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The Frontier Force Regiment (commonly known as the Piffers) is a regiment of the Pakistan Army


Origins of the Regiment

The regiment in its present form was created in 1957 with the amalgamation of the Frontier Force Regiment, the Frontier Force Rifles and the Pathan Regiment. The first two of these regiments had been transferred to Pakistan on the Partition of India in 1947 whilst the Pathan Regiment had been raised after partition from the 4th battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment and the 4th and 15th battalions of the Frontier Force Rifles.

Prior to partition, both the Frontier Force Regiment and the Frontier Force Rifles were regiments of the British Indian Army: the 12th Frontier Force Regiment and the 13th Frontier Force Rifles.

The 12th Frontier Force Regiment’s origins lie in the four infantry regiments of the Frontier Brigade authorised in 1846 and raised by Colonel Henry Lawrence, the agent of the Governor-General of the Punjab frontier region, from veterans of disbanded opposition forces after the First Anglo-Sikh War. At the same time Lawrence also caused to be raised an irregular force of mixed cavalry and infantry under Lieutenant Harry D. Lumsden: the Corps of Guides. In the 1922 reorganisation of the British Indian Army the four Sikh regiments became the first four battalions of the newly-constituted 12th Frontier Force Regiment whilst the infantry element of the Corps of Guides became its 5th battalion.

The 13th Frontier Force Rifles’ origins lie in the 6 Punjab regiments of infantry raised by Lawrence in 1849, also from veterans of the disbanded opposition, after the Second Anglo-Sikh War. They formed part of the newly-created Trans-Frontier Brigade (which also included the Corps of Guides). In the 1922 reorganisation, the five remaining regiments of Punjab Infantry were amalgamated to form five battalions of the 13th Frontier Force Rifles (the 3rd regiment having been disbanded in 1882 after the Second Anglo-Afghan War).

In 1851 the four Sikh regiments of the original Frontier Brigade joined the Trans-Frontier Brigade which was renamed the Punjab Independent Force (giving rise to the “Piffer” nickname which remains to the present day). In 1865 the Punjab Independent Force was renamed the Punjab Frontier Force.


Colonels in Chief

  • General Muhamad Musa Khan HJ, HPk, HQA, MBE. August 31, 1964 - March 12, 1991
  • General Abdul Wahid Kakar HI (M), SBt. May 18, 1993 - May 17, 1997

Colonel Commandants

  • Lieutenant General Khalid Masud Sheikh.
  • Lieutenant General Altaf Qadir MBE.
  • Lieutenant General Agha Ali Ibrahim Akram.
  • Lieutenant General Khushdil Khan Afridi HI (M), SBt.
  • Lieutenant General Ahmed Kamal Khan HI (M), SI (M), SBt.
  • Lieutenant General Imranullah Khan HI (M), SI (M), SBt.
  • Lieutenant General Mumtaz Gul HI (M), TBt.
  • Lieutenant General Tahir Ali Qureshi HI (M), SBt.
  • Lieutenant General Mushtaq Hussain HI (M).
  • Lieutenant General Sabahat Hussain HI (M)

Regimental Center Commandants

  • Colonel Malik Sher Afzal Khan
  • Colonel Hamid Ullah Khan
  • Colonel Mahboob Khan TQA
  • Colonel G M K Junjua
  • Colonel M Mumtaz Khan SJ
  • Colonel Mir Ijaz Mahmood SJ
  • Brigadier Mir Ijaz Mahmood SJ
  • Brigadier Jahanzeb Khan
  • Brigadier Muhammad Aslam
  • Colonel K A Shamshad
  • Brigadier R A S Bokhari
  • Brigadier Fateh Khan
  • Brigadier Ghulam Rabbani Khan
  • Brigadier Jahanzeb Khan
  • Brigadier Mir Abdul Nayeem
  • Brigadier M Mumtaz Malik SJ
  • Brigadier Salahuddin Rana
  • Brigadier Muneeb-ur-Rehman Farooqui SI(M)
  • Brigadier Zaffar Hayat
  • Brigadier Fazle Qadir T.Bt
  • Brigadier Muhammad Ehsan
  • Brigadier Mansoor Hamid
  • Brigadier Muhammad Ishaq
  • Brigadier Arshad Shah
  • Colonel Malik Abdul Ghaffar
  • Brigadier Obaidullah Niazi
  • Brigadier Sikander Javed

Alliances

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