XXX Corps (Pakistan)

30th Corps (Pakistan)
30th Corps (Pakistan)
	Badge of 30 Corps, Gujranwala
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
Nickname(s)	Triple X Corps, Gujranwala Corps
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 Muhammad Amir
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.

The vital area, which connects Pakistan's Punjab with parts of Indian Occupied Kashmir (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.

Structure[]

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

Structure of XXX Corps
Corps	Corps HQ	Corps Commander	Assigned Units	Unit HQ
XXX Corps	Gujranwala	Lt.Gen Muhammad Amir
			Artillery Division	U/I Location
				Sialkot
			,	Sialkot
			54th Independent Infantry Brigade	Sialkot
			2nd Independent Armoured Brigade	U/I Location
			Independent Anti-tank Brigade	U/I Location
			Independent Engineering Brigade	U/I Location
			Independent Signal Brigade	U/I Location

List of Commanders[]

Lieutenant-General	Commander XXX Corps	Term Start	Term End
	Muhammad Amir	October 2021	Present
	Asim Munir Ahmed Shah	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
	,	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,	May 1993	August 1995
	Hamid Niaz,	May 1992	May 1993
	Chaudhry Sardar Ali,	November 1990	May 1992
	Pir Dad Khan,	March 1988	November 1990
	Imtiaz Waraich,	July 1987	March 1988

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

[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

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