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Pakistan Army
Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاک فوج Pak Fauj; Reporting name: PA) is the land-based force of the Pakistan Armed Forces. It came into the existence from the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India that resulted in the independence of Pakistan on 14 August 1947.:1–2[2] According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), it had approximately 750,000 active personnel as of 2017.[3] In Pakistan, there is 16–23 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be deployed for combat until age 18 according to its nation's constitution.[4]
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