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L'esercito del Pakistan ha introdotto uniformi mimetiche pixellate ed aride e ridimensionato i distintivi di qualifica che sono ora nastri incolori e di servizio non indossati con le file sono ora ricamati e sono sul petto. Il nome è ricamato ed è sulla tasca destra e gli schermi tasca sinistra ricamato Pak Army. Bandiera del Pakistan è posta sopra il segno formazione ricamato nero sul corso braccio sinistro e l'avventura insegne sono messi secondo ADR per uniforme kaki,<ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/army-badges.htm |title=Army Qualification Badges |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |accessdate=27 November 2012}}</ref> decorations & awards<ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/army-awards.htm |title=Army Awards & Decorations |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |accessdate=27 November 2012}}</ref> and the ranks.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/army-rank.htm |title=Army Rank |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |accessdate=27 November 2012}}</ref>
===Ethnic Composition===
Traditionally, the army was a predominantly Punjabi force because of its dominant Population (Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population). In British India, three districts: [[Jhelum]], [[Rawalpindi]], and Campbellpur (now [[Attock]]) dominated the recruitment flows.
Large extensive efforts have been made to bring all ethnicities on par, presently the Army recruitment system is enlisting personnel district-wise irrespective of provincial boundaries. This decision has given a fair chance to every citizen of Pakistan to be part of the Pakistan Army as each district possesses a fixed percentage of seats in all branches of the army, as per census records. By 2007, the Punjabi representation in the Army was down to 57%, from 71% in 2001, with further drops projected.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>[http://archives.dawn.com/2007/09/14/top13.htm Punjab’s dominance in army being reduced: ISPR -DAWN – Top Stories; 14 September 2007]. Archives.dawn.com (14 September 2007).</ref>
===Women and non-Muslim Pakistanis===
{{Main|Women in the Pakistan Armed Forces}}
Women have served in the Pakistan Army since its foundation. Currently, there is 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 and there are also women recruited in very limited numbers for the Janbaz Force. Only recently has Pakistan began to recruit women for Elite Anti-Terrorist Police Force in 2007, several female graduates were nominated to be [[Sky Marshal]]s for Pakistan based airlines.<ref name="Female Sky Marshals">{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2144140.stm| title= Pakistan Female Sky Marshals| accessdate=21 January 2007 |publisher=BBC News | date=23 July 2002}}</ref> In addition recently eight of the 41 cadets from the Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul became the first women guards of honour.<ref name="Female honour guards">{{cite web| url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/pak-army-soon-have-women-officers/29471-2.html| title= Pakistan Female honour guards| accessdate=21 January 2007}}</ref> Pakistan is the only country in the Islamic world to have female ''[[Major Generals]]'' in the Army.<ref name="Female General">{{cite web| url=http://zahranaqvi.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/international-women%E2%80%99s-day-and-pakistan/| title= Pakistan is the only country in the Islamic world to have women Major Generals | accessdate=16 April 2007}}</ref> Major General Shahida Malik an Army Doctor was Pakistan's first female two-star general.{{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}
Non Muslim Pakistanis are allowed to sit in all examinations and serve in any part of the Pakistan Army.
There have been numerous Christians who have risen to the rank of Brigadier; and in the 1990 the first Christian promoted to the rank of Major General was [[Julian Peter]] who commanded the 14th Div in Okara Cantt. In 2009 brigadier [[Noel Israel Khokhar]], was also promoted to rank of Major General.
Capt. Hercharn Singh, as the first Sikh, is Commissioned Officer in Pakistan Army. He was commissioned in Baloch Regiment. Currently, he's serving as an ADC to a Corps Commander.
===Recipients of Nishan-e-Haider===
[[File:Nishan-e-haider.jpg|thumb|right|100px|[[Nishan-e-Haider]]; Pakistan's highest military award.]]
The [[Nishan-e-Haider]] (Urdu: نشان حیدر) (Sign of the Lion) is the highest military award given by Pakistan, ranking above the [[Hilal-i-Jur'at]] (Crescent of Courage). Nishan-e-Haider recipients receive an honorary title as a sign of respect: ''Shaheed'' meaning ''martyr'' for deceased recipients. As of 19 September 2013, all [[Nishan-e-Haider]] awards have thus far been given to the people engaged in battles with [[India]].
Similar to the American [[Medal of Honor]] or the British [[Victoria Cross]], it has only been awarded to 10 Pakistan Army personnel since 1947:
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! style="background:#aabccc;"|Name
! style="background:#aabccc;"|Unit
! style="background:#aabccc;"|Conflict
! style="background:#aabccc;"|Date
! style="background:#aabccc;"|Place of Death
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|[[Muhammad Sarwar (military commander)|Captain Muhammad Sarwar]]
|2nd Battalion of the [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]]
|[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|War of 1947]]
|27 July 1948
|[[Uri, Jammu and Kashmir|Uri]], [[Kashmir]]
|-
|[[Tufail Mohammad|Major Tufail Mohammad]]
|16th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment
|1958 Border clash with India
|7 August 1958
|[[Lakshmipur District]]
|-
|[[Raja Aziz Bhatti|Major Aziz Bhatti]]
|17th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment
|[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|War of 1965]]
|10 September 1965
|[[Lahore District]]
|-
|[[Rashid Minhas]]
|Pilot Officer
|[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|War of 1971]]
|20 August 1971
|[[Thatta Sindh Pakistan]]
|-
|[[Muhammad Akram|Major Mohammad Akram]]
|4th Battalion of the [[Frontier Force Regiment]]
|[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|War of 1971]]
|1971
|Hakimpur Upozila, Dinajpur District, East Pakistan
|-
|[[Shabbir Sharif|Major Shabbir Sharif]]
|6th Battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment
|[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|War of 1971]]
|6 December 1971
|[[Salmanki Sector]], [[Kasur]]
|-
|[[Muhammad Mahfuz|Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz]]
|15th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment
|[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|War of 1971]]
|8 December 1971
|Wagah-Attari
|-
|[[Sawar Muhammad Hussain]]
|20th Lancers, Armoured Corps
|[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|War of 1971]]
|10 December 1971
|Zafarwal-Shakargarh
|-
|[[Karnal Sher Khan|Captain Karnal Sher Khan]]
|12th Battalion of the [[Northern Light Infantry]]
|[[Kargil War]]
|5 July 1999
|Kargil, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
|-
|[[Lalak Jan|Havaldar Lalak Jan]]
|12th Battalion of the Northern Light Infantry
|[[Kargil War]]
|7 July 1999
|Kargil, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
|}
===Recipients of Foreign Awards===
Two Pakistani pilots belonging to the army aviation branch of Pakistan Army who carried out a daring rescue of a mountaineer were given Slovenia's top award for bravery. Slovenian, Tomaz Humar got stranded on the western end of the 8,125m [[Nanga Parbat]] mountain where he remained for around a week on top of the world's ninth-highest peak. The helicopter pilots plucked the 38-year-old from an icy ledge 6,000m up the peak known as "killer mountain".
The Slovenian President presented Lt Col Rashid Ullah Beg and Lt Col Khalid Amir Rana with the Golden Order for Services in the country's capital, Ljubljana, for risking their lives during the rescue mission, a Pakistan Army statement said.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6758251.stm BBC: Pakistan pilots get bravery award]. BBC News (15 June 2007).</ref>
Pakistan Army team was awarded a gold medal at the prestigious Cambrian Patrol Exercise held in Wales in 2010. According to ISPR, "Rawalpindi based X Corps team represented Pakistan Army in Exercise Cambrian Patrol – 2010, held from 11–13 October 2010 and by the Grace of Allah, the team showed an excellent performance by winning a Gold Medal in the event, which is a big honour not only for Army but for the Country as a whole."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irandefence.net/showthread.php?p=923283 |title=Pakistan Army Wins Gold Medal @ International Cambrian Patrols Exercise – Page 3 – Iran Defense Forum |publisher=Irandefence.net |accessdate=15 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\10\21\story_21-10-2010_pg7_18 |title=Leading News Resource of Pakistan |work=Daily Times |date=21 October 2010 |accessdate=15 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ispr.gov.pk/front/main.asp?o=t-press_release&id=1553 |title=Inter Services Public Relations – PAKISTAN |publisher=ISPR |accessdate=15 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Times of Pakistan |url=http://timesofpakistan.pk/editorials/2010-10-23/when-going-gets-tough-tough-get-going/9298/ |title=When going gets tough, tough get going | Times of Pakistan |publisher=Timesofpakistan.pk |accessdate=15 May 2012}}</ref>
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