Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Army	NATO equivalent	India · Army 🇮🇳
Officers
Field marshal فیلڈ مارشل	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	Field marshal
General جنرل	OF-9 General	General
Lieutenant general لیفٹیننٹ جنرل	OF-8 Lieutenant General	Lieutenant general
Major general میجر جنرل	OF-7 Major General	Major general
Brigadier بریگیڈیئر	OF-6 Brigadier General	Brigadier
Colonel کرنل	OF-5 Colonel	Colonel
Lieutenant colonel لیفٹیننٹ کرنل	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Lieutenant colonel
Major میجر	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Major
Captain کیپٹن	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Captain
Lieutenant لیفٹنینٹ Second lieutenant سیکنڈ لیفٹیننٹ	OF-1 Lieutenant	Lieutenant
No equivalent	OF-D Student Officer	Officer cadet
Enlisted ranks
No equivalent	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Subedar Major
Subedar-major صوبیدار میجر	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Subedar
Subedar صوبیدار	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Naib Subedar
Naib subedar نائب صوبیدار	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Havildar
Havildar حوالدار	OR-5 Sergeant	No equivalent
Naik نائیک	OR-4 Corporal	Naik
Lance naik لانس نائیک	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Lance Naik
Sepoy سپاہی	OR-1 Private	Sepoy

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.