Military Intelligence (Pakistan)

Pakistan Army Military Intelligence
Badge of Corps of Military Intelligence
Active	March 1948;77 years ago (March 1948)
Country	Pakistan
Branch	Pakistan Army
Type	Combat service support
Role	Administrative and staffing oversight.
Size	Varies
HQ/Garrison	Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Nickname(s)	MI
Colors Identification	White, Gold
Anniversaries	1948
Engagements	Military history of Pakistan
Decorations	Military Decorations of Pakistan military
Commanders
Director-General	Maj-Gen. Wajid Aziz
Notable commanders	Lt-Gen. Jamshed Gulzar Kiani Lt-Gen. Sarfraz Ali Lt-Gen. Hamid Gul
Insignia
War Flag

The Directorate of Military Intelligence is a military administrative and the staff service branch of the Pakistan Army. ^[1]

The military intelligence provides assessments on capabilities of competing nations while its mission parameters includes to gather informations on identifying and eliminating sleeper cells, foreign agents, and other anti-state elements within Pakistan, including investigation of military espionage. ^[2]

Overview

The Military Intelligence was established in March 1948 led by Colonel Mohamed Abdul Latif Khan, responsible for army counter intelligence and security, along with tactical and operational intelligence collection and analysis. ^[3]

During its earlier times, the military intelligence had strong ties with the British Army's Intelligence Corps through its British officers, and was specific to its army counterintelligence matters.^{: 60  [4] [2]}

Even as of today, the military intelligence reports directly to Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, and initially focused on the Indian military advancement in east and on the Taliban's insurgency in the western areas as of 2008. ^{[5] : 62  [4]}

The military intelligence works in close coordination with the Air Intelligence and the Naval Intelligence in protecting the military interests of the country. ^[1] Its mission also includes to complete security clearances of the army officers working on sensitive assignments within the Pakistan Army. ^[1] The education, training, and qualification for its personnel to be part of the Military Intelligence is provided by its School of Military Intelligence that is based in Karachi Cantonment, Sindh in Pakistan. ^[6]

The Military Intelligence is directed by the Director-General at the active-duty senior two-star ranking Major-General who usually works under the Chief of the General Staff at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan. ^[1]

See also

• The Establishment (Pakistan)
• Air Intelligence (Pakistan)
• Naval Intelligence (Pakistan)

References

1. "Military Intelligence - Pakistan Intelligence Agencies". fas.org. Archived from the original on 29 February 2000.
2. "Military Intelligence". globalsecurity.org. Global Security.org. 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
3. Owen L. Sirrs (2016). Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate: Covert Action and Internal Operations. p. 7.
4. Sirrs, Owen L. (1 July 2016). Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate: Covert Action and Internal Operations. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-19609-9 . Retrieved 6 December 2023.
5. Cloughley, Brian (5 January 2016). A History of the Pakistan Army: Wars and Insurrections. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   978-1-63144-039-7 . Retrieved 6 December 2023.
6. Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2002). The Armed Forces of Pakistan. NYU Press. ISBN   978-0-8147-1633-5 . Retrieved 17 December 2023.