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
NicknameMangla Corps
Colors IdentificationRed, white and yellow
   
Anniversaries1957
EngagementsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Indo-Pakistani border escalation of 2003 Indo-Pakistani skirmishes along the LOC 2016 Indo-Pakistani Standoff 2019

[Indo-Pakistani conflict of May 2025]]
DecorationsMilitary Decorations of Pakistan military
Commanders
CommanderLt-Gen. Nauman Zakaria
Notable
commanders
Pervez Musharraf
Lt-Gen. Nadeem Zaki
Bakhtiar Rana
Nadeem Ahmad
Shamsur Rahman Kallu
Tariq Khan
Insignia
Flag

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 to 1971.

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