IV Corps (Pakistan)

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                       IV Corps (Pakistan)

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IV Corps
Badge of 4 Corps, Lahore
Active	January 1966[1] - Present
Country	Pakistan
Allegiance	Pakistan Army
Type	Corps
Size	50,000 approximately (though this may vary as units are rotated)
HQ/Command Control Headquarter	Lahore, Punjab
Nickname(s)	Lahore Corps
Colors Identification	Red, white and silver
Anniversaries	November of 1965
Engagements	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1999
Decorations	Military Decorations of Pakistan Military
Commanders
Corps Commander	Lt Gen Salman Fayyaz Ghanni
Chief of Staff	Brig kiyani
Notable commanders	Gen Tikka Khan Gen Iqbal Khan Gen Sawar Khan Gen Aziz Khan Gen Rashad Mahmood Lt Gen Moinuddin Haider Lt Gen Khalid Maqbool Lt Gen Shahid Aziz
Insignia
War Flag

The IV Corps is a corps of Pakistan Army. Having established in 1965 after the Indo-Pakistani September War, it is currently stationed in Lahore, Punjab Province of Pakistan. The current corps commander is Lieutenant General Salman Fayyaz Ghanni.

History[edit]

The corps was formed in January 1966 and was the second corps level formation created by Pakistan Army. After independence, Pakistan Army had an organisation whereby all divisions were controlled directly by General Headquarters. Although a corps (the I Corps) was raised in the late 1950s, it was found that the organisation was unwieldy, and thus orders for a second corps and a field army to control the two corps were given, the army was later disbanded.^[2]

1965 War[edit]

The Corps and its assigned assets were still under the process of raising when war came. Its only operational arm was 4 Corps Artillery which was to play a major role in the Kashmir operations preceding the war and in the capture of Chamb and Jaurian under the able command of Brig. Amjad Chaudhry.

Later the formation was moved in support of 6 Armoured Division in the historic Battle of Chawinda. Brig. Amjad Chaudhry, IV Corps artillery would play a major part in the battle,^[3] and its performance was deemed to have been the decisive factor in the battle.^[4][5]

The headquarters of this corps was inaugurated in January 1966 and Lieutenant General Attiqur Rahman was appointed as the first corps commander.^[1]

1971 War[edit]

Immediately after the war, the corps was fully stood up. In 1971 it would go to war again, under command of Lt. Gen Bahadur Sher. With two divisions under command it would see skirmishes on the Wagha border area, and later it would capture the Husseinwala district in India, including Qaisar-e-Hind Fort.

Structure[edit]

The corps order of battle is.^[6]

Structure of IV Corps
Corps	Corps HQ	Corps Commander	Assigned Units	Unit HQ
IV Corps	Lahore	Lt. Gen. Salman Fayyaz Ghani
			2nd Artillery Division	(Gujranwala)
			10th Infantry Division:	Lahore
			11th Infantry Division	Lahore
			212 Infantry Brigade	U/I Location
			3rd Independent Armoured Brigade	U/I Location
			Independent Engineering Brigade	U/I Location
			Independent Signal Brigade	U/I Location

List of corps commanders[edit]

#	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 Sirdar Farooq Shaukat Khan 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	-Present

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References[edit]

1. ^ Jump up to:^a b A Stranger in my own country:East Pakistan (1969-71), by Maj Gen (Retd) Khadim Hussain Raja
2. ^ The Pakistan Army-War 1965-Maj Gen Shaukat Riza-Army Education Press-1984
3. ^ "50 years of the Regiment of Artllery". Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
4. ^ Battle of Chawinda Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ History of Indo-Pak War of 1965. Lt Gen Mahmud Ahmed (ret) ISBN 969-8693-01-7, Chapter oo Chawinda Battle
6. ^ Global Security Page on IV Corps

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