Explanation

Nishan e Haider has been given 11 soldiers since Pakistan's independence in 1947.

1. Captain Muhammad Sarwar (1948)
2. Sardar Muhammad Hussain Khan (1948)
3. Major Tufail Muhammad (1958)
4. Major Aziz Bhatti (1965)
5. Major Rafiq Bokhari (1971)
6. Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Hafeez (1971)
7. Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz (1971)
8. Naik Saif Ali Janjua (1971)
9. Major Shabbir Sharif (1971)
10. Captain Karnal Sher Khan (1999)
11. Lance Naik Muhammad Imran (1999)

Explanation

The list of equivalent ranks in the Navy and Army:

• Navy: Midshipman = Army: 2nd Lieutenant (Junior Officer)
• Navy: Ensign = Army: 1st Lieutenant (Junior Officer)
• Navy: Lieutenant Junior Grade = Army: Captain (Company Grade)
• Navy: Lieutenant = Army: Major (Field Grade)
• Navy: Lieutenant Commander = Army: Lieutenant Colonel (Field Grade)
• Navy: Commander = Army: Colonel (Senior Officer)
• Navy: Captain = Army: Brigadier General (General Officer)

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Explanation

Pakistan Military Academy is located near Kakul Village in the City and District Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Established on 14 October 1947

The academy consists of four training battalions and 16 companies

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Captain Esmond D. Cunha was the first non-Muslim to win the coveted Sword of Honour at the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul.

He achieved this prestigious award in 1951, marking a significant milestone in Pakistan's military history.

Explanation

The JF-17 was inducted in the PAF in February 2010.

Fifty-eight (58) percent of the JF-17 airframe, including its front fuselage, wings, and vertical stabilizer, is produced in Pakistan.

Whereas forty-two (42) percent is produced in China, with the final assembly and serial production taking place in Pakistan.

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• The first Muslim Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Air Force was Air Marshal Asghar Khan.
• He held this position from 1957 to 1965.

Explanation

General Ayub Khan was appointed as the first Pakistani Commander-in-Chief of the Army on 17 January 1951 by Prime Minister Ali Khan.

This ended the transitional role of British military officers.

He played a pivotal role in shaping Pakistan's military and political landscape.

He later became President in 1958.

Explanation

General Pervez Musharraf replaced General Jehangir Karamat as the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan in 1998.

General Jehangir Karamat was a prominent military leader who served as the Chief of Army Staff from 1996 to 1998.

He was replaced by General Pervez Musharraf, who later became the President of Pakistan.

Explanation

In the Pakistan Armed Forces, a Colonel in the Army is equivalent to a Captain in the Navy.

Major (Army) to Lieutenant Commander (Navy).

Brigadier (Army) to Commodore (Navy).