Composition of Pakistan army

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Re: Composition of Pakistan army

@Ali_Syed

During British rule a term was coined “martial race” and it was suggested that people from northern Punjab and KP belonged to that race. This was the area which provided bulk of British Indian army recruited from the sub continent. Pakistan was formed but the policy was not reversed, so much so Potohar alone (rawalpindi, chakwal, attock, jehlum) contributes more than 60 percent of Pakistan army. From KP the recruitment was done in those areas which are the extension of potohar (like hazara district and kohat) and Azad Kashmir.

It’s good that the army has started diversifying since 2001, but what took them so long? The army is the institute which binds the country together, why does our army represent a few districts of the country?

Baradri is probably what took them so long. The Punjabi’s dominated the ranks prior to partition, garnered the most advantage and they continued the tradition, and continued to receive the advantage of being in the Army. So they received employment, and all sorts of nice perks… The Potohar area also progressed.

Chakwal area i believe has some of the highest literacy rates in the country. Chakwal has 73 percent literacy just behind Rawalpindi with 75. Is that a coincidence?