I Corps (Pakistan)

I Corps
Active1957 (1957)
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
TypeStrike Corps
RoleManeuver/deployment oversight.
Size~45,000 approximately
(Though this may vary as units are rotated)
HQ/GarrisonMangla Cantonment, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Nickname(s)Mangla Corps
Colors IdentificationRed, white and yellow
   
Anniversaries1957
EngagementsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
DecorationsMilitary Decorations of Pakistan military
Commanders
CommanderLt-Gen. Nauman Zakaria
Notable
commanders
Pervez Musharraf
Bakhtiar Rana
Nadeem Ahmad
Shamsur Rahman Kallu
Tariq Khan

The I Corps is a field corps of the Pakistan Army currently headquaretered in the Mangla Cantonment, Azad Kashmir in Pakistan. Formed in 1957 as one of the tenth deployment and maneuver strike corps, it is a major ground formation and has seen deployments in the wars between India and Pakistan from 1965–71.:64

Currently, it is commanded by Lieutenant-General Nauman Zakaria.