Ranks, BPS Comparison of Pakistan Army, Navy and PAF

The following is a list of the ranks, insignia (badges) and BPS Pay Scales of the personnel of Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force.
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Commissioned Officers Ranks

Officer rank badges are displayed on the shoulders.

BPS

Pakistan Army

Pakistan Air Force (PAF)

Pakistan Navy

BPS Apex
Field Marshal
(5 Star)
(it was only awarded to Field Marshal Ayub Khan)
Marshal of the Air Force
(5 Star)
(never awarded)
Admiral of the Fleet
(5 Star)
(never awarded)
BPS Apex
General (Gen)
(4 Star)
Air Chief Marshal (ACM)
(4 Star)
Admiral (Adm)
(4 Star)
BPS-22
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen)
(3 Star)
Air Marshal (AM)
(3 Star)
Vice Admiral (V Adm)
(3 Star)
BPS-21
Major General (Maj Gen)
(2 Star)
Air Vice Marshal (AVM)
(2 Star)
Rear Admiral (R Adm)
(2 Star)
BPS-20
Brigadier (Brig)
(1 Star)
Air Commodore (Air CDRE)
(1 Star)
Commodore (CDRE)
(1 Star)
BPS-19
Colonel (Col)
Group Captain (Gp Capt)
Captain (Capt)
BPS-19
Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col)
Wing Commander (Wg Cdr)
Commander (Cdr)
BPS-18
Major (Maj)
Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr)
Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr)
BPS-17
Captain (Capt)
Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)
Lieutenant (Lt)
BPS-17
Lieutenant (Lt)
Flying Officer (Flg Off)
Sub Lieutenant (S/Lt)
BPS-17
Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt)
Pilot Officer (Plt Off)
Midshipman

Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) Ranks

JCOs also wear ranks on the shoulders of uniform.

Pakistan Army

Pakistan Air Force

Pakistan Navy

BPS-16
Subedar Major
Chief Warrant Officer
Master Chief Petty Officer
BPS-15
Subedar
Warrant Officer
Fleet Chief Petty Officer
BPS-14
Naib Subedar
Assistant Warrant Officer
Chief Petty Officer

Non Commissioned Officers (NCOs) Ranks

The Non-Commissioned Officers rank badges are displayed on arm sleeves.

Pakistan Army

Pakistan Air Force

Pakistan Navy

BPS-13
Battalion Havildar Major
Chief Technician
Petty Officer
BPS-12
Battalion Quartermaster Havildar
Senior Technician

BPS-11
Company Havildar Major
Corporal Technician
Leading Rate
BPS-10
Company Quartermaster Havildar
Junior Technician

BPS-9
Havildar
Senior Aircraftman
Able Seaman
BPS-8
Lance Havildar
Leading Aircraftman

BPS-8
Naik (Nk)


BPS-7
Lance Naik
Aircraftman
Ordinary Rate
BPS-7
Soldier



All the information given here collected from different online resources including official websites of these three forces. However if anybody found any error or omission in this post, please write it in comments.

25 Comments

  1. Non commissioned officers (NCOs) List is wrong.....
    In Army Hawaldar Major is equal to Cheif technician In Pak Air Force..and Hawaldar is equal to Senior Technician and Naik is equal to Corporal Technician and Lance Naik is Equal to Junior Technician aor Soldier is equal to Senior AirCraft man (SAC)

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    1. is havildar major is also a rank or its just in saying

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    2. plz koi bata de ye Chief Warrant Officer ki promotion kaha tk ho skti h . ab agr koi Chief Warrant Officer h to ye agy Pilot Officer (Plt Off) p jae ga ? or Chief Warrant Officer ki aj kal salary ketni h

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    3. No
      He is only Junior commission officer and promoted only rank to chief warrant officer which scale is 16.

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    4. nope, then he have to give an exam and will be promoted to Flying officer, and maximum squadron leader ya wing commander tak agay ja sakta hai

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    5. No chief warrant officer scale is 17 and is way more better than subedar major and navy jcos and you are wrong that they can go till wing commander or squadron leader rank my grandfather went till Air commodore rank in Air defence alert (AD)

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  2. abbrevation of commodore rank is wrong it should be completely in capital CDRE i know because my father is a Commodore serving in Pakistan Navy

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    1. Thanks for your valuable response. Abbreviation has been capitalized. However, template will also be changed soon.

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    2. AnonymousJuly 27, 2018

      Gul Chaudhry you can find the new insignia template of Commodore rank in pakistan navy wikipedia it has been updated!!!

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    3. is he was base commander??

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    4. I live in Islamabad and belong to well settled and well educated family and my other house is in rawalpindi.my 1sister is engineer (having 2 plots ),and other sister is b.a (having 3plots .who income is 1lac collectively.,Malik awan ,only people of Pak army,navy,air Force,engineers on job contact me at 03110507607

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  3. and also the templates of the commodore rank have been changed since 2008 or 2010 the one in this page is the old one the new ones are as same as the rear admiral rank with one star ofcourse

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  4. chal mere dil khula hai mai khana

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  5. Military police soldrs ranks snd other tarde man soldrd rank snd scale are not mintion

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  6. Any one can give information about educational instructor in paf .what is there pay scale.and how much they have chance of promotion through out their services.

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  7. can i move to any Pakistan force as commission office during surviving as airman.
    i have FSC premedical

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    1. Airmen ki bps kia hoti hy?
      Aero trade mn kia krna hota hy?

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  8. plz koi bata de ye Chief Warrant Officer ki promotion kaha tk ho skti h . ab agr koi Chief Warrant Officer h to ye agy Pilot Officer (Plt Off) p jae ga ? or Chief Warrant Officer ki aj kal salary ketni h?

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  9. AnonymousJuly 30, 2020

    The BPS Grade of the Armed Forces with the rank in Pakistan Army, Navy, Airforce which is Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col), Commander (Cdr) and Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) is 18 not 19.BPS grade 19 is of Colonel (Col), Captain (CAPT) and Group Captain (Gp Capt).

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  10. wing technician junior technician mai include hota or 14 scale py hota?

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  11. wing technician junior technician. mai include hota? or scale kitna hota ? promotion ho k kaha tk ja skty

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  12. Its need an authority may be any govt notification

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  13. Pak navy commodore rank is changed (in photo)

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