XXX Corps (Pakistan)
{{Short description|Pakistan Army's field maneuver strike corps}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=November 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
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| dates = {{start date and age|1986}}
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| type = {{small|XXX}} Corps
| role = Maneuver/Deployment oversight.
| size = ~45,000 approximately
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| garrison = Gujranwala Cantonment, Punjab, Pakistan
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| battles = India-Pakistan Standoff in 2001–02
| anniversaries = 1986
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| commander1 = Lt-Gen. Syed Imdad Hussain Shah
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| notable_commanders = Gen. Asim Munir
Gen. Raheel Sharif
Lt-Gen. Javed Ashraf
Lt-Gen. A. Q. Baloch
Lt-Gen. Nadeem Taj
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{{Military unit sidebar|title= Maneuver Corps of the Pakistan Army |previous= XII Corps|next=XXXI Corps}}
The XXX Corps is a field corps of the Pakistan Army, currently stationed in Gujranwala, Punjab.{{cite web |title=XXX Corps |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/xxx-corps.htm |website=www.globalsecurity.org |access-date=27 November 2023}}
Formed in 1986 with its headquarters initially in Sialkot, it was later shifted to 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.{{cite web |title=STRATCOM BUREAU, X |url=https://twitter.com/OSPSF/status/1728090821134631299 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |access-date=27 November 2023 |language=en}}
Overview
=Formation and war service=
In 1985, the Army GHQ formed three field corps to improve the internal security in Balochistan and Punjab.{{cite book |last1=Alam |first1=Dr Shah |title=Pakistan Army: Modernisation, Arms Procurement and Capacity Building |date=1 July 2012 |publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-93-81411-79-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvapCQAAQBAJ&dq=xxx+corps+pakistan+1986&pg=PT13 |access-date=27 November 2023 |language=en}} 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. With I Corps becoming the part of the strategic army reserves, the XXX Corps was relocated and now headquarters in Gujranwala Cantonment since 1987.{{cite book |last1=Fair |first1=C. Christine |title=Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of War |date=25 April 2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-939588-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7jg_AwAAQBAJ&dq=xxx+corps+pakistan+1986&pg=PT67 |access-date=27 November 2023 |language=en}}
Thus, the XXX Corps was given the command of the formations that were detached from I Corps, which was then dedicated to offensive tasks.Ravi Rikhye,[http://orbat.com/site/history/open3/pakistan_divisions1947-87.html Pakistan Army Divisions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107044452/http://orbat.com/site/history/open3/pakistan_divisions1947-87.html |date=7 November 2006 }} The XXX Corps is known for its ability to conduct mechanized and the riverine operations. 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.{{rp|204–205}}{{cite book |last1=Dutt |first1=Sanjay |title=War and Peace in Kargil Sector |date=2000 |publisher=APH Publishing |isbn=978-81-7648-151-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlHplc3pr1IC&dq=LOC+XXX+COrps+pakistan&pg=PA201 |access-date=27 November 2023 |language=en}}
Structure
Its present order of battle is as follows:[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/xxx-corps.htm Global Security website page on XXX Corps]
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! colspan="10" style="background:#88EEEE;"|Structure of XXX Corps |
| style="background:#88EEEE;"|Corps
!style="background:#88EEEE;"|Corps HQ !style="background:#88EEEE;"|Corps Commander !style="background:#88EEEE;"|Assigned Units !style="background:#88EEEE;"|Unit HQ |
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| rowspan="9" style="background:#baed91; text-align:center;"| XXX Corps
| rowspan="9" style="background:#b2cefe; text-align:center;"| Gujranwala | rowspan="9" style="background:#f2a2e8; text-align:center;"|Lt.Gen Syed Imdad Hussain Shah |
| style="background:#EEEE88;"|15th Infantry Division
|style="background:#EEEE88;"| Sialkot |
| style="background:#EEEE88;"|8th Infantry Division
|style="background:#EEEE88;"|Sialkot |
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"|54th Independent Infantry Brigade
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|Sialkot |
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"|19th Independent Armoured Brigade
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|Pasrur |
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"|Independent Anti-tank Brigade
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|U/I Location |
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"|Independent Engineering Brigade
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|U/I Location |
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"|Independent Signal Brigade
|style="background:#e6e6aa" |U/I Location |
List of Commanders
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| rowspan="28" |Lieutenant-General 45px 55px !colspan=1|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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=Further reading=
- {{cite book |last1=Cloughley |first1=Brian |title=A History of the Pakistan Army: Wars and Insurrections |date=1999 |publisher=Karachi University Press |location=Karachi, Sind, Pakistan |isbn=9780195790153}}
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