Pak Army

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The Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاک فوج, Pak Fouj) is the branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces responsible

for land-based military operations. The Pakistan Army came
into existence after the Partition of Indiaand the resulting
independence of Pakistan in 1947. It is currently headed
by General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The Pakistan Army
is a volunteer professional fighting force.^[2] According to
the InternationalInstitute for Strategic Studies (IISS) it
has an active force of 550,000 personnel in 2010.^[3]
The Pakistani constitution contains a provision for conscription,
but it has never been imposed.

Since independence, the Army has been involved in four wars with neighbouring India and several
border skirmishes with Afghanistan. It maintained division and brigade strength presences in some
of the Arab countries during the past Arab-Israeli Wars, and aided the Coalition in the first Gulf War.
Other major operations undertaken by the Army include Operation Black Thunderstorm and Operation
Rah-e-Nijat. Apart from conflicts, the Army has been an active participant in UN missions and played a
major role in rescuing trapped American soldiers from Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 in Operation
Gothic Serpent.

Motto of Pakistan Army