. Gen.
Gul Hassan Khan
Chief of Army Staff
Pakistan Army
Pakistan Army
British Army Council

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