| Unit Name: | IV Corps |
| Dates: | - Present |
| Type: | Corps |
| Role: | Maneuver/Deployment oversight. |
| Size: | ~45,000 approximately |
| Garrison: | Lahore Cantonment, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Garrison Label: | Corps Headquarters |
| Nickname: | Lahore Corps |
| Colors: | Red, white and silver |
| Colors Label: | Colors Identification |
| Battles: | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| Decorations: | Military Decorations of Pakistan Military |
| Commander1: | Lt-Gen. Aamer Raza |
| Commander1 Label: | Commander |
| Commander2: | Brigadier Zia Khan |
| Commander2 Label: | Chief of Staff |
| Notable Commanders: | Gen. Tikka Khan Lt-Gen. Moinuddin Haider |
| Identification Symbol Label: | War Flag |
The IV Corps is a field corps of the Pakistan Army, headquartered in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.[1] Having established in January 1966, it is Pakistan army's of one of ten field corps formations which saw its deployment against the Indian Army in 1971.[2]
It is currently commanded by its commander, Lieutenant-General Aamer Raza.[3]
The GHQ Pakistan, working under Gen. Yahya Khan in Rawalpindi established the formation in to ensure national defenses of Lahore in January 1966. It was the second formation created by the Army GHQ, followed by the II Corps, to strengthened the national defenses of Pakistan, focusing only in Punjab.
During the second war with Indian Army, the I Corps maneuvered the entire armored and infantry units which found to be unwieldy and extremely ineffective to control the army elements to coordinate the missions together.[4]
The 4th artillery of the Regiment of Artillery, that played a crucial role in supporting the 6th Armored Division in Battle of Chawinda attached to I Corps, played a crucial role in establishing the IV Corps.[5] [6] [7]
The IV Corps is headquartered in Lahore Cantonment since January 1966 when Lieutenant-General Attiqur Rahman was appointed as its first corps.[8]
The IV Corps saw its deployment in 1971 against the Indian Army to maneuver the military elements to strengthened the defences of Lahore sector.[9]
The corps order of battle is.[10]
| Structure of IV Corps | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corps | Corps HQ | Corps Commander | Assigned Units | Unit HQ | |||||
| IV Corps | Lahore | Lt. Gen. Syed Aamer Raza | |||||||
| 2nd Artillery Division | Gujranwala | ||||||||
| 10th Infantry Division | Lahore | ||||||||
| 11th Infantry Division | Lahore | ||||||||
| 212th Infantry Brigade | Lahore | ||||||||
| 3rd Independent Armoured Brigade | Chunian | ||||||||
| Independent Engineering Brigade | U/I Location | ||||||||
| Independent Signal Brigade | U/I Location | ||||||||
| Name | Start of tenure | End of tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lt Gen Attiqur Rahman | January 1966 | August 1969 |
| 2 | Lt Gen Tikka Khan | August 1969 | March 1971 |
| 3 | Lt Gen Bahadur Sher Khan | March 1971 | January 1972 |
| 4 | Lt Gen Abdul Hameed Khan | January 1972 | January 1974 |
| 5 | Lt Gen Iqbal Khan | March 1976 | January 1978 |
| 6 | Lt Gen Sawar Khan | January 1978 | March 1980 |
| 7 | March 1980 | March 1984 | |
| 8 | Lt Gen Mohammad Aslam Shah | March 1984 | March 1986 |
| 9 | Lt Gen Alam Jan Masud | March 1986 | July 1990 |
| 10 | Lt Gen Mohammad Ashraf | July 1990 | January 1993 |
| 11 | Lt Gen Humayun Khan Bangash | January 1993 | January 1996 |
| 12 | Lt Gen Moinuddin Haider | January 1996 | March 1997 |
| 13 | Lt Gen Mohammad Akram | March 1997 | October 1998 |
| 14 | Lt Gen Khalid Maqbool | October 1998 | August 2000 |
| 15 | Lt Gen Aziz Khan | August 2000 | October 2001 |
| 16 | Lt Gen Zarrar Azim | October 2001 | December 2003 |
| 17 | Lt Gen Shahid Aziz | December 2003 | October 2005 |
| 18 | Lt Gen Shafaat Ullah Shah | October 2005 | March 2008 |
| 19 | Lt Gen Ijaz Ahmed Bakshi | March 2008 | April 2010 |
| 20 | Lt Gen Rashad Mahmood | April 2010 | January 2013 |
| 21 | Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmad | January 2013 | September 2013 |
| 22 | Lt Gen Naweed Zaman | September 2013 | September 2015 |
| 23 | Lt Gen Sadiq Ali | September 2015 | September 2017 |
| 24 | Lt Gen Aamer Riaz | September 2017 | December 2018 |
| 25 | Lt Gen Majid Ehsan | December 2018 | December 2020 |
| 25 | Lt Gen Muhammad Abdul Aziz | December 2020 | October 2022 |
| 26 | Lt Gen Salman Fayyaz Ghanni | October 2022 | May 2023 |
| 27 | Lt Gen Syed Aamer Raza | 16 May 2023 | Present |