 After the First World War, the 93rd Burma Infantry was grouped with the 90th, 91st and 92nd Punjabis and the two battalions of 89th Punjabis to form the 8th Punjab Regiment, and was designated as the 5th (Burma) Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922.During the Second World War, 5/8th Punjab (Burma) fought in the Burma Campaign and served in the Dutch East Indies.In 1947, the 8th Punjab Regiment was allocated to the Pakistan Army.