- Sindh Regiment
The Sindh Regiment is an
infantry regiment of thePakistan Army established on 1 July 1980. Prior to this date there had been no regiment in the Pakistan Army specifically intended to recruit primarily from the Sindhi population. It was created by the transfer of eleven battalions of ThePunjab Regiment and ten battalions of TheBaloch Regiment [ [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf-pak/sind.htm The Sind Regiment Pakistan] ] . After 1989 the proportion of actual Sindhis in the Regiment was increased to over 50%. The Sindh Regimental Centre is located in Hyderabad,Sindh ,Pakistan .The badge of the Sindh Regiment depicts crossed Sindhi axes surmounted by the star and crescent appearing above a title scroll in
Urdu . All ranks wear the Cherry Pink colourberet with a red featherhackle .Previous colonel commandants of Sindh regiment have included Lt General Salim Haider, who has served as the commander, I Corps, Mangla and as the Master-General of Ordnance (MGO). [ [http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/2000/oct07.html "Enemy mounting pressure, says Musharraf"] "Daily Dawn", 7 October, 2000]
Prominent General Officers of the Sindh Regiment
*Lt Gen Ahmad Shamim Khan
*Maj Gen Fahim Akhtar KhanAlliances
*GBR -
The Rifles ; 1st Bn
*PAK -Sarmast ; 4th BnReferences
* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf-pak/sind.htm The Sindh Regiment]
* Sons of John Company: John Gaylor 1992 ISBN 0-0946771-98-7
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