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)
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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)
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Commander (Cdr)
|
BPS-18
|
Major (Maj)
|
Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr)
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Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr)
|
BPS-17
|
Captain (Capt)
|
Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)
|
Lieutenant (Lt)
|
BPS-17
|
Lieutenant (Lt)
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Flying Officer (Flg Off)
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Sub Lieutenant (S/Lt)
|
BPS-17
|
Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt)
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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
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Junior Technician
|
|
BPS-9
|
Havildar
|
Senior Aircraftman
|
Able Seaman
|
BPS-8
|
Lance Havildar
|
Leading Aircraftman
|
|
BPS-8
|
Naik (Nk)
|
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BPS-7
|
Lance Naik
|
Aircraftman
|
Ordinary Rate
|
BPS-7
|
Soldier
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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.
Non commissioned officers (NCOs) List is wrong.....
ReplyDeleteIn 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)
is havildar major is also a rank or its just in saying
DeleteNo, brother
Deleteplz 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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DeleteHe is only Junior commission officer and promoted only rank to chief warrant officer which scale is 16.
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
DeleteNo 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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ReplyDeleteabbrevation of commodore rank is wrong it should be completely in capital CDRE i know because my father is a Commodore serving in Pakistan Navy
ReplyDeleteThanks for your valuable response. Abbreviation has been capitalized. However, template will also be changed soon.
DeleteGul Chaudhry you can find the new insignia template of Commodore rank in pakistan navy wikipedia it has been updated!!!
Deleteis he was base commander??
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Deleteand 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
ReplyDeletechal mere dil khula hai mai khana
ReplyDeleteMilitary police soldrs ranks snd other tarde man soldrd rank snd scale are not mintion
ReplyDeleteAny 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.
ReplyDeletecan i move to any Pakistan force as commission office during surviving as airman.
ReplyDeletei have FSC premedical
Airmen ki bps kia hoti hy?
DeleteAero trade mn kia krna hota hy?
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?
ReplyDeleteThe 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).
ReplyDeletewing technician junior technician mai include hota or 14 scale py hota?
ReplyDeletewing technician junior technician. mai include hota? or scale kitna hota ? promotion ho k kaha tk ja skty
ReplyDeleteIts need an authority may be any govt notification
ReplyDeletePak navy commodore rank is changed (in photo)
ReplyDelete