The XXX Corps is a field corps of the Pakistan Army, currently stationed in Punjab in Pakistan.[2]

XXX Corps
Active1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
TypeXXX Corps
RoleManeuver/Deployment oversight.
Size~45,000 approximately
(Though this may vary as units are rotated)
Garrison/HQGujranwala Cantonment, Punjab, Pakistan
Nickname(s)30th Corps[1]
Colors IdentificationRed, white and green
   
Anniversaries1986
EngagementsIndia-Pakistan Standoff in 2001–02
DecorationsMilitary Decorations of Pakistan Military
Commanders
CommanderLt-Gen. Syed Imdad Hussain Shah
Notable
commanders
Gen. Syed Asim Munir
Gen. Raheel Sharif
Lt-Gen. Javed Ashraf
Lt-Gen. A. Q. Baloch
Lt-Gen. Nadeem Taj

Formed in 1986 with its headquarters in Gujranwala Cantonment, the XXX Corps is one of Pakistan's ten field corps and it is currently commanded by Lt-Gen. Syed Imdad Hussain Shah as of 2023.[3]

Overview

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Formation and war service

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In 1985, the Army GHQ formed three field corps to improve the internal security in Balochistan and Punjab.[4] Originally, the XXX Corps was headquartered in Sialkot Cantonment, and took over the area of responsibility of strategic areas of Ilegal Indian Occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir (extending from Jehlum to Narowal) that was previously overlooked by the I Corps.[2] With I Corps becoming the part of the strategic army reserves, the XXX Corps was relocated and now headquarters in Gujranwala Cantonment since 1987.[5]

Thus, the XXX Corps was given the command of the formations that were detached from I Corps, which was then dedicated to offensive tasks.[6] The XXX Corps is known for its ability to conduct mechanized and the riverine operations.[1] Its mission parameters also included to prevent the Indian Army's mechanized divisions from further advancing and into penetrating Pakistan to cut the vital Lahore-Karachi links— the North-South links.: 204–205 [7]

Structure

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Its present order of battle is as follows:[8]

Structure of XXX Corps
Corps Corps HQ Corps Commander Assigned Units Unit HQ
XXX Corps Gujranwala Lt.Gen Syed Imdad Hussain Shah
 
15th Infantry Division Sialkot
8th Infantry Division Sialkot
54th Independent Infantry Brigade Sialkot
19th Independent Armoured Brigade Pasrur
Independent Anti-tank Brigade U/I Location
Independent Engineering Brigade U/I Location
Independent Signal Brigade U/I Location

List of Commanders

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Lieutenant-General
 
 
Commander XXX Corps Term Start Term End
Syed Imdad Hussain Shah November 2023 Incumbent
Muhammad Aamer October 2021 November 2023
Asim Munir June 2019 October 2021
Aamir Abbasi December 2017 June 2019
Ikram Ul Haq September 2015 December 2017
Ghayur Mahmood October 2014 September 2015
Salim Nawaz July 2013 October 2014
Muzammil Hussain October 2012 July 2013
Raheel Sharif October 2010 October 2012
Jamil Haider April 2010 October 2010
Nadeem Taj October 2008 April 2010
Waseem Ahmad Ashraf April 2007 October 2008
Anis Ahmed Abbasi September 2005 April 2007
Mohammad Sabir October 2004 September 2005
Javed Hassan January 2004 October 2004
Munir Khan March 2003 January 2004
Faiz Jilani Malik October 2001 March 2003
Abdul Qadir Baloch January 2001 October 2001
Agha Jehangir Khan April 1998 January 2001
Naeem Akbar Khan March 1997 April 1998
Ziauddin Butt February 1996 March 1997
Javed Ashraf Qazi August 1995 February 1996
Mohammad Tariq SJ May 1993 August 1995
Hamid Niaz May 1992 May 1993
Chaudhry Sardar Ali November 1990 May 1992
Pir Dad Khan SJ March 1988 November 1990
Imtiaz Waraich July 1987 March 1988

References

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  1. ^ a b Dominguez, Gabriel; Cranny-Evans, Samuel (13 October 2021). "Pakistan Army holds induction ceremony for VT4 MBT". Janes.com. Janes.com. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b "XXX Corps". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  3. ^ "STRATCOM BUREAU, X". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  4. ^ Alam, Dr Shah (1 July 2012). Pakistan Army: Modernisation, Arms Procurement and Capacity Building. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. ISBN 978-93-81411-79-7. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  5. ^ Fair, C. Christine (25 April 2014). Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of War. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-939588-0. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  6. ^ Ravi Rikhye,Pakistan Army Divisions Archived 7 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Dutt, Sanjay (2000). War and Peace in Kargil Sector. APH Publishing. ISBN 978-81-7648-151-9. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  8. ^ Global Security website page on XXX Corps

Further reading

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  • Cloughley, Brian (1999). A History of the Pakistan Army: Wars and Insurrections. Karachi, Sind, Pakistan: Karachi University Press. ISBN 9780195790153.