PAKISTAN ARMY
Since its establishment in 1947, the Army (along with its
inter–services: the Navy and the Air Force) has been involved in four wars with neighboring India and several
border skirmishes with Afghanistan.
The Armed Forces shall, under the directions of the Federal Government, defend
Pakistan against external aggression or threat of war, and, subject to law, act
in aid of civil power when called upon to do so Women have served in the
Pakistan Army since its foundation. Currently, there are a sizeable number of
women serving in the Pakistan Army. Most women are recruited in the Army to
perform medical and educational work. There is also a Women's Guard section of
Pakistan's National Guard where women are trained in nursing, welfare and
clerical work. Only recently has Pakistan begun to recruit women for Elite
Anti-Terrorist Police Force in 2007, several female graduates were nominated to
be Sky Marshals for
Pakistan-based airlines. In addition recently eight of the 41 cadets from
the Pakistan Military Academy at Kabul became the first women guards of honor. Pakistan
is the only country in the Islamic world to have female Major
Generals in the Army. Major General Shahida
Malik an Army doctor was Pakistan's first female
two-star general.
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