Mujahid Force

The Mujahid Regiment [1][2](Urdu: مجاہد رجمنٹ ‎) was a component of the National Guard of Pakistan and a paramilitary force under the command of the Pakistan Army. Mujahid Regiment was given the status of proper regiment in 2021. It was raised in 1948 and properly established as a force on 9 September 1963 Under the supervision of Major General Raja Sakhi Daler Khan. The Regiment was raised on the concept of a Territorial Army to support and supplement the regular Army during national emergencies and war. The Center are in Bhimber, Azad Kashmir, established in 1992 and given the status of Mujahid Regiment Center in 2005.[3]

Mujahid Regiment
مجاہد رجمنٹ پاکستان
Soldiers from the Mujahid Regiment during the Pakistan Day Parade in 2016.
Active1948 - present
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
TypeInfantry
RoleInfantry

Mountain Infantry Motorised Infantry Artillery

National Guards
Size60,000 troops
Regimental CentreBhimber, Azad Kashmir
Nickname(s)Mujahids
Motto(s)Jihad-fi-Sabilillah
ColoursGreen
MarchAe Mard-e-Mujahid Jaag Zara
Anniversaries6th September
Commanders
Current
commander		Lt. Gen Bilal Akbar

The Regiment badge depicts a star held up by two pointed ends of a crescent super imposed with a dagger in vertical position in clasped wrist pointing upward, resting on a scroll with a war cry inscribed in Arabic.

Engagements

See also

References
  1. "Passing out parade of Mujahid Regiment recruits held". Business Recorder.
  2. "Army chief lauds sacrifices of Mujahid Regiment". The News International.
  3. "Pak Army Museum".


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