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Military Intelligence (Pakistan)

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Pakistan Army Corps of Military Intelligence
Badge of Corps of Military Intelligence
ActiveMarch 1948; 76 years ago (March 1948)
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
TypeCombat service support
RoleAdministrative and staffing oversight.
SizeVaries
HQ/GarrisonArmy GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Nickname(s)MI
Colors IdentificationWhite, Gold
  
Anniversaries1948
EngagementsMilitary history of Pakistan
DecorationsMilitary Decorations of Pakistan military
Commanders
Director-GeneralMaj-Gen. Saifullah Mughal
Notable
commanders
Lt-Gen. Jamshed Gulzar Kiani
Lt-Gen. Sarfraz Ali
Lt-Gen. Hamid Gul
Insignia
War Flag

The Pakistan Army Corps of Military Intelligence is a military administrative and the staff service branch of the Pakistan Army.[1]

The military intelligence provides assessments on capabilities of competing nations while its mission parameters includes to gather informations on identifying and eliminating sleeper cells, foreign agents, and other anti-state elements within Pakistan, including investigation of military espionage.[2]

Overview

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The Corps of Military Intelligence was established in March 1948 led by Colonel Mohamed Abdul Latif Khan, responsible for army counter intelligence and security, along with tactical and operational intelligence collection and analysis.[3]

During its earlier times, the military intelligence had strong ties with the British Army"s Intelligence Corps through its British officers, and was specific to its army counterintelligence matters.: 60 [4] [2]

Even as of today, the military intelligence reports directly to Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, and initially focused on the Indian military advancement in east and on the Taliban"s insurgency in the western areas as of 2008.[5]: 62 [4]

The military intelligence works in close coordination with the Air Intelligence and the Naval Intelligence in protecting the military interests of the country.[1] Its mission also includes to complete security clearances of the army officers working on sensitive assignments within the Pakistan Army.[1] The education, training, and qualification for its personnel to be part of the Military Intelligence is provided by its School of Military Intelligence that is based in Karachi Cantonment, Sindh in Pakistan.[6]

The Corps of Military Intelligence is directed by the Director-General at the active-duty senior two-star ranking Major-General who usually works under the Chief of the General Staff at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Military Intelligence - Pakistan Intelligence Agencies". fas.org. Archived from the original on 29 February 2000.
  2. ^ a b "Military Intelligence". globalsecurity.org. Global Security.org. 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  3. ^ Owen L. Sirrs (2016). Pakistan"s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate: Covert Action and Internal Operations. p. 7.
  4. ^ a b Sirrs, Owen L. (1 July 2016). Pakistan"s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate: Covert Action and Internal Operations. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-19609-9. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. ^ Cloughley, Brian (5 January 2016). A History of the Pakistan Army: Wars and Insurrections. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-63144-039-7. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  6. ^ Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2002). The Armed Forces of Pakistan. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-1633-5. Retrieved 17 December 2023.