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===Codenames===

The Pakistani military issued its entire weapon system with a single military designation series: ''Hatf'' ([[Transliteration|Trans.]] [[Aiming point|''Target'']]), for the [[Surface to surface missile|surface-to-surface]] [[guided missile|guided]] [[ballistic missile]]s.<ref name="Defence Journal, 1998" /> This designation was selected by the [[Research and development in Pakistan|research and development]] committee at the [[GHQ (Pakistan Army)|Army GHQ]] of the [[Pakistan Army]] that provided the policy guidance to the program.<ref name="Defence Journal, 1998" /> In [[Turkish language|Turkish]], the ''hatf'' meaning "Target" or "Aim point" refers to the [[Arab sword|sword]] of the [[Muhammad]] which was used in many of his [[Military career of Muhammad|military conquest]]s, and was believed to never miss its target.<ref name="Defence Journal, 1998" />

The unofficial names, such as [[Ghauri (missile)|Ghauri]], ''Ghaznavi'', and [[Abdali-I|Abdali]], were the codenames for developing projects to the defense contractors that were given the names of historical figures in the [[Islamic conquest of South Asia|Islamic conquest]] of [[Greater India|South Asia]].<ref name="BBC, Pakistan Bureau"/> The contractors were issued the project names after the [[Afghanistan#Islamization and Mongol invasion|Turkish nomads]] invaded India from the historical region of [[Greater Khorasan]]..<ref name="BBC, Pakistan Bureau">{{cite news|last1=Abbas|first1=Zaffar|title=Pakistan's missile symbolism|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2014843.stm|access-date=26 December 2014|agency=BBC|publisher=BBC, Pakistan Bureau|date=28 May 2002}}</ref> Besides the cruise missile systems, the ballistics, ranged weapons, and artillery systems are managed and control under the [[Army Strategic Forces Command (Pakistan)|strategic command]] of the Pakistan Army.<ref name="Defence Journal, 1998" />