"Life's no life when honour's left
		Man's a man when honour's kept
	Nation's honour and Nation's fame
		On life they have a prior claim"

The army's principal role is as a deterrent against external aggression. They believe that the result of any war depends on the superior qualities of each soldier and the supreme use of available weapons.

Army depends as much on courage as weaponry. Its inspiration is Islamic faith. More than anything, the army is seen as a manifestation of Mohammad Iqbal's words:

	Can One measure the strength of his arms ? 
	The eyes of a momin can alter the dictates of fate.

Cadets at Pakistan Military Academy on assualt course.

Gunners at the Artillary Corps School of Anti-Aircraft Training, learn rudiments of twenty-millimetre anti-aircraft cannon.

Recruits at a regimental training centre undergo bayonet fighting training.

Sind Regiment infantryman in bayonet charge.

Pakistan troops require maany skills to overcome formidable challenges in defence of the country's borders including a high degree of rock climbing and mountain climbing experience.

Tanks trundle across a Brailey bridge swiftly slung across a wide river by men of the Engineers Corps during an advance

At the heart of the Roof of the World, patrolling at around 20,000 feet in deep snow, Pakistan's devout soldiers never neglect their prayers.

Snow cliffs in the background, a frontline soldier patrols the boulder-strewn terrain of a precipitious Karakoram valley on the world's highest frontline.

Assualt troops move command jeep swiftly across wide river at Akora in the Khattak region of north-west Pakistan before Engineers span the waters with a pontoon bridge.

Raging ball of fire erupts as black-clad commando undergoes intense combat training.