111th Infantry Brigade (Pakistan)

111th Infantry Brigade
Active1956- Present
CountryPakistan
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
TypeLight Infantry
Light Artillery
Psychological warfare
RoleQuick response, defence of key installation (garrison brigade of GHQ)
SizeMore than 30,000 active duty soldiers[citation needed]
Part ofX Corps
HeadquartersRawalpindi
Nickname(s)Triple 1 Brigade
AnniversariesDefence Day
EngagementsPakistani Military Coup of 1958[broken anchor]
Operation Fair Play
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Battle of Chamb 1971[1]
Siachen Conflict
Indo-Pakistani War of 1999
1999 Pakistani coup d'état
Operation Silence
Operation Janbaz
DecorationsPakistan Armed Forces Awards and decorations
Commanders
Current CommanderBrigadier Fahad Qayyum, Brigade Commander
Notable
commanders
LTG Sarfraz Ali
LTG Faiz Ali Chishti
LTG Jamshed Gulzar Kiani
General Yahya Khan
General Akhtar Abdur Rahman
LTG Javed Iqbal
Major General Bilal Omer Khan
(LATE) Major General Muhamad Ali Khan.

Major General Faheem Rao Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa

Major General Salman Moin.

The 111th Independent Infantry Brigade Group, commonly known as the 111th Brigade or Triple-1 Brigade, is an infantry brigade of the Pakistan Army notable for its frequent involvement and fast response in military coup d'etats since Pakistani independence.[2] From 11 January 2012 Brigadier Sarfraz Ali[3] commanded the Brigade. He succeeded Brigadier Faheem Rao who had earlier replaced Brigadier Asim Salim Bajwa.

  1. ^ "The Battle of Chamb-1971".
  2. ^ Jones, Owen Bennett (2002), "The 1999 Coup", Pakistan: Eye of the Storm, Yale University Press, pp. 39–307, ISBN 0300101473
  3. ^ "Commander 111 Brigade changed | PAKISTAN". geo.tv. Archived from the original on 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2013-12-28.