The IV Corps is a corps of
Pakistan Army
The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...
. Having established in 1965 after the
Indo-Pakistani September War, it is currently stationed in
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
, Punjab Province of Pakistan. The current corps commander is Lieutenant General Salman Fayyaz Ghanni.
History
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 I Corps, 1st Corps, or First Corps may refer to:
France
* 1st Army Corps (France)
* I Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
* I Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French A ...
) 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
A field army (or numbered army or simply army) is a military formation in many armed forces, composed of two or more corps and may be subordinate to an army group. Likewise, air armies are equivalent formation within some air forces, and with ...
to control the two corps were given, the army was later disbanded.
1965 War
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
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. Brig. Amjad Chaudhry, IV Corps artillery would play a major part in the battle, and its performance was deemed to have been the decisive factor in the battle.
The headquarters of this corps was inaugurated in January 1966 and Lieutenant General
Attiqur Rahman
Mohammed Attiqur Rahman ( Punjabi, ur, ), MC (24 June 1918 – 1 June 1996) was a senior general in the Pakistan Army, a noted military historian, and a senior government official. He was the martial law administrator (MLA) of West Pakistan i ...
was appointed as the first corps commander.
[A Stranger in my own country:East Pakistan (1969-71), by Maj Gen (Retd) Khadim Hussain Raja]
1971 War
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
The corps order of battle is.
Global Security Page on IV Corps
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List of corps commanders
References
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Military units and formations established in 1965