V Corps (Pakistan)

V Corps
V Corps
	Badge of 5 Corps, Karachi
Active	1975 - Present
Country	Pakistan
Allegiance	Pakistan Army
Branch	Active Duty
Type	Army Corps
Role	Combined arms formation; Tactical headquarters element
Size	20,000+ approximately (though this may vary as units are rotated)
Part of	Southern Military Command of Pakistan Army
HQ/Command Control Headquarter	Karachi, Sindh
Nickname(s)	Sindh Corps; The V Corps; Karachi Corps[1]
Colors Identification	Red, white and gold;
Engagements	Operation Blue Fox; Indo-Pakistani War of 1999; Balochistan conflict
Decorations	Military Decorations of Pakistan Military
Commanders
Corps Commander	Lt Gen Babar Iftikhar
Chief of Staff	Brigadier Hussain Masood
Notable; commanders	GEN Ahsan Saleem Hyat; GEN Asif Nawaz; LTG Arif Bangash; LTG Muzaffar Hussain Usmani; LTG Zaheerul Islam; LTG Naveed Mukhtar; LTG Nadeem Anjum
Insignia
War Flag

The V Corps, also known as Victory Corps, is a field corps of Pakistan Army assigned in Karachi, Sindh province of Pakistan. The V Corps is the only corps that is stationed in the Sindh Province. It is headquartered in Karachi. Currently, the corps is commanded by Lieutenant-General Babar Iftikhar (Since December 2022).[2]

History

The Corps was raised in 1975 to command Pakistani units in the entire of Sindh and some parts of southern Punjab and eastern Balochistan. The corps was heavily used in the Sindh anti-dacoity operations in the rural Sindh and the anti-terrorism operations in the urban Sindh during the late 1980s and the early 1990s. The Corps played an important role in 1999 coup d'état led by Chief of Army Staff and Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff Committee General Pervez Musharraf. The coup removed the democratically elected government of Prime minister Nawaz Sharif in 1999.

The corps took part in assisting the federal government in preparing for Cyclone Biparjoy. The 18th Infantry Division was involved in establishing relief camps and evacuating people living near the coastline.[3][4][5]

Structure

Structure of V Corps
Corps	Corps HQ	Corps Commander	Assigned Units	Unit HQ
V Corps	Karachi	Lt. Gen. Babar Iftikhar	16th Infantry Division:	Pano Aqil
			18th Infantry Division:	Hyderabad
			25th Mechanized Division:	Malir
			31st Mechanized Brigade	Hyderabad
			2nd Armored Brigade	Malir
			Independent Artillery Brigade	N/A
			Independent Signal Brigade	N/A
			Independent Engineering Brigade	N/A

List of corps commanders

#	Name	Start of tenure	End of tenure
1	Lt Gen Mohammad Akbar Khan	1974	March 1976
2	Lt Gen Jehanzeb Arbab	March 1976	January 1978
3	Lt Gen Iqbal Khan	January 1978	September 1978
4	Lt Gen S.M. Abbasi	September 1978	March 1980
5	Lt Gen Ahmad Jamal Khan	March 1980	March 1984
6	Lt Gen Ahmad Shamim Khan	March 1984	March 1988
7	Lt Gen Asif Nawaz	March 1988	March 1991
8	Lt Gen Arif Bangash	March 1991	1992
9	Lt Gen Naseer Akhtar	1992	1994
10	Lt Gen Lehrasab Khan	1994	May 1997
11	Lt Gen Afzal Janjua	May 1997	October 1998
12	Lt Gen Muzaffar Hussain Usmani	October 1998	May 2001
13	Lt Gen Tariq Wasim Ghazi	May 2001	January 2004
14	Lt Gen Ahsan Saleem Hyat	January 2004	October 2004
15	Lt Gen Syed Atahar Ali	October 2004	April 2006
16	Lt Gen Ahsan Azhar Hyat	April 2006	October 2008
17	Lt Gen Shahid Iqbal	October 2008	October 2010
18	Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam	October 2010	March 2012
19	Lt Gen Ijaz Chaudhry	March 2012	November 2013
20	Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani	November 2013	October 2014
21	Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar	October 2014	December 2016
22	Lt Gen Shahid Baig Mirza	December 2016	August 2018
23	Lt Gen Humayun Aziz	August 2018	December 2020
24	Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum	December 2020	November 2021
25	Lt Gen Muhammad Saeed	November 2021	December 2022
26	Lt Gen Babar Iftikhar	December 2022	-

References

"Karachi Corps Commander News". tribune.com.pk. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
"One-third of corps commanders replaced in major reshuffle". dawn.com. 25 August 2018. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
"GOC Hyderabad Visits Relief Camps Of Sujawal District". bolnews.com. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
"Pakistan Army troops engage in evacuation, relief activities amid Biparjoy". app.com.pk. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
"Under no circumstances people will be left alone: Karachi corps commander". dunyanews.tv. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

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[1] "Karachi Corps Commander News". tribune.com.pk. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[2] "One-third of corps commanders replaced in major reshuffle". dawn.com. 25 August 2018. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[3] "GOC Hyderabad Visits Relief Camps Of Sujawal District". bolnews.com. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

[4] "Pakistan Army troops engage in evacuation, relief activities amid Biparjoy". app.com.pk. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

[5] "Under no circumstances people will be left alone: Karachi corps commander". dunyanews.tv. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.