I Corps (Pakistan)

I Corps
Active1957; 67 years ago (1957)
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
TypeXXX Corps
RoleManeuver/deployment oversight.
Size~45,000 approximately
(Though this may vary as units are rotated)
HQ/GarrisonMangla Cantonment, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Nickname(s)Mangla Corps[1]
Colors IdentificationRed, white and yellow
   
Anniversaries1957
EngagementsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
DecorationsMilitary Decorations of Pakistan military
Commanders
CommanderLt-Gen. Nauman Zakaria
Notable
commanders
Pervez Musharraf
Bakhtiar Rana
Nadeem Ahmad
Shamsur Rahman Kallu
Tariq Khan

The I Corps is a field corps of the Pakistan Army currently headquaretered in the Mangla Cantonment, Azad Kashmir in Pakistan.[2] Formed in 1957 as one of the tenth deployment and maneuver strike corps, it is a major ground formation and has seen deployments in the wars between India and Pakistan from 1965–71.: 64 [3]

Currently, it is commanded by Lieutenant-General Nauman Zakaria.[4]

  1. ^ "Azhar Abbasi promoted, posted as Mangla Corps Commander". pakobserver.net. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. ^ "COAS Visits Mangla Garrison". www.hilal.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Oxford University Press, Fair, 2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Syed, Baqir Sajjad (11 May 2024). "Peshawar, Mangla corps commanders appointed". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 7 June 2024.