V Corps
Badge of V Corps
Active1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
TypeCorps
RoleManeuver and combined arms oversight.
Size~45,000 approximately
(Though this may vary as units are rotated)
HQ/GarrisonKarachi Cantonment, Sindh in Pakistan
Nickname(s)Karachi Corps[1]
Colors IdentificationRed, white and gold
   
Anniversaries1974
DecorationsMilitary Decorations of Pakistan military
Commanders
CommanderLt-Gen. Babar Iftikhar
Chief of StaffBrig. Zill E Husnain.
Notable
commanders		Gen. A. S. Hyat
Gen. Asif Nawaz
Lt-Gen. Arif Bangash
Lt.Gen.Zaheerul Islam
Lt-Gen. Naveed Mukhtar
Lt-Gen. Nadeem Anjum
Insignia
War Flag
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The V Corps is a field corps of the Pakistan Army currently headquartered in Karachi, Sindh in Pakistan.[2] One of Pakistan army's tenth-maneuver corps, it has an area of responsibility and responsibility to protect of Sindh region.: 310 

As of current, the corps is commanded by its commander, Lt-Gen. Babar Iftikhar.[3]

History

Formation and war service

As part of major re-organization of the Pakistani military, the Army GHQ raised the corps formation with a mission parameter to protect and intercept any Indian Army's attempt to disrupt the North-South landline link between Karachi and Lahore.[4][2]

Despite its role, the V Corps has not seen active conflict with Indian Army but has provided its expertise in desert warfare while providing assistance to Sindh's police department to contain the local dacoits and law enforcements in Karachi by deploying the Army Rangers.[4]The V Corps is the only strike corps of the army in Sindh; it has area of responsibility and protect the entire province of Sindh.[5]

In 1999, the V Corps was a major part of North-South regional formation, falling under the Southern Command together with the XII Corps but this short-lived due to confusion among the commanders.: 309 [6] The Southern Command now exclusively includes the XII Corps.: 309 [6]

Despite its strike and combat role, The V Corps has been deployed by the Army GHQ to aide and assist the federal government as part of the military aid to the civil power to help and better prepare for natural disasters with its 18th Infantry Division being involved in establishing relief camps and evacuating people living near the coastline.[7][8][9]

Structure

Structure of V Corps
Corps Corps HQ Corps Commander Assigned Units Unit HQ
V Corps Karachi Lt. Gen. Babar Iftikhar
 16th Infantry Division: Pano Aqil
18th Infantry Division: Hyderabad
25th Mechanized Division: Malir
31st Mechanized Brigade Hyderabad
2nd Armored Brigade Malir
Independent Artillery Brigade N/A
Independent Signal Brigade N/A
Independent Engineering Brigade N/A

List of corps commanders

# Name Start of tenure End of tenure
1 Lt Gen Mohammad Akbar Khan 1974 March 1976
2 Lt Gen Jehanzeb Arbab March 1976 January 1978
3 Lt Gen Iqbal Khan January 1978 September 1978
4 Lt Gen S.M. Abbasi September 1978 March 1980
5 Lt Gen Ahmad Jamal Khan March 1980 March 1984
6 Lt Gen Ahmad Shamim Khan March 1984 March 1988
7 Lt Gen Asif Nawaz March 1988 March 1991
8 Lt Gen Arif Bangash March 1991 1992
9 Lt Gen Naseer Akhtar 1992 1994
10 Lt Gen Lehrasab Khan 1994 May 1997
11 Lt Gen Afzal Janjua May 1997 October 1998
12 Lt Gen Muzaffar Hussain Usmani October 1998 May 2001
13 Lt Gen Tariq Wasim Ghazi May 2001 January 2004
14 Lt Gen Ahsan Saleem Hyat January 2004 October 2004
15 Lt Gen Syed Atahar Ali October 2004 April 2006
16 Lt Gen Ahsan Azhar Hyat April 2006 October 2008
17 Lt Gen Shahid Iqbal October 2008 October 2010
18 Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam October 2010 March 2012
19 Lt Gen Ijaz Chaudhry March 2012 November 2013
20 Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani November 2013 October 2014
21 Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar October 2014 December 2016
22 Lt Gen Shahid Baig Mirza December 2016 August 2018
23 Lt Gen Humayun Aziz August 2018 December 2020
24 Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum December 2020 November 2021
25 Lt Gen Muhammad Saeed November 2021 December 2022
26 Lt Gen Babar Iftikhar December 2022 -

See also

References

  1. ^ "Karachi Corps Commander News". tribune.com.pk. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "V Corps". www.globalsecurity.org. www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  3. ^ "One-third of corps commanders replaced in major reshuffle". dawn.com. 25 August 2018. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b Ganguly, Šumit; O'Donnell, Frank (28 October 2022). Routledge Handbook of the International Relations of South Asia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-75552-7. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  5. ^ 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 19 November 2023.
  6. ^ a b Nawaz, Shuja (10 April 2020). The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and a Tough Neighbourhood. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-4205-9. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  7. ^ "GOC Hyderabad Visits Relief Camps Of Sujawal District". bolnews.com. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Pakistan Army troops engage in evacuation, relief activities amid Biparjoy". app.com.pk. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Under no circumstances people will be left alone: Karachi corps commander". dunyanews.tv. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

Further reading

External links

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