The proposal of establishing Army Institute of Military History (AIMH) was approved on 2 June 2017 by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and inaugurated AIMH on 28 July 2021.

AIMH has been set up as a semi-autonomous research body with a broad outreach both within the civilian and military domains.

[1] The institute also serves as a forum for veterans, academia, subject experts and concerned civil society members to gather and air their learned views on subjects of interest to the Army.

The institute is emerging as a centre for both historical and other professional matters; a melting pot for both serving and retired officers, and civilians, to meet and exchange views.

Located in Rawalpindi, the mission of AIMH is to preserve & promote the military history (MH) of Pakistan and the history of Pakistan Army, while acting as centre of excellence for the study of MH & provide a forum for open source intellectual input to the Pakistan Army, through two-way interaction with academia and civil society.