Fall out effects of the World War - I had started to have telling effects on the International community soon after the Great War ended. One of the major victims of these adverse effects were the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen who had fought the war far away from their home lands, in most cases, in trans-continental theatres, where they remained on active service for years. As a result, they remained aloof from vast and diverse facets of mundane civic chores connected with the civil administration; their families suffered even more.
It was under this backdrop that a Welfare Oriented Organization with the name of Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen’s Board was established at Bombay (India), Rawalpindi and Sheikhupura in 1919 after World War - I. There were 28 x District Armed Services Boards (DASBs) till 1947. These DASBs continued to function after Independence also and now, PASB has 63 x DASBs spread all over the country. Later, after Pakistan came into being as a Sovereign Independent State, the Board was named as Pakistan Armed Services Board (PASB).