| Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
|---|---|
| JCSC | |
 Flag of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
| Role | Advisory board providing professional military advice to the Minister of Defense and the President or the Prime Minister |
| Established | 1972 |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Pakistan |
| Predecessor entities | none |
| Members | |
| Chairman |  GEN Sahir Shamshad Mirza, PA |
| Chief of the Army Staff |  GEN Asim Munir, PA |
| Chief of the Naval Staff |  ADM Naveed Ashraf, PN |
| Chief of the Air Staff |  ACM Zaheer Ahmad Babar, PAF |
| Number of members | Four (Permanent) |
| Administration | |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Defense |
| Seat | Joint Staff, HQ |
The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC), (Urdu: ہیئتِ مشترکہَ رؤسائے افواجِ پاکستان); is an administrative body of senior high-ranking uniformed military leaders of the unified Pakistan Armed Forces who advises the civilian government of Pakistan, National Security Council, Defence minister, president and prime minister of Pakistan on important military and non-military strategic matters.[1] It is defined by statute, and consists of a chairman, the military chiefs from Army, Navy and the Air Force: all four-star officers appointed by the president, on the advice of the prime minister. The chairman is selected based on seniority and merit from the chiefs of service of the three branches of the Pakistan Armed and Defense Services. Each service chief, outside their Joint Chiefs of Staff obligations, performs their duty directly for the ministry of Defence.[2]
Following the Hamoodur Rahman Commission, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee does not have operational command authority. Instead, the Joint Chief of Staff Committee is a principal military advisory body, and coordinates command operations between the services.[3] The committee is headed by the four-star officer who is designated as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC).[3] The chairman is the de Jure Commander in chief of all services of the Pakistan Armed Forces, but he does not have operational authority over combatant forces, which report directly to their Chiefs of Staff.[2]
The Joint Staff, is headquartered in Rawalpindi near the vicinity of Naval, Air, GHQ headquarters.[4] The Joint Chief of Staff Committee is composed of all uniformed military personnel from each inter-service, who assist the chairman to coordinate military efforts.
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- ^ a b "Pak Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee satisfied with military's operational capabilities". One India news. 12 April 2010. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ a b Muhammad Saleh Zaafir (15 September 2010). "Admiral Bashir to be new chairman joint chiefs". The News. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ Shah, Aqil (2014). The army and democracy : military politics in Pakistan. [u.s.]: Harvard University press. ISBN 9780674728936.