High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The XXXI Corps (31 Corps) is one of the Pakistan Army's 10 active corps and is currently based in Bahawalpur. The corps was raised in the end of 1980's and took over the assets of formerly II Corps, which is currently based in Multan. Now, it has under it more than 3 full-sized division and is responsible for the southern Punjab desert zone. In 1988, when the C-130 Hercules plane of President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq crashed near Bahawalpur, he was visiting Bahawalpur corps along with the top of the military brass. The Pakistan Army the Pakistani Military responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the Pakistani military and is one of seven uniformed services. The Pakistan Army came into existence after independence in 1947 and is currently led by General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.