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Pakistan Army Corps of Military Police

Pakistan Army's staff corps for law enforcement

Summary

Pakistan Army's staff corps for law enforcement

Field	Value
unit_name	Pakistan Army Corps of Military Police As Known As (CMP)
image	Pakistan Army Emblem (2025).png
caption	Badge of Pakistan Army
dates
country
branch
type	Combat service support
role	Administrative and staffing oversight.
size	Varies
garrison	Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
garrison_label	HQ/Garrison
nickname	MP
colors	Red and green

colors_label	Colors Identification
battles	Military history of Pakistan
anniversaries	1947
decorations	Military Decorations of Pakistan military
website
commander1	Maj-Gen. Rizwan Afzal
commander1_label	Provost Marshal-General
notable_commanders	Lt-Gen. Faiz Ali Chishti
<!-- Insignia -->	identification_symbol	[[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg	200px	border	centre]]
identification_symbol_label	War Flag
identification_symbol_4_label

The Pakistan Army Corps of Military Police is a military administrative and the staff service branch of the Pakistan Army. Headquartered at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, the Military Police mission to maintain professional conduct, conducting criminal inquiries within the army, and ensure to maintain the discipline in the military.

History

The Corps of Military Police was established in 1947 when the officers of the military police reported to Abbottabad Cantonment in November 1947. Initially, four military police companies were formed to retain in the army; its commanding officer was from British Army.

The Military Police performs the administrative objectives for the Pakistan Army, and is a combat support service branch. From 1954 until 1971, the Military Police was based in Quetta but now reports from Army GHQ in Rawalpindi with Major-General, working under the Chief of the General Staff, usually serves its Inspector-General.

Uniforms and berets

The MP can be identified by their red berets, white lanyards and belts, and they also wear a white helmet (on duty performed on field) and white brassard with the letters "MP" imprinted in red. The term "red berets" is synonymous with the personnel of the elite Corps of Military Police (MP), since all ranks of this Corps are adorned with the exclusive red berets along with white belts to distinguish themselves from the other Corps of Army.[[File:Military Police Pakistan Karachi.jpg|thumb|The MP guarding parameters in Karachi.|center]]

References

(1963). "The Story of the Pakistan Army". Pakistan Branch, Oxford University Press.
Pakistan Army (PA). "Corps of Military Police". Pakistan Army Directorate-General for Public and Media Relations.
(August 2013). "Pakistan Army Weapon Systems Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information and Weapon Systems". Lulu.com.
(1975). "Pakistan, a Country Study". U.S. Government Printing Office.
"Pakistan Defence - Military Police (y) Join our community with Facebook ID on www.defence.pk #InVaDer_FaDi {{!}} Facebook".
[[File:Military Police Pakistan Karachi 2.jpg. 20px]]

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