page_title: Chaklala, Rawalpindi
section_title: Chaklala Cantonment
hierarchical_section_title: Chaklala, Rawalpindi / Chaklala Cantonment
caption_attribution_description: U.S. servicemembers load a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft on Chaklala Air Base, Pakistan, in support of earthquake relief efforts, Oct. 17, 2005. The aircraft is deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. The U.S. military is providing aid to Pakistan, which was devastated by an Oct. 8 earthquake.
context_page_description: Chaklala is a major suburban town of Rawalpindi in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
  It is situated astride the Airport Road, to the east of Grand Trunk Road on the main railway line. The town has its own railway station Chaklala Railway Station which is located less than 1 kilometer away from Benazir Bhutto International Airport.
  The area also has modern housing schemes namely Gulzar-e-Quaid, Railway Housing Scheme 1-A Chaklala, Chaklala Schemes I, II & III, Askari - I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, X & XII) with a rapidly diminishing rural area.
  In Chaklala scheme 3, commercial market and automobiles market is also situated providing the consumers almost each and everything.
context_section_description: Chaklala is within Chaklala Cantonment, which is also home to a Pakistan Army garrison and a Pakistan Air Force base, along with associated unit HQs, depots and workshops, most of them present since the British era. 
  Chaklala Airbase, recently re-named as PAF Base Nur Khan, is an important air base of the Pakistan Air Force, and houses a permanent US military presence.  The headquarters of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan are located in the high-security Pakistan Army garrison.
caption: USAF C-17 at Chaklala AirBase Rawalpindi
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