# IV Corps (Pakistan)

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The IV Corps is a field corps of the Pakistan Army, headquartered in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 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.
It is currently being commanded by Lieutenant-General Syed Fayyaz Hussain Shah.

## Overview
### History and war service

This corps was created in the early part of 1966. It was the second corps level 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.
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.
The IV Corps is headquartered in Lahore Cantonment since January 1966 when Lieutenant-General Attiqur Rahman was appointed as its first commander.
The IV Corps saw its deployment in 1971 against the Indian Army to maneuver the military elements to strengthened the defences of Lahore sector.

## Structure

The corps order of battle is.
Structure of IV Corps :
| Corps | Corps HQ | Corps Commander | Assigned Units | Unit HQ |
| IV Corps | Lahore | Lt. Gen. Fayyaz Hussain Shah |
| IV Corps | Lahore | Lt. Gen. Fayyaz Hussain Shah | 2nd Artillery Division | Gujranwala |
| IV Corps | Lahore | Lt. Gen. Fayyaz Hussain Shah | 10th Infantry Division | Lahore |
| IV Corps | Lahore | Lt. Gen. Fayyaz Hussain Shah | 11th Infantry Division | Lahore |
| IV Corps | Lahore | Lt. Gen. Fayyaz Hussain Shah | 212th Infantry Brigade | Lahore |
| IV Corps | Lahore | Lt. Gen. Fayyaz Hussain Shah | 3rd Independent Armoured Brigade | Chunian |
| IV Corps | Lahore | Lt. Gen. Fayyaz Hussain Shah | Independent Engineering Brigade | U/I Location |
| IV Corps | Lahore | Lt. Gen. Fayyaz Hussain Shah | Independent Signal Brigade | U/I Location |

## List of corps commanders

| # | 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 | Lt Gen S.F.S. Lodhi | 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 | 23 January 2025 |
| 28 | Lt Gen Syed Fayyaz Hussain Shah | 23 January 2025 | Incumbent |