IV Corps (Pakistan)
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It is currently being commanded by Lieutenant-General Syed Fayyaz Hussain Shah.
Overview
History and war service
This corps was created in the early part of 1966.[1][2] It was the second corps level formation created by the Army GHQ, followed by the II Corps, to strengthened the national defenses of Pakistan, focusing only in Punjab.[2]
During the second war with Indian Army, the I Corps maneuvered the entire armored and infantry units which found to be unwieldy and extremely ineffective to control the army elements to coordinate the missions together.[3]
The 4th artillery of the Regiment of Artillery, that played a crucial role in supporting the 6th Armored Division in Battle of Chawinda attached to I Corps, played a crucial role in establishing the IV Corps.[4][5][6]
The IV Corps is headquartered in Lahore Cantonment since January 1966 when Lieutenant-General Attiqur Rahman was appointed as its first commander.[7]
The IV Corps saw its deployment in 1971 against the Indian Army to maneuver the military elements to strengthened the defences of Lahore sector.[8]
Structure
The corps order of battle is.[9]
| Structure of IV Corps | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corps | Corps HQ | Corps Commander | Assigned Units | Unit HQ | |||||
| IV Corps | Lahore | Lt. Gen. Fayyaz Hussain Shah File:US-O9 insignia.svg | |||||||
| 2nd Artillery Division | Gujranwala | ||||||||
| 10th Infantry Division | Lahore | ||||||||
| 11th Infantry Division | Lahore | ||||||||
| 212th Infantry Brigade | Lahore | ||||||||
| 3rd Independent Armoured Brigade | Chunian | ||||||||
| Independent Engineering Brigade | U/I Location | ||||||||
| Independent Signal Brigade | U/I Location | ||||||||
List of corps commanders
| # | Name | Start of tenure | End of tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lt Gen Attiqur Rahman | January 1966 | August 1969 |
| 2 | Lt Gen Tikka Khan | August 1969 | March 1971 |
| 3 | Lt Gen Bahadur Sher Khan | March 1971 | January 1972 |
| 4 | Lt Gen Abdul Hameed Khan | January 1972 | January 1974 |
| 5 | Lt Gen Iqbal Khan | March 1976 | January 1978 |
| 6 | Lt Gen Sawar Khan | January 1978 | March 1980 |
| 7 | Lt Gen S.F.S. Lodhi | March 1980 | March 1984 |
| 8 | Lt Gen Mohammad Aslam Shah | March 1984 | March 1986 |
| 9 | Lt Gen Alam Jan Masud | March 1986 | July 1990 |
| 10 | Lt Gen Mohammad Ashraf | July 1990 | January 1993 |
| 11 | Lt Gen Humayun Khan Bangash | January 1993 | January 1996 |
| 12 | Lt Gen Moinuddin Haider | January 1996 | March 1997 |
| 13 | Lt Gen Mohammad Akram | March 1997 | October 1998 |
| 14 | Lt Gen Khalid Maqbool | October 1998 | August 2000 |
| 15 | Lt Gen Aziz Khan | August 2000 | October 2001 |
| 16 | Lt Gen Zarrar Azim | October 2001 | December 2003 |
| 17 | Lt Gen Shahid Aziz | December 2003 | October 2005 |
| 18 | Lt Gen Shafaat Ullah Shah | October 2005 | March 2008 |
| 19 | Lt Gen Ijaz Ahmed Bakshi | March 2008 | April 2010 |
| 20 | Lt Gen Rashad Mahmood | April 2010 | January 2013 |
| 21 | Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmad | January 2013 | September 2013 |
| 22 | Lt Gen Naweed Zaman | September 2013 | September 2015 |
| 23 | Lt Gen Sadiq Ali | September 2015 | September 2017 |
| 24 | Lt Gen Aamer Riaz | September 2017 | December 2018 |
| 25 | Lt Gen Majid Ehsan | December 2018 | December 2020 |
| 25 | Lt Gen Muhammad Abdul Aziz | December 2020 | October 2022 |
| 26 | Lt Gen Salman Fayyaz Ghanni | October 2022 | May 2023 |
| 27 | Lt Gen Syed Aamer Raza | 16 May 2023 | 23 January 2025 |
| 28 | Lt Gen Syed Fayyaz Hussain Shah | 23 January 2025 | Incumbent |
References
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- ↑ The Pakistan Army-War 1965-Maj Gen Shaukat Riza-Army Education Press-1984
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- ↑ Battle of Chawinda Template:Webarchive
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- ↑ Global Security Page on IV Corps
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Further reading
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