XII Corps (Pakistan)

XII Corps
Badge of XII Corps
Active1984 (1984)
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
TypeXXX Corps
RoleManeuver/Deployment oversight.
Size~45,000 approximately
(Though this may vary as units are rotated)
HQ/GarrisonQuetta Cantonment, Balochistan, Pakistan
Nickname(s)Quetta Corps
Southern Command:309–311
Colors IdentificationRed, white and black
   
Anniversaries1985
EngagementsBalochistan Conflict

Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts

2024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes

Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes

Afghanistan conflict

War on Terror

DecorationsMilitary Decorations of Pakistan Military
Commanders
CommanderLt-Gen. Rahat Naseem Ahmed Khan
Notable
commanders
General K.S. Wynne
General Abdul Waheed
Lt-Gen. Sarfraz Ali
Lt-Gen.Asif Ghafoor
Insignia
War Flag

The XII Corps is a field corps of the Pakistan Army currently headquartered in Quetta, Balochistan in Pakistan.

With reserves, paramilitary, and other military formations supporting the XII Corps, the corps has an area of responsibility of Balochistan and oversees its mission of responsibility to protect as an army's regional formation in Pakistan's security apparatus known as the Southern Command.:309–311