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The Pakistan Military Academy (also known as PMA or PMA Kakul) is a military training academy. It is located at Kakul near Abbottabad, Pakistan . It is similar to Sandhurst (UK), Saint-Cyr (France), and West Point (USA) academies, and provides training to the officers of the Pakistan Army.

History

The Pakistan Military Academy was established in the year 1948. Before Partition of British India and the Independence of Pakistan in 1947, the location had been used as the PT and Mountaineering School of the British Indian Army, on the site of an old POW Camp for prisoners from the Boer War. Later it became the premises of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC).

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  • Pma

    Pakistan Military Academy Entrance Gate

  • PMA class

    Classroom

  • PMA language lab

    Language Lab

  • PMA football

    Football Ground

  • PMA swimming

    Swimming Pool

  • PMA polo

    Polo Ground

  • PMA archery

    Archery

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