XXXI Corps (Pakistan)
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The XXXI Corps is an active military administrative corps of is one of the Pakistan Army
. Commonly known as 10th Corps, it is currently assigned to active corps Punjab Province. The corps is currently the major part of Southern Military Command of Pakistan Defence Forces. Its garrison are currently located in Bahawalpur
, Punjab Province.
, which is currently based in Multan
. Now, it has under it more than 3 full-sized division and is responsible for the southern Punjab desert zone.
In 1988, when the C-130 Hercules
plane of President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
crashed near Bahawalpur, he was visiting Bahawalpur corps along with the top of the military brass.
Pakistan Army
The Pakistan Army is the branch of the Pakistani Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The Pakistan Army came into existence after the Partition of India and the resulting independence of Pakistan in 1947. It is currently headed by General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The Pakistan...
. Commonly known as 10th Corps, it is currently assigned to active corps Punjab Province. The corps is currently the major part of Southern Military Command of Pakistan Defence Forces. Its garrison are currently located in Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur , located in the province of Punjab, is the twelfth largest city in Pakistan. The city was once the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur. The city was home to various Nawabs and counted as part of the Rajputana states...
, Punjab Province.
History
The corps was raised in the end of 1980's and took over the assets of formerly II CorpsII Corps (Pakistan)
The II Corps, known as II Strike Corps or Army Reserve South, is army corps of Pakistan Army stationed in Multan, Punjab Province of Pakistan. The II Strike Corps is one of Pakistan's four heavy armoured corps...
, which is currently based in Multan
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...
. Now, it has under it more than 3 full-sized division and is responsible for the southern Punjab desert zone.
In 1988, when the C-130 Hercules
C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport...
plane of President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , was the 4th Chief Martial Law Administrator and the sixth President of Pakistan from July 1977 to his death in August 1988...
crashed near Bahawalpur, he was visiting Bahawalpur corps along with the top of the military brass.
List of commanders
- Lt Gen Mohammad ShafiqMohammad ShafiqLieutenant General Mohammad Shafiq is a career Pakistan Army soldier who served as the governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from 1999 to 2000. He was appointed to that position on 21 October 1999 by General Pervez Musharraf after he overthrew the Nawaz Sharif government on 12 October. He was later...
, March 1988 – April 1991 - Lt Gen Shamim Alam KhanShamim Alam KhanGeneral Shamim Alam Khan, NI, SJ, SBt, is a retired four-star rank general in the Pakistan Army was the Supreme Commandant of the Pakistan Defense Forces as Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1991 to 1994...
, April 1991 – August 1991 - Lt Gen Muhammad Akram Khan, August 1991 - May 1993
- Lt Gen Iftikhar Ali KhanIftikhar Ali Khan (general)Lieutenant General Iftikhar Ali Khan , HI, SBt, was the former Secretary of Defence and Chief of General Staff of the Pakistan Army. He was the elder brother of National Assembly opposition leader Nisar Ali Khan...
, June 1993 – January 1996 - Lt Gen Khalid Nawaz Malik, January 1996 – May 1997
- Lt Gen Muzaffar Usmani, May 1997 – October 1998
- Lt Gen Tahir Ali Qureshi, October 1998 – August 2000
- Lt Gen Munir HafiezMunir HafiezLieutenant-General Munir Papoo Hafiez" is a retired Pakistan Army general and the former chairman of the National Accountability Bureau of the Government of Pakistan, the body charged with fighting corruption. Before his appointment in 2001 he served in the Pakistani Army for 38 years. He was...
, August 2000 – October 2001 - Lt Gen Shahid Hamid, October 2001 – September 2003
- Lt Gen Syed Parwez Shahid, September 2003 – May 2005
- Lt Gen Imtiaz Hussain, May 2005 – April 2007
- Lt Gen Raza Mohammad Khan, April 2007 – October 2008
- Lt Gen Muhammad Yousaf, October 2008 – October 2009
- Lt Gen Naeem Khalid Lodhi, October 2009 – March 2011
- Lt Gen Muhammad Haroon Aslam, March 2011 – present
Order of battle
Its present order of battle is as follows:- HQ XXXI Corps, BahawalpurBahawalpurBahawalpur , located in the province of Punjab, is the twelfth largest city in Pakistan. The city was once the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur. The city was home to various Nawabs and counted as part of the Rajputana states...
- 26th Mechanized Division, BahawalpurBahawalpurBahawalpur , located in the province of Punjab, is the twelfth largest city in Pakistan. The city was once the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur. The city was home to various Nawabs and counted as part of the Rajputana states...
- 35th Infantry Division, BahawalpurBahawalpurBahawalpur , located in the province of Punjab, is the twelfth largest city in Pakistan. The city was once the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur. The city was home to various Nawabs and counted as part of the Rajputana states...
- 26th Mechanized Division, Bahawalpur