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{{About|an infantry regiment in the Pakistan Army|the regiment of the same name in the Indian Army|Punjab Regiment (India)|other uses|Punjab Regiment (disambiguation){{!}}Punjab Regiment}}<br />
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{{Infobox military unit<br />
| unit_name = Punjab Regiment<br />
| image = Punjab Regiment logo.png<br />
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| dates = 1759–present<br />
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* {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} [[Company rule in India|British East India Company Rule]] {{small|(1759–1858)}}<br />
* {{flag|British India}} {{small|(1858–1947)}}<br />
* {{flag|Pakistan}} {{small|(1947–present)}}<br />
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| type = [[Infantry]]<br />
| role = <br />
| size = [[#Current units|38 battalions]]<br />
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| garrison = [[Mardan]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]<br />
| garrison_label = Regimental centre<br />
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| colors_label = Colours<ref>{{Cite web|title=Punjab Regiment – Pakistan Army|url=https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/Punjab-Regiment.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127194907/https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/Punjab-Regiment.php|archive-date=27 November 2020|access-date=13 January 2021|website=www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk}}</ref><br />
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|'''Under the [[East India Company|British East India Company]]:'''<br />
* [[Seven Years' War]]<br />
* [[First Anglo-Mysore War|First Anglo−Mysore War]]<br />
* [[Second Anglo-Mysore War|Second Anglo−Mysore War]]<br />
* [[Third Anglo-Mysore War|Third Anglo−Mysore War]]<br />
* [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War|Fourth Anglo−Mysore War]]<br />
* [[Second Anglo-Maratha War|Second Anglo−Maratha War]]<br />
* [[Travancore rebellion|Travancore Rebellion of 1808–1809]]<br />
* [[Anglo-Nepalese War|Anglo−Nepalese War]]<br />
* [[Third Anglo-Maratha War|Third Anglo−Maratha War]]<br />
* [[First Anglo-Burmese War|First Anglo−Burmese War]]<br />
* [[Coorg War|Coorg War of 1834]]<br />
* [[First Anglo-Afghan War|First Anglo−Afghan War]]<br />
* [[First Opium War]]<br />
* [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]<br />
'''Under the [[The Crown|British Crown]]:'''<br />
* [[Duar War|Bhutan War]]<br />
* [[British Expedition to Abyssinia|1867–1868 Expedition to Abyssinia]]<br />
* [[Second Anglo-Afghan War|Second Anglo−Afghan War]]<br />
* [[Anglo-Egyptian War|1882 Conquest of Egypt]]<br />
* [[Boxer Rebellion|Chinese Boxer Rebellion]]<br />
* [[Somaliland campaign|Somaliland Campaign]]<br />
* [[1911 Revolution|1911 Chinese Revolution]]<br />
* [[World War I]]<br />
* [[Third Anglo-Afghan War|Third Anglo−Afghan War]]<br />
* [[World War II]]<br />
'''Post−[[Partition of India|Independence]]:'''<br />
* [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948|First Indo−Pakistani War]]<br />
* [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Second Indo−Pakistani War]]<br />
* [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]<br />
** [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|Third Indo−Pakistani War]]<br />
* [[Siachen conflict|Conflict in Siachen]]<br />
** [[Kargil War|Fourth Indo−Pakistani War]]<br />
* [[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|War in North−West Pakistan]]<br />
}}<br />
| anniversaries = [[Defence Day]]: September 6<br />
| decorations = <br />
| battle_honours = <!-- Commanders --><br />
| commander1 = [[General (Pakistan)|General]] [[Khalid Shameem Wynne|Khalid Shameem]]<br />
| commander1_label = Colonel-in-Chief<br />
| commander2 = <br />
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| commander3 = [[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|Lieutenant-General]] Syed Muhammad Adnan, HI (M)<br />
| commander3_label = Colonel Commandant<br />
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The '''Punjab Regiment''' is an infantry regiment of the [[Pakistan Army]]. The regiment takes its name from the historic [[Punjab]] region, which is now divided into the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab province]] of Pakistan and the [[India]]n states of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Haryana]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]]. It was raised in its current form [[Constitution of Pakistan of 1956|in 1956]], following the amalgamation of the [[1st Punjab Regiment|1st]], [[14th Punjab Regiment|14th]], [[15th Punjab Regiment|15th]] and [[16th Punjab Regiment|16th]] Punjab regiments that were inherited by the [[Dominion of Pakistan]] from the [[British Indian Army]] upon the [[Partition of India]]. Since then, the regiment has expanded in size to [[#Current units|34 battalions]].<br />
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It is the oldest regiment in the Pakistan Army, tracing its lineage to as far back as 1751, during the reign of the [[Mughal Empire]].<ref name="Rizvi 1984" /> The regiment's battalions have a distinguished record of military service, spanning the rise and decline of [[British Empire|British colonial rule]] in [[South Asia]], both [[World War I]] and [[World War II]], as well as post-independence [[Pakistan]].<br />
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== Early history ==<br />
[[File:Battle of Assaye.jpeg|thumb|right|General [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]], later Duke of Wellington, directing the 2/12th Madras Native Infantry (10/1st Punjab), at the [[Battle of Assaye]], 1803. Painting by JC Stadler c. 1815.|300px]] The Punjab Regiment of Pakistan traces its origins back to the [[Madras Army]] of the [[East India Company|British East India Company]]. The senior-most [[battalion]] of the [[1st Punjab Regiment]] (which existed separately before [[Constitution of Pakistan of 1956|1956]]) was raised in 1759 as the 3rd Battalion of Coast [[Sepoy]]s, and became the oldest-surviving [[infantry]] battalion of the erstwhile [[British Indian Army]]. Their first major engagement saw a decisive victory at the [[Battle of Wandiwash]] in 1760, when the British East India Company, led by [[Eyre Coote (East India Company officer)|Sir Eyre Coote]], effectively ended [[French colonial empire|French colonial]] ambitions in [[South Asia]]. All of the regiment's battalions subsequently played an important role in the early military campaigns of the East India Company and were actively engaged in the wars against the French, the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] and the [[Maratha Empire]].<ref>Qureshi, Maj MI. (1958). The First Punjabis: History of the First Punjab Regiment, 1759–1956. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.</ref><br />
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The numbers and titles of the battalions changed during the successive reorganizations of the [[Madras Army|Madras]] [[Presidency armies|Presidency Army]], the British Indian Army and the Indian Army during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The names changed from Coast Sepoys to Carnatic Infantry, Madras Native Infantry, Punjabis and finally to the Punjab Regiment. After the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]] of 1857, the new colonial administration applied the [[martial race]]s concept, following which [[north India]]n soldiers overwhelmingly supplanted the [[Dravidian peoples|south Indians]]. The regiment was eventually renamed to the Punjab Regiment.<br />
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== British Raj ==<br />
[[File:20th (Punjab) Bengal Infantry (6 Punjab), Egypt 1882 2.jpg|thumb|right| 20th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (now 6 Punjab, Pakistan Army), Egypt, 1882.]]<br />
Following the [[The Crown|British Crown]]'s takeover of rule over [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]] from the [[East India Company]] in 1858, the Punjab regiments played a role in numerous conflicts across the world involving the [[British Empire]]. Various [[battalion]]s were deployed to regions of British interest, ranging from modern-day [[China]], [[Egypt]], [[Myanmar|Burma]] and erstwhile [[Ethiopian Empire|Abyssinia]].<br />
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Between 1903 and 1922, the [[British Indian Army]] included 28 numbered [[Punjab Regiment (disambiguation)|Punjabi Regiments]]. In 1922, these were amalgamated into six numbered regiments, namely:<br />
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* [[1st Punjab Regiment]] <br />
* [[2nd Punjab Regiment]] <br />
* [[8th Punjab Regiment]] <br />
* [[14th Punjab Regiment]] <br />
* [[15th Punjab Regiment]] <br />
* [[16th Punjab Regiment]] <br />
These regiments would all play a prominent role during [[World War II]]. From the [[14th Punjab Regiment]], the 1st and 5th battalions were deployed in [[Malayan campaign|Malaya]] during the opening stages of the [[South-East Asian theatre of World War II|Southeast Asian theatre]]. The 1st Battalion, under the command of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] James Fitzpatrick, was overrun by [[Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan|Imperial Japanese forces]] at [[Changlun]] during the [[Battle of Jitra]]. With only 270 survivors, the 1st Battalion was not reformed during the rest of the campaign. The 5th Battalion, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Livesy Lawrence Stokes, performed relatively well in the [[Operation Krohcol|British invasion of Japanese Thailand]] in early December 1941. However, Stokes died in Japanese captivity on 15 February 1942, following the [[Battle of Slim River]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Stokes|first=Cyril Lovesy Lawrence|title=Commonwealth War Graves|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/937790/CYRIL%20LOVESY%20LAWRENCE%20STOKES/|website=Commonwealth War Graves}}</ref> The 5/14th Punjabis was forced to surrender along with the rest of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] forces after the [[Battle of Singapore|Fall of Singapore]] to the [[Empire of Japan]] on 15 February 1942. However, a number of the Indian troops from both battalions later joined the Japanese-backed [[Indian National Army]], and formed a part of the [[Hindustan Field Force]].<br />
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==Partition of India and independence==<br />
[[File:33rd Punjabi Army (Commander Punjabi Subadar) by A C Lovett.jpg|thumb|33rd Punjabis Watercolour by Maj AC Lovett, 1910.]]<br />
In 1947, the [[British Raj]] announced the [[Indian Independence Act 1947|independence]] of [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]], which would be split into two separate countries: a [[Hindus|Hindu]]-majority [[Dominion of India|India]] and a [[Muslims|Muslim]]-majority [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]. Likewise, the [[British Indian Army]] was also to be divided between the two states. Out of the six existing Punjab Regiments, the 1st Punjab, 8th, 14th, 15th and 16th were allotted to the newly raised [[Pakistan Army]], while the 2nd went to the [[Indian Army]].<br />
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The Punjab Regiment of the Pakistan Army was raised in its present form [[Constitution of Pakistan of 1956|in 1956]], when four of the five Punjab Regiments allocated to Pakistan were merged into a unified unit.<br />
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===Punjab Regiments allocated to Pakistan in 1947 (now part of the Pakistan Army Punjab Regiment)===<br />
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*[[1st Punjab Regiment]]<br />
*[[8th Punjab Regiment]] – Amalgamated with the [[10th Baluch Regiment]] and [[Bahawalpur Regiment]] to form the present-day [[Baloch Regiment]]<br />
*[[14th Punjab Regiment]]<br />
*[[15th Punjab Regiment]]<br />
*[[16th Punjab Regiment]]<br />
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The line up for the new regiment was:<ref name="Rizvi 1984">Rizvi, Brig SHA. (1984). ''Veteran Campaigners – A History of the Punjab Regiment 1759–1981''. Lahore: Wajidalis.</ref><br />
*1 Punjab – [[62nd Punjabis|1/1st Punjab]]<br />
*2 Punjab – [[66th Punjabis|2/1st Punjab]]<br />
*3 Punjab – [[76th Punjabis|3/1st Punjab]]<br />
*4 Punjab – [[82nd Punjabis|5/1st Punjab]]<br />
*5 Punjab – [[19th Punjabis|1/14th Punjab]]<br />
*6 Punjab – [[20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis)|2/14th Punjab (Duke of Cambridge's Own)]]<br />
*7 Punjab – [[22nd Punjabis|3/14th Punjab]]<br />
*8 Punjab – [[24th Punjabis|4/14th Punjab]]<br />
*9 Punjab – [[25th Punjabis|1/15th Punjab]]<br />
*10 Punjab – [[26th Punjabis|2/15th Punjab]]<br />
*11 Punjab – [[27th Punjabis|3/15th Punjab]]<br />
*12 Punjab – [[28th Punjabis|4/15th Punjab]]<br />
*13 Punjab – [[30th Punjabis|1/16th Punjab]]<br />
*14 Punjab – [[31st Punjabis|2/16th Punjab]]<br />
*15 Punjab – [[33rd Punjabis|3/16th Punjab]]<br />
*16 Punjab – [[40th Pathans|5/14th Punjab (Pathans)]]<br />
*17 Punjab – [[9th Bhopal Infantry|4/16th Punjab (Bhopal)]]<br />
*18 Punjab – 7/1st Punjab<br />
*19 Punjab – 7/16th Punjab<br />
*20 Punjab – 14/1st Punjab<br />
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===Punjab Regiments allocated to India in 1947 (now part of the [[Punjab Regiment (India)|Indian Army Punjab Regiment]])===<br />
*[[2nd Punjab Regiment]]<br />
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The 1st Punjab's regimental centre was located in the city of [[Jhelum]]. In early September 1947, [[Pakistanis|Pakistani]] personnel arrived from the 2nd Punjab's regimental centre in [[Meerut]] (present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], India) and [[Indian people|Indian]] personnel were dispatched to either the 11th Sikhs or the 6th Rajputanas regimental centres depending on whether they were [[Sikhs]] or [[Rajput|Hindu Rajputs]].<br />
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The Punjab Regiment at its height totalled 58 battalions; however, 11 were transferred in 1980 to the Pakistan Army's newly raised [[Sind Regiment]].<br />
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===Class and religious composition===<br />
Before the [[Partition of India]] in 1947, the ethno-religious composition of the Punjab Regiment consisted of: [[Punjabi Muslims]] (50%); [[Punjabi Hindus]] (40%); [[Sikhs|Punjabi Sikhs]] (10%). Following the regiment's transfer to the [[Pakistan Army]], it became largely religiously [[Homogeneity and heterogeneity|homogenous]], comprising mostly [[Muslims]] with around 20% ethnic [[Pashtuns]] and 80% [[Punjabis]].<br />
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==Colonel-in-chief==<br />
Since the [[Partition of India|creation of Pakistan in 1947]], the Punjab Regiment has seen the appointment of four [[colonel-in-chief]]s;<br />
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* [[Field marshal (Pakistan)|Field Marshal]] [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]], 5th Punjab<br />
* [[General (Pakistan)|General]] [[Asif Nawaz Janjua|Asif Nawaz]], 5th Punjab<br />
* General [[Aziz Khan (general)|Aziz Khan]], 12th Punjab<ref name="DT">[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-3-2003_pg7_4 "Army can defend every inch: Musharraf"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611124555/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-3-2003_pg7_4 |date=2008-06-11 }} ''Daily Times'', March 22, 2003</ref><br />
* General [[Khalid Shameem Wynne|Khalid Shameem]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asianetpakistan.com/official-news/9549|title=General Khalid Shameem Wynne promoted to Col-in-Chief : AsiaNet-Pakistan|website=asianetpakistan.com|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114132651/http://asianetpakistan.com/official-news/9549 |archive-date=14 January 2012}}</ref> 20th Punjab<br />
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== Recipients of the Nishan-e-Haider ==<br />
The [[Nishan-e-Haider]] is the highest [[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces|gallantry award]] awarded by [[Pakistan]] to those who show an incredible amount of valour and courage on the battlefield in the face of staunch adversity. To date, only ten soldiers have been awarded this honour, of which four belonged to the Punjab Regiment:<br />
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# [[Captain]] [[Raja Muhammad Sarwar|Muhammad Sarwar]], 2nd Punjabis (1910 – July 27, 1948)<br />
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# [[Major]] [[Tufail Mohammad|Muhammad Tufail]], 13th Punjabis (1943 – August 7, 1958)<br />
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# [[Major]] [[Raja Aziz Bhatti|Aziz Bhatti]], 17th Punjabis (1928 – September 10, 1965)<br />
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# [[Naik (military rank)|Naïk]] [[Muhammad Mahfuz Awan|Muhammad Mahfuz]], 15th Punjabis (1944 – December 17, 1971)<br />
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As a form of respect, deceased recipients are given the honorary title of [[Shahid|Shaheed]] ({{lang-ar|شهيد}}; ''{{transl|ar|DIN|šahīd}}''), which denotes [[martyr]]dom, whilst living recipients are dubbed [[Ghazi (warrior)|Ghazi]] ({{lang-ar|غازي}}; ''{{transl|ar|DIN|ġāzī}}''), the [[Islam]]ic term for warrior.<br />
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==Notable former personnel==<br />
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[[File:Muhammad Ayub Khan.jpg|thumb|[[Field marshal (Pakistan)|Field Marshal]] [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]], former [[President of Pakistan]]]] <br />
*Field Marshal [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]] Tareen, [[Nishan-e-Pakistan|N.Pk.]], H.aPk., [[Hilal-i-Jurat|HJ]] - 5 Punjab <br />
*General [[Asif Nawaz Janjua]] - 5 Punjab<br />
*General [[Muhammad Shariff]] - 3 Punjab<br />
*General [[Aziz Khan (general)|Aziz Khan]], [[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]], SBt, HI(M) - 12 Punjab<br />
*General [[Khalid Shameem Wynne]], NI(M) - 20 Punjab<br />
*Major [[Malik Munawar Khan Awan]], SJ, King of Rajouri (reposted to 21 AK regt from 5 Punjab).<br />
*Lieutenant General [[Aftab Ahmad Khan]]<br />
*Lieutenant General [[Tariq Pervez Khan]], Escaped from Fathergarh (India) - 6 Punjab<br />
*Lieutenant General [[Masood Aslam]], [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI]], HI(M), [[Sitara-e-Jurat|SJ]] - 4 Punjab<br />
*Lieutenant General [[Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi]], [[Hilal-i-Jur'at|HJ]]& Bar, [[Military Cross|MC]] 2 Punjab & 5 Punjab<br />
*Major General [[Adam Khan]][MC] 2 Punjab<br />
*Major General [[Sher Ali Khan Pataudi]], HJ 1st Punjab<br />
*Lieutenant General [[Shahid Baig Mirza]] [[HI(M)]] , 11 Punjab [[27th Punjabis]] <br />
*Lieutenant General [[Asim Saleem Bajwa]], TBt - 34 Punjab<br />
*Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam - 13 Punjab<br />
*Lieutenant Colonel [[Ghulam Hussain Chaudry]], HJ - 3 Punjab<br />
*Major [[Raja Nadir Pervez]], SJ & Bar - 6 Punjab<br />
*Major [[Tufail Mohammad]] Shaheed, [[Nishan-e-Haider|NH]] - 13 Punjab<br />
*Major [[Raja Aziz Bhatti]] Shaheed, NH - 17 Punjab<br />
*Captain [[Muhammad Sarwar (military commander)|Muhammad Sarwar]] Shaheed, NH - 2 Punjab<br />
*Captain [[Ishar Singh]], [[Victoria Cross|VC]], [[Order of British India|OBI]] - 12 Punjab (28th Punjabis)<br />
*Lieutenant [[Karamjeet Singh Judge]], VC 12 Punjab (4/15th Punjab)<br />
*[[Jemadar]] [[:simple:Abdul Latif Khan Tarin|Abdul Latif Khan Tarin]],<ref>Younger brother of Khan [[Abdul Majid Khan Tarin]], Khan-Sahib, [[OBE]]</ref> IDSM, [[82nd Punjabis]]. <br />
*Lance Naik [[Muhammad Mahfuz]] Shaheed, NH - 15 Punjab<br />
*Lance Naik [[Sher Shah (soldier)|Sher Shah]], VC - 19 Punjab<br />
*Naik [[Gian Singh (soldier)|Gian Singh]], VC<br />
*Naik [[Shahamad Khan]], VC, 89th Punjabis.<br />
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*Col. [[S.G. Mehdi]] M.C, ex-Group Commander SSG; - 15 Punjab<br />
*Lieutenant General [[KM Azhar Khan]], [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI]], HI(M)] - 18 Punjab, The Desert Hawks Battalion]<br />
*Lieutenant General [[Arif Hayat]], [HI(M)] - 18 Punjab, The Desert Hawks Battalion]<br />
*Lieutenant General [[Asif Yasin Malik]], [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI]], HI(M)<br />
*lieutenant General [[M.Arif Bangash]] - 3 Punjab<br />
*Lieutenant General [[Humayoun Khan Bangash]]<br />
*Major General [[Tahir Masood Bhutta]], 54 Punjab<br />
*Major General [[Abid Ejaz Kahlon]], HI(M) - 18 Punjab, The Desert Hawks Battalion]<br />
*Major General [[Haroon sikandar Pasha]], 20 Punjab<br />
*Major General [[Muhammad Mushtaq]], [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI]], H<br />
*Brigadier [[Raja Habib ur Rahman]], - 5 Punjab<br />
*Brigadier [[Nusrat Khan Sial]], [Sitara - e - Basalat], S(Bt) - 35 Punjab<br />
*Major [[Farook Adam]],SJ - 2 Punjab<br />
*Captain [[Raja Khawar Shahab Shaheed]], 35 Punjab.<br />
*Captain [[Abdul Jalil Orakzai Shaheed]] 3rd Punjab Regiment at Kali-dhar AJK 1965 War<br />
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==Current units==<br />
It is the largest infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army, consisting of 34 battalions.<br />
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* [[62nd Punjabis|1st Battalion]]<br />
* [[66th Punjabis|2nd Battalion]]<ref name=gazette20210616>{{cite web |url=http://pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-24%20Dated%2016-06-2021.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. |page=243 |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=16 June 2021 |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref><br />
* [[76th Punjabis|3rd Battalion]]<br />
* [[82nd Punjabis|4th Battalion]]<br />
* [[19th Punjabis|5th Battalion]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-37%20Dated%2009-09-2020.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. Notifications issued by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Defence Production |page=492 |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=9 September 2020 |access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref><br />
* [[20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis)|6th Battalion]]<br />
* [[22nd Punjabis|7th Battalion]]<ref name=gazette20210616/><br />
* [[24th Punjabis|8th Battalion]]<br />
* [[25th Punjabis|9th Battalion]]<ref name=gazette20210616/><br />
* [[26th Punjabis|10th Battalion]]<br />
* [[27th Punjabis|11th Battalion]]<br />
* [[28th Punjabis|12th Battalion]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2375968/untold-tales-from-the-battlefront |title=Untold tales from the battlefront |quote=An assault party of 12 Punjab Regiment and 15 Baloch Regiment |first=Naveed |last=Hussain |publisher=[[The Express Tribune]] |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref><br />
* [[30th Punjabis|13th Battalion]]<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}}<br />
* [[31st Punjabis|14th Battalion]]<ref name="hilal">{{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) |last=Ahmad |first=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=gazette20200101>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-1%20Dated%2001-01-2020.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=1 January 2020 |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref>{{rp|3}}<br />
* [[33rd Punjabis|15th Battalion]]<ref name=gazette20200101/>{{rp|4}}<br />
* [[40th Pathans|16th Battalion]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hilal.gov.pk/eng-article/detail/MzE1Mg==.html |title= Long Live Pakistan: Joint Services Pakistan Day Parade 23rd March 2019 |last=Iqbal |first=M. Javed |website=Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine |access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref><br />
* [[9th Bhopal Infantry|17th Battalion]]<ref name="hilal"/><ref name=gazette20200101/>{{rp|1}}<br />
* 18th Battalion<ref name="hilal"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pakistangulfeconomist.com/2017/03/27/pakistan/ |title=In the news: Pakistan: India's Modi greets PM on Pakistan Day |publisher=Pakistan & Gulf Economist |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=27 March 2017}}</ref><br />
* 22nd Battalion<ref name=gazette20210310/>{{rp|67}}<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><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hilal.gov.pk/eng-article/detail/Njc3MQ==.html |title=COAS Attends the Closing Ceremony of 42nd Pakistan Army Rifle Association Central Meet |work=Hilal: The Armed Forces Magazine |publisher=Government of Pakistan |access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref><br />
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* 25th Battalion<ref name=gazette20200101/>{{rp|3}}<br />
* [[29th Punjabis|29th Battalion]]<ref name=gazette20210310/>{{rp|68}}<br />
* 31st Battalion<ref name="hilal"/><br />
* 32nd Battalion<ref name="hilal"/><br />
* 36th 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=192 |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=19 May 2021 |access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref><br />
* 37th Battalion<ref name=gazette20210310/>{{rp|67}}<br />
* 38th Battalion<ref name=gazette20210310/>{{rp|68}}<br />
* 39th Battalion<ref name=gazette20210407>{{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=98 |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=7 April 2021 |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref><br />
* 41st Battalion<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hilal.gov.pk/eng-article/detail/MTI3OQ==.html |title=Spirits Rekindled – Joint Staff Pakistan Day Parade - 2015 |last=Tariq |first=Sardar Muhammad |first2=Asif Jehangir |last2=Raja |website=Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine |access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref><br />
* [[46th Punjabis|46th Battalion]]<br />
* 54th Battalion<ref name=gazette20210310/>{{rp|67}}<br />
* 56th Battalion<ref name=gazette20200101/>{{rp|3}} <br />
* 57th Battalion<ref name=gazette20210407/><br />
* 59th Battalion<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><br />
* 61st Battalion<ref name=gazette20200101/>{{rp|1}}<br />
* 63rd Battalion<ref>{{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>{{rp|20}}<br />
* 67th Battalion (Light Anti-Tank)<ref name=gazette20200101/>{{rp|1}}<br />
* 69th Battalion<ref name=gazette20200603/><br />
* [[84th Punjabis|84th Battalion]]<br />
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== Alliances ==<br />
* 1st Bn with [[The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd, 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment)]]<br />
* 8th Bn and 14th Bn with [[Duke of Lancaster's Regiment|The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)]]<br />
* 12th, 14th, 15th, and 17th Bn with [[Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment|The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)]]<br />
* 13th Bn with [[Mercian Regiment|The Mercian Regiment]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Punjab Regiment (India)]]<br />
* [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Regiment]]<br />
* [[Baloch Regiment]]<br />
* [[Frontier Force Regiment]]<br />
* [[Northern Light Infantry Regiment]]<br />
* [[Sindh Regiment]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* Brig. Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi (Ret.) (1984). ''Veteran campaigners: a history of the Punjab Regiment, 1759–1981 (Pakistan Army)''. Lahore: Wajidalis. A comprehensive and detailed history of the Punjab Regiment.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official website|1=https://pakistanarmy.gov.pk/punjab-regiment.php}}<br />
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