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== Units ==
== Units ==
1 SIND (MIB)(Fakhar E Sind)
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Raised pre-Independence

* [[1st Battalion, Sindh Regiment|1st Battalion]] - Old 13 Baluch Regiment
* 2nd Battalion - Old 17 Baluch Regiment
* 3rd Battalion (Athra)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hilal.gov.pk/eng-article/detail/MTEwMw==.html |title=The Swat War Days |first=Sajid Muzaffar |last=Chaudhry |website=Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine |access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-32%20Dated%2011-08-2021.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. |page=419 |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=11 August 2021 |access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref> - Old 18 Baluch Regiment

Raised in 1971 (Transferred in 1980)

* 4th Battalion (Sarmast) - Old 44 Punjab Regiment
* 5th Battalion<Albatal ref name="ppra2">{{cite web |url=https://www.ppra.org.pk/organizations.asp?PageNo=2 |title=Public Tenders page 2 |publisher=Public Procurement Regulatory Authority |access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2375968/untold-tales-from-the-battlefront |title=Untold tales from the battlefront |quote=Captain Muhammad Ajmal Khan of 5 Sindh Regiment |first=Naveed |last=Hussain |publisher=[[The Express Tribune]] |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref><ref name=gazette20210127>{{cite web |url=http://pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-4%20Dated%2027-01-2021.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=27 January 2021 |access-date=13 December 2022}}</ref> - Old 45 Punjab Regiment{{rp|21}}
* 6th Battalion (Qalandars) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hilal.gov.pk/eng-article/detail/MTA4NQ==.html |title=The Peace Force: (An Overview of Pakistan Army Contributions to UN Peacekeeping Missions) |last1=Ahmad |first1=Kabir |first2=Saud |last2=Al Aziz |first3=Kiani |last3=Kanwal |website=Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine |access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref><ref name=gazette20200603>{{cite web |url=http://pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-23%20Dated%2003-06-2020.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. |page=201 |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=3 June 2020 |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref> - Old 46 Punjab Regiment
* 7th Battalion (Jafakash)
* 8th Battalion (Al Shawaz)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hilal.gov.pk/uploads/hilalkids/pdf/NTE=.pdf |title=Hilal for kids |date=September 2020 |website=Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine |access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref> - Transferred from Punjab Regiment
* 9th Battalion (Saifullah) <ref name="ppra3">{{cite web |url=https://www.ppra.org.pk/organizations.asp?PageNo=3 |title=Public Tenders page 3 |publisher=Public Procurement Regulatory Authority |access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref> - Transferred from Punjab Regiment
* 10th Battalion - Old 46 Baluch Regiment
* 11th Battalion (Tabbar)<ref name="ppra1">{{cite web |url=https://www.ppra.org.pk/organizations.asp?PageNo=1 |title=Public Tenders page 1 |publisher=Public Procurement Regulatory Authority |access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-14%20Dated%2007-04-2021.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. |page=550 |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=14 October 2020 |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref> - Old 48 Baluch Regiment
* 12th Battalion<ref name="ppra1"/> - Old 49 Baluch Regiment
* 13th Battalion - Transferred from Punjab Regiment
* 14th Battalion (Rawan Dawan) - Transferred from Punjab Regiment
* 15th Battalion (Faateh) - Old 51 Punjab Regiment
* 16th Battalion - Old 51 Baluch Regiment
* 17th Battalion - Old 52 Punjab Regiment
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* 18th Battalion (Yakjan) - Old 53 Punjab Regiment
* 19th Battalion (Sarbuland) - Old 52 Baluch Regiment
* 20th Battalion (Toofani) - Old 53 Baluch Regiment (Raised by Lt Col [[Mirza Aslam Beg]] in 1971.
* 21st Battalion<ref name=gazette20210519>{{cite web |url=http://pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-20%20Dated%2019-05-2021.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. |page=191 |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=19 May 2021 |access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref> -

Raised Post Amalgamation

* 22nd Battalion (Daler)<ref name="ppra2">{{cite web |url=https://www.ppra.org.pk/organizations.asp?PageNo=2 |title=Public Tenders page 2 |publisher=Public Procurement Regulatory Authority |access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref><ref name=gazette20200603/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hilal.gov.pk/eng-article/detail/MTI3OQ==.html |title=Spirits Rekindled – Joint Staff Pakistan Day Parade - 2015 |last1=Tariq |first1=Sardar Muhammad |first2=Asif Jehangir |last2=Raja |website=Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine |access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref>
* 23rd Battalion (Sholazan) - Transferred from Baluch Regiment in 1988 (Old 61 Baluch Regiment)
* 24th Battalion<ref name="ppra2" />
* 25th Battalion (al-Kaseeb)<ref name="ppra2" />
* 26th Battalion (Janbaz)<ref name="ppra2" /><ref name=gazette20210310>{{cite web |url=http://pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-9%20Dated%2026-02-2020.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part III. |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=10 March 2021 |access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref>{{rp|67}}
* 27th Battalion (Sher Haidri) - Parent battalion of Captain Karnal Sher, NH)
* 28th Battalion (Ghaurians) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hilal.gov.pk/eng-article/detail/Mzk5.html |title=Memories of Sacrifices of a Few; and Many! |last=Aslam |first=Mahmood |website=Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine |access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref> - Raised 1999.
* 29th Battalion (Jeedar)
* 30th Battalion
* 31st Battalion
* 32nd Battalion<ref name="ppra2"/>
* 33rd Battalion
* 34th Battalion
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;Affiliated units
;Affiliated units
* 5 [[Light Commando Battalion]] (Sindh)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-16%20Dated%2021-04-2021.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. |page=108 |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=21 April 2021 |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/forces-on-alert-as-large-number-of-pakistan-ssg-commandos-spotted-near-loc/490387 |title=Forces on alert as large number of Pakistan SSG commandos spotted near LoC |first=Srinjoy |last=Chowdhury |publisher=Times Now News |date=17 September 2019}}</ref>
* 5 [[Light Commando Battalion]] (Sindh)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-16%20Dated%2021-04-2021.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. |page=108 |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=21 April 2021 |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/forces-on-alert-as-large-number-of-pakistan-ssg-commandos-spotted-near-loc/490387 |title=Forces on alert as large number of Pakistan SSG commandos spotted near LoC |first=Srinjoy |last=Chowdhury |publisher=Times Now News |date=17 September 2019}}</ref>

Revision as of 18:52, 24 January 2024

Sindh Regiment
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Regimental cap badge
Founded1980
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
Roleinfantry
Size34 battalions
Regimental centreHyderabad, Sindh
Battle honoursKargil War
Commanders
Colonel-in-chiefGeneral Nadeem Raza[1]
Colonel commandantLt General Sahir Shamshad Mirza[1]

The Sindh Regiment (Template:Lang-sd, Template:Lang-ur) (previously Sind Regiment) is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army established on 1 July 1980. The regiment takes its name from Sindh province in southern Pakistan. Prior to its formation there had been no regiment in the Pakistan Army specifically intended to recruit primarily from the Sindhi population. The regimental centre is located in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.

History

Since independence in 1947, the Pakistan Army had been dominated by Punjabis, with as much as 77% of army personnel.[2] A specific regiment was created to address concerns of underrepresentation of Sindhis.[3][4] This was done by the transfer of eleven battalions from the Punjab Regiment and ten battalions from the Baloch Regiment. An additional seven battalions were raised in the period from 1988 to 1999 while another Baluch battalion was transferred in 1988. Further raisings between 2001 and 2019 brought total strength of the regiment to 33 battalions.

Uniform

The regimental badge depicts crossed Sindhi axes surmounted by the star and crescent appearing above a title scroll in Urdu. All ranks wear a cherry pink beret with a red plume hackle.

Commanders

Previous colonel-commandants of the regiment have included Lieutenant General Salim Haider, who has served as the commander of I (Strike) Corps, Mangla, and as the Master-General of Ordnance (MGO).[5]

Battle honours

The following battle honours are a representation of honours awarded to the battalions which form the regiment.

  • Kargil War: 24th Battalion, Sindh Regiment participated in the War and Sepoy Fazl Aman was taken POW in the war and later repatriated.

Operational awards to individual members of the regiment include:

Non-operational awards include:

Units

1 SIND (MIB)(Fakhar E Sind)

Affiliated units

Alliances

Notable personnel

References

  1. ^ a b "General Nadeem Raza installed as second colonel in chief of Sindh regiment". Geo TV. 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ Das, Suranjan (2001). Kashmir and Sindh: Nation-building, Ethnicity and Regional Politics in South Asia. Anthem Press. ISBN 9781898855873.
  3. ^ Far Eastern Economic Review. Far Eastern Economic Review Limited. 1986. p. 27.
  4. ^ "Foreign Affairs Pakistan". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan). 2000. p. 30.
  5. ^ "Enemy mounting pressure, says Musharraf" Daily Dawn, 7 October 2000
  6. ^ Rao, Hamza (5 July 2022). "Remembering the 'Lion of Kargil' on 23rd martyrdom anniversary".
  7. ^ Bammi, Y. M. (2002). Kargil 1999, Impregnable Conquered. Gorkha Publishers. p. A-61. ISBN 9788175253520.
  8. ^ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 21 April 2021. p. 108. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  9. ^ Chowdhury, Srinjoy (17 September 2019). "Forces on alert as large number of Pakistan SSG commandos spotted near LoC". Times Now News.
  10. ^ "The Sindh Regiment Pakistan". Pakistan Army. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Sindh Regiment". Archived from the original on 2 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Members > Members' Directory > Member Profile". Provincial Assembly of Sindh. Retrieved 8 December 2022.


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