Ranks, BPS Comparison of Pakistan Army, Navy and PAF

The following is a list of the ranks, insignia (badges) and BPS Pay Scales of the personnel of Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force.

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Commissioned Officers Ranks

Officer rank badges are displayed on the shoulders.

BPS	Pakistan Army	Pakistan Air Force (PAF)	Pakistan Navy
BPS Apex	Field Marshal (5 Star) (it was only awarded to Field Marshal Ayub Khan)	Marshal of the Air Force (5 Star) (never awarded)	Admiral of the Fleet (5 Star) (never awarded)
BPS Apex	General (Gen) (4 Star)	Air Chief Marshal (ACM) (4 Star)	Admiral (Adm) (4 Star)
BPS-22	Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) (3 Star)	Air Marshal (AM) (3 Star)	Vice Admiral (V Adm) (3 Star)
BPS-21	Major General (Maj Gen) (2 Star)	Air Vice Marshal (AVM) (2 Star)	Rear Admiral (R Adm) (2 Star)
BPS-20	Brigadier (Brig) (1 Star)	Air Commodore (Air Cdre) (1 Star)	Commodore (Cdre) (1 Star)
BPS-19	Colonel (Col)	Group Captain (Gp Capt)	Captain (Capt)
BPS-19	Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col)	Wing Commander (Wg Cdr)	Commander (Cdr)
BPS-18	Major (Maj)	Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr)	Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr)
BPS-17	Captain (Capt)	Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)	Lieutenant (Lt)
BPS-17	Lieutenant (Lt)	Flying Officer (Flg Off)	Sub Lieutenant (S/Lt)
BPS-17	Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt)	Pilot Officer (Plt Off)	Midshipman

Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) Ranks

JCOs also wear ranks on the shoulders of uniform.

	Pakistan Army	Pakistan Air Force	Pakistan Navy
BPS-16	Subedar Major	Chief Warrant Officer	Master Chief Petty Officer
BPS-15	Subedar	Warrant Officer	Fleet Chief Petty Officer
BPS-14	Naib Subedar	Assistant Warrant Officer	Chief Petty Officer

Non Commissioned Officers (NCOs) Ranks

The Non Commissioned Officers rank badges are displayed on arm sleeves.

	Pakistan Army	Pakistan Air Force	Pakistan Navy
BPS-13	Battalion Havildar Major	Chief Technician	Petty Officer
BPS-12	Battalion Quartermaster Havildar	Senior Technician
BPS-11	Company Havildar Major	Corporal Technician	Leading Rate
BPS-10	Company Quartermaster Havildar	Junior Technician
BPS-9	Havildar	Senior Aircraftman	Able Seaman
BPS-8	Lance Havildar	Leading Aircraftman
BPS-8	Naik (Nk)
BPS-7	Lance Naik	Aircraftman	Ordinary Rate
BPS-7	Soldier

All the information given here collected from different online resources including official websites of these three forces. However if anybody found any error or omission in this post, please write it in comments.

Pakistan Navy armed with latest Submarine and Babur Cruise Missiles

Controlled Missiles handed over to Pakistan Navy by SochTV Official

Pakistan Navy is one of the strongest navies of the world. And now it has a fleet of bigger warships, submarines and latest missiles. This is a video of a submarine which can stay for three months under water, can travel up to 10,000 km, can hold 6 atomic missiles. Cruise Missile 'Babur' can also be launched from this submarine. Babur Cruise Missile can not be detected by radars and find its target position using GPS.

Nishan-e-Haider Holders List and Pictures with Names in Urdu

Nishan-e-Haider is the Highest Military Award of Pakistan. Nishan-e-Haider means “Emblem of Haider”, where Haider is the epithet of Hazrat Ali and means Lion. Nishan-e-Haider was established on 16 March 1957; however it was applied from the date of Pakistan's independence on 14 August 1947.

Nishan-e-Haider is made of gun metal, captured from the enemy in the previous wars, with a green ribbon and a star with five points is awarded to soldiers who show great bravery and courage in war or on active duty. All recipients of "Nishan-e-Haider' gave away the most valuable thing they had - their lives – in serving the nation and in defending the frontiers of Pakistan. 

Some Facts about Nishan-e-Haider

Nishan-e-Haider

1. It is named after the name of Hazrat Ali (R.A), fourth caliph of Islam.
2. Gun metal used for its manufacturing, is captured from the enemy in the previous wars.
3. It is only awarded to personnel of Armed Forces of Pakistan, without any discrimination of rank.
4. So far total 10 Nishan-e-Haider awards have been awarded, to 7 officers and 3 soldiers.
5. Nine Nishan-e-Haider recipients have been from Pakistan Army and one from Pakistan Air Force.
6. All the 10 recipients got this award for fighting against India.
7. One Nishan-e-Haider was awarded for the 1948 war, one for 1958, one for 1965, five for 1971 and two for 1999 Kargil War.
8. Nishan-e-Haider is only awarded posthumously (awarded only to those armed forces personnel who have lost their lives, fighting with the enemy or performing their duty).
9. Hilal-e-Kashmir (posthumous) is declared as equivalent to Nishan-e-Haider by Government of Pakistan.

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Here is a brief account of these men, who would be remembered for their feats of courage, bravery and selflessness.

1. Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed

Punjab Regiment

Date of Shahadat : 27th July 1948

2. Major Tufail Mohammad Shaheed

Punjab Regiment

Date of Shahadat : 7th August 1958

3. Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed

Punjab Regiment

Date of Shahadat : 10th September 1965

4. Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed

Pakistan Air Force

Date of Shahadat : 20th August 1971

5. Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed

Frontier Force Regiment

Date of Shahadat : 6th December 1971

6. Sowar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed

Armoured Corps

Date of Shahadat : 10th December 1971

7. Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed

Frontier Force Regiment

Date of Shahadat : 15th December 1971

8. Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed

Punjab Regiment

Date of Shahadat : 17th December 1971

9. Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed

Sind Regiment

Date of Shahadat : 7th July 1999

10. Havildar Lalak Jan Shaheed

Northern Light Infantry

Date of Shahadat : 7th July 1999

Naik Saif Ali Janjua

Azad Kashmir Regiment 

Date of Shahadat : 26th October 1948

He was awarded Hilal-e-Kashmir - an equivalent to Nishan-i-Haider.

Hilal-e-Kashmir

On 14 March 1949, the Defence Council of Azad Jammu and Kashmir adorned Naik Saif Ali Janjua Shaheed with Hilal-e-Kashmir (posthumous) and on 30 November 1995, the Government of Pakistan initiated the gazette notification to declare Hilal-e-Kashmir equivalent to Nishan-e-Haider.