General Kayani introduced reforms in Pakistan Army.

Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had introduced major reforms in the Pakistan Army and started decreasing the number of Punjabi and Pashtun in fresh recruitments and adopted the policy of encouraging Sindhi, Baloch and religious minorities for making an ethnic balance.

The GHQ had set a target of decreasing the number of Punjabi from 55.82% to 54.50% and number of Pashtun from 15.42% to 14.50%.

Number of Sindhi increased from 15.09% to 17%, Baloch increased from 2.34% to 4%, and recruits from Azad Kashmir/Gilgit-Baltistan increased from 8.48% to 9% by the year 2011. The number of non-Muslims also increased from 0.43% to 1% by the year 2012.

In year 2011, 3,350 Baloch gotten commission in the Army, and 5,000 more Baloch had gotten fresh commissions in 2012. The GHQ had especially relaxed many terms and conditions only for Baloch so that they may easily join the Army.

First time in the history of Pakistan 3, Sindhi Major Generals are serving in Pakistan Army. Brigadier Shabir Narejo and Brigadier Javed Dost Chandio were promoted as Major General in 2020. Major General Sarfraz Soomro was the first Sindhi Major General. He was promoted in 2018 and he served as DG Military Intelligence (MI).

Currently, more than 147,000 troops are deployed on western borders, including tribal areas, 100,000 troops are guarding areas bordering India, 10,000 troops are busy in the UN duties outside Pakistan, and 16,000 troops are busy in training while only 62,600 troops are enjoying rest in cantonments.

According to some observers, Pak Army is already overstretched and it needs some expansion but defense sources claimed that the overall size of the Army would not be increased.