Sind Regiment

Sind Regiment
Sind Regiment
	Regimental cap badge
Active	1980–present
Country	Pakistan
Branch	Pakistan Army
Type	Infantry
Size	21 battalions
Regimental Centre	Hyderabad
Commanders
Colonel in Chief	General Nadeem Raza
Colonel Commandant	Lt General Sahir Shamshad Mirza

The Sind Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army established on 1 July 1980. Prior to this date there had been no regiment in the Pakistan Army specifically intended to recruit primarily from the Sindhi population. It was created by the transfer of eleven battalions of The Punjab Regiment and ten battalions of The Baloch Regiment. Eight additional battalions were raised in the period from 1988 to 1999.^[1] After 1989 the proportion of actual Sindhis in the Regiment was increased to over 50%. The Sind Regimental Centre is located in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.

Today the Regiment comprises over 30 battalions. 40 Horse (Sind) is also affiliated with Sind Regiment.^[2]

The badge of the Sind Regiment depicts crossed Sindhi axes surmounted by the star and crescent appearing above a title scroll in Urdu. All ranks wear a cherry pink beret with a red plume hackle.

Previous colonel commandants of Sind regiment have included Lieutenant General Salim Haider, who has served as the commander of I (Strike) Corps, Mangla and as the Master-General of Ordnance (MGO).^[3]

Achievements[]

The Regiment is proud of the chivalrous History and has earned following Military Awards^[4]

Operational Awards include:

-1 NISHAN-E-HAIDER

-6 SITAR-E-JURRAT

-12 TAMGHA-E-JURRAT

Non-operational Awards include:

- 6 SITARA-E-BASALAT

- 28 TAMGHA-E-BASALAT

Engagements[]

Kargil Conflict: 24th Sind Regiment participated in the War and Sepoy Fazl Aman was taken POW in the war and later repatriated.

Alliances[]

United Kingdom - The Rifles

References[]

^ The Sind Regiment Pakistan
^ "Sind Regiment". Archived from the original on 2 March 2019.
^ "Enemy mounting pressure, says Musharraf" Daily Dawn, 7 October 2000
^ "PAKISTAN ARMY".

External links[]

Official website

This article about a specific military unit is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

This article about the military of Pakistan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] The Sind Regiment Pakistan

[2] "Sind Regiment". Archived from the original on 2 March 2019.

[3] "Enemy mounting pressure, says Musharraf" Daily Dawn, 7 October 2000

[4] "PAKISTAN ARMY".

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t Pakistan Army Corps and Regiments
Armour	President's Bodyguard 4 Cavalry 5 Horse 6 Lancers 7 Lancers 8 Cavalry 9 Horse Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) 11 Cavalry (Frontier Force) 12 Cavalry (Frontier Force) 13 Lancers 14 Lancers 15 Lancers (Baloch) 16 Horse 17 Lancers 18 Horse 19 Lancers 20 Lancers 21 Horse 22 Cavalry 23 Cavalry (Frontier Force) 24 Cavalry (Frontier Force) 25 Cavalry 26 Cavalry 27 Cavalry 28 Cavalry 29 Cavalry 30 Cavalry 31 Cavalry 32 Cavalry 33 Cavalry 34 Lancers 37 Cavalry 38 Cavalry 39 Cavalry 40 Horse (Sind) 41 Horse (Frontier Force) 42 Lancers (Punjab) 51 Lancers 52 Cavalry 53 Cavalry 54 Cavalry 55 Cavalry 56 Cavalry 57 Cavalry 58 Cavalry
Infantry	Punjab Regiment Baloch Regiment Frontier Force Regiment Azad Kashmir Regiment Sind Regiment Northern Light Infantry
Supporting Arms and Services	Corps of Artillery Air Defence Command Corps of Engineers Corps of Signals Corps of Ordnance Corps of Army Service Corps of Army Aviation Corps of Army Medical Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Corps of Military Intelligence Corps of Military Police Corps of Army Education Corps of Remount Veterinary and Farms Corps of Army Dental Armed Forces Nursing Services
Others	Special Service Group