XXX Corps (Pakistan)

XX X Corps
Active	1987 - present
Country	Pakistan
Allegiance	Pakistan Army
Branch	Active Duty
Type	Army Corps
Role	Combined arms formation; Tactical headquarters element
Size	30,000+ approximategly (though this may vary as units are rotated)
HQ/Command Control Headquarter	Gujranwala, Punjab Province
Nickname(s)	Triple X Corps, Gujranwala Corps[1]
Colors Identification	Red, White and Green;
Engagements	Indo-Pakistani War of 1999; India-Pakistan Standoff
Decorations	Military Decorations of Pakistan Military
Commanders
Corps Commander	Lt Gen Asim Munir Ahmed Shah
Chief of Staff	Brigadier Ghazafi
Notable; commanders	Gen Raheel Sharif; Lt Gen Javed Ashraf Qazi; Lt Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch; Lt Gen Nadeem Taj

The XXX Corps (30 Corps), known as Triple X Corps, is a corps of Pakistan Army currently assigned in Gujranwala, Punjab Province. The Corps is a major and integral part of the army, along with PAF's Eastern Air Command and Navy's Eastern Naval Command. It is currently commanded by Lt Gen Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, who is designated as Corps Commander of this holding corps.

The vital area, which connects Pakistani Punjab and parts of Kashmir governed by India (extending from Jehlum to Narowal), has always been of strategic importance; the place was the site of major battles in both 1965 and 1971. Traditionally, this area had been held by I Corps. That corps already had offensive duties, and the task of defending this area was being neglected by the corps HQ.

To improve the situation, it was decided to raise another corps headquarters to look after this area. Thus the XXX Corps was raised and given the command of both new raisings and units and formations detached from I Corps, which was then dedicated to offensive tasks.[2]

Since the beginnings of an anti-India insurgency in Kashmir, the Line of Control has been an active operational zone. The corps has been deployed along its sector of the LOC and engaged in operations since 1989.

List of Commanders

Lieutenant-General	Commander XXX Corps	Term Start	Term End
	Asim Munir Ahmed Shah	June 2019	Present
	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
	FaizJilani Malik,	October 2001	March 2003
	Abdul QadirBaloch,	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,	May 1993	August 1995
	Hamid Niaz,	May 1992	May 1993
	ChaudhrySardar Ali,	November 1990	May 1992
	Pir Dad Khan,	March 1988	November 1990
	ImtiazWaraich,	July 1987	March 1988

Order of battle

Its present order of battle is as follows:[3]

HQ XXX Corps, Gujranwala
- 8th Infantry Division, Sialkot. The division was raised in 1947 and took part in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 with 24, 14th Para Brigade and 115 Brigades. Attached were Changez Force and 124 Brigade from 33rd Infantry Division.[4]
- 15th Infantry Division, Sialkot
- 2nd Artillery Division – Gujranwala
- 2nd Independent Armoured Brigade
- 54th Independent Infantry Brigade Group, Sialkot
- Independent Artillery Brigade
- Independent Engineer Brigade
- Independent Signal Brigade
- Independent Anti-tank Brigade

References

"New corps commanders for Rawalpindi and Gujranwala". Dawn.
Ravi Rikhye,Pakistan Army Divisions Archived November 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
Global Security website page on XXX Corps
John H. Gill, An Atlas of the 1971 India - Pakistan War: The Creation of Bangladesh, Near East South Asia Centre for Strategic Studies (National Defense University), p.78

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[1] "New corps commanders for Rawalpindi and Gujranwala". Dawn.

[2] Ravi Rikhye,Pakistan Army Divisions Archived November 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Global Security website page on XXX Corps

[4] John H. Gill, An Atlas of the 1971 India - Pakistan War: The Creation of Bangladesh, Near East South Asia Centre for Strategic Studies (National Defense University), p.78