Joint Staff Headquarters (Pakistan)

Joint Staff Headquarters
Patch of the Inter-Services of Pakistan Armed Forces.
The courtyard of the JS HQ in Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan.
Alternative names	JS HQ
General information
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Modern, and Stripped Classicism
Location	Chaklala, Rawalpindi-46210, Punjab in Pakistan
Coordinates	33°35′45″N73°05′24″E / 33.59593°N 73.09004°E / 33.59593; 73.09004
Year(s) built	1972–77
Opened	1976
Owner	Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Design and construction
Engineer	Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers
Designations	JS HQ
Website
Facebook page on JS HQ

A flag of the JS HQ.

The Joint Staff Headquarters (reporting name:JS HQ), is the military headquarters of the Pakistan Armed Forces at the vicinity of the Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan.

Constructed on an accelerated schedule in 1972, the JS HQ, which also includes the post of Army GHQ, serves as a principle headquarters of the Pakistan Armed Forces with concerns relating to higher direction of war, operational planning, and deterrence developments.^{: 46  [1]}

Historical background

From 1947–71, the Pakistan's Army GHQ had been a central and focal strategic planning center for military operations with most taken on army's point of view.^{: 180  [2]} The Pakistani troops and sailors deployed in the Eastern Command and the Western formations had fought Indian Armed Forces without the mission clarity and without the ground, air, and sea line of strategic communication.^{: 41  [2]}

The War Enquiry Commission was very critical of the performance of the military from 1947–71, and stressed it on a singular command structure to provide combat synergy between nation's each armed service.^{: 145  [3]} In 1976, the bureaucratic structure was modeled and build in an accelerated schedule by establishing the JS HQ, which was set up to improve coordination, command, and communication between the branches of the Pakistan Armed Forces. ^[4] In 1977, the JS HQ began to issue directives on mission parameters and requirements for development of nuclear weapon design to the nation's weapons laboratories.^{: 47  [1] : 331–332  [5]}

In 1984—86, many of the Army GHQ's directorates, mainly the weapon system procurement, deployments, weapon selections, and overall mission preparedness and execution of the military operations, were transferred to the JS HQ in light of recommendations provided by the War Enquiry Commission (1975) and the Packard Commission (1985). ^{: 48–50  [1]} This directive strenghthed the role of the JS HQ's command and control of the Pakistani military with chiefs of the staff of army, navy, and air force, still maintain their control of their respected services.^{: 49  [1]}

Besides the nuclear command and control, the JS HQ provides the control, clarity, mission parameters, objectives, selection of weapon system to nation's armed services to execute the mission and attain objectives.^{: 48–49  [1]}

Branches of the Joint Staff

The Director of the Joint Staff, an army officer holding a rank of Lietuenant-General, controls the office operations of the JS HQ, and oversees the directorates run by either a Rear-Admiral or an Air Marshal.^{: 49  [1]}

Branches at the JS HQ

Chairman Joint Chiefs Secretariat Military Secretary at Ministry of Defense Director-General Joint Staff (CJCSC Secy.) Joint Staff Branch Dte. of Joint Warfare and Training Dte. of Joint Information and Intelligence Dte. Joint Operations and Planning Dte. Joint Logistics Dte. Joint Military Operations Dte. Joint Foreign Military Cooperation Dte. Joint Special Operations (JS Brnch.) Strategic Planning Branch Dte. Strategic Plans Division DG Inter-Services Intelligence DG Maritime Technology Complex DG Pakistan Ordnance Factories DG Air Weapons Complex DG Inter-Services Public Relations (—)

(Source: More citations needed)

Source:Siddiqa-Agha, A. (20 March 2001). Pakistan's Arms Procurement and Military Buildup, 1979-99: In Search of a Policy. Springer. pp. 47–48. ISBN   978-0-230-51352-5.

Organizations

• Inter-Services Intelligence
• Inter-Services Public Relations
• Inter-Services Selection Board
• Inter-Services Nursing Service
• National Defense University
• Pakistan Armed Forces Band
• Pakistan Armed Services Board
• Strategic Plans Division
• Global Industrial Defence Solutions ^[6]

Joint Staff Command in Media

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  General Peter Pace reviewing parade at the JS HQ.
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  A briefing sessions of Inter-Services personnel at JS HQ.
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  Admiral Mike Mullen reviewing parade at the JS HQ.
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  An outside view of JS HQ.
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  The military vehicle designed for the Chairman Joint Chiefs with four-star visibly marked.

See also

• Air Headquarters, Pakistan Air Force
• General Headquarters, Pakistan Army
• Naval Headquarters, Pakistan Navy

References

1. Siddiqa-Agha, A. (20 March 2001). Pakistan's Arms Procurement and Military Buildup, 1979-99: In Search of a Policy. Springer. p. 220. ISBN   978-0-230-51352-5 . Retrieved 1 January 2024.
2. Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2002). The Armed Forces of Pakistan. NYC, NY, USA: NYU Press. p. 250. ISBN   978-0-8147-1633-5 . Retrieved 3 January 2024.
3. Rizvi, H. (15 May 2000). Military, State and Society in Pakistan. Springer. ISBN   978-0-230-59904-8 . Retrieved 4 January 2024.
4. Zafar Iqbal Cheema (24 August 2000). "Pakistan's Nuclear Use Doctrine and Command & Control". In James J. Wirtz; Peter R. Lavoy; Scott D. Sagan (eds.). Planning the Unthinkable: How New Powers Will Use Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons. Cornell University Press. p. 174. ISBN   978-0801487040 . Retrieved 11 May 2012.
5. Khan, Feroz (7 November 2012). Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb. Stanford University Press. ISBN   978-0-8047-8480-1 . Retrieved 4 January 2024.
6. "Country to be self-sufficient in making submarines soon: KS&EW official". 17 November 2022.