Editing Pakistan Armed Forces (section)

===Troop strength===
{{As of|2024|post=,}} estimations by national and international bodies were that approximately 660,000 people<ref name=":0" /> were on active duty in the three main service branches, with an additional 291,000 serving in paramilitary forces<ref name=":0" /> and 550,000 in reserve.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} It is an all-volunteer military, but [[Selective Service System|conscription]] can be enacted at the request of the president with the approval of the [[Majlis-e-Shoora|parliament of Pakistan]].<ref>[http://pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part3.ch2.html Article 63(m)(iv)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204191633/http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part3.ch2.html |date=4 February 2016 }} of the Chapter 2: Parliament in the Part III: The Federation of Pakistan of the [[Constitution of Pakistan]]</ref> The military is the sixth largest in the world and has troops deployed around the globe in military assistance and peacekeeping operations.<ref name="ISPR (Army division)" />

Pakistan is the only predominantly Muslim country in which [[Women in the Pakistan Armed Forces|women serve]] as high-ranking officers and in combat roles, and a sizeable unit of female army and air force personnel has been actively involved in military operations against Taliban forces.<ref name="DNA India, 2014">{{cite news|last1=John|first1=Josephine|title=Meet Pakistan's only female fighter pilot who bombed Taliban hideouts in North Waziristan|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-meet-pakistan-s-only-female-fighter-pilot-who-bombed-taliban-hideouts-in-north-waziristan-1997183|access-date=5 January 2015|work=DNA India |date=22 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105123930/http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-meet-pakistan-s-only-female-fighter-pilot-who-bombed-taliban-hideouts-in-north-waziristan-1997183|archive-date=5 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Washington Post, 2013">{{cite news|last1=Fisher|first1=Max|title=Map: Which countries allow women in front-line combat roles?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/01/25/map-which-countries-allow-women-in-front-line-combat-roles/|access-date=5 January 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=Washington Post, 2013|date=25 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105145129/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/01/25/map-which-countries-allow-women-in-front-line-combat-roles/|archive-date=5 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Wonderlistings>{{cite web|last1=Khan|first1=Ejaz|title=10 Most Attractive Female Armed Forces|url=http://www.wonderslist.com/10-most-attractive-female-armed-forces/|publisher=Wonderlistings|access-date=5 January 2015|date=24 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103124114/http://www.wonderslist.com/10-most-attractive-female-armed-forces/|archive-date=3 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

Members of the Pakistani military hold a rank, either that of [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] or [[Enlisted rank|enlisted]], and can be promoted.<ref name="Carnegie Endowment for International Peace" />

The following table summarizes current Pakistani military staffing:

{| border="1"  style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|+Pakistani Military Troop Levels
! style="background:#aabccc;"|Service
! style="background:#aabccc;"|Total active-duty personnel
! colspan="2" style="background:#aabccc;" |Total reserve
|-
|[[Pakistan Army|Army]]
| style="text-align:center;"|560,000
| style="text-align:center;"|550,000
| rowspan="6" |<ref name=":0" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
|[[Pakistan Navy|Navy]]
| style="text-align:center;"|30,000
| style="text-align:center;"|5,000
|- style="background:#fff;"
|[[Pakistan Air Force|Air Force]]
| style="text-align:center;"|70,000
| style="text-align:center;"|8,000
|- style="background:#fff;"
|[[Pakistan National Guard|National Guard]]
| style="text-align:center;"|185,000
| style="text-align:center;"|None
|- style="background:#fff;"
|[[Civil Armed Forces]]
| style="text-align:center;"|291,000+
| style="text-align:center;"|None
|- style="background:#fff;"
|[[Strategic Plans Division Force|SPD Force]]
| style="text-align:center;"|25,000+ 
| style="text-align:center;"|Unknown
|}