Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Badge of Pakistan Army's EME
Active	1947;77 years ago (1947)
Country	Pakistan
Branch	Pakistan Army
Type	Combat support service
Role	Administrative and staffing oversight.
Size	19 Battalions
HQ/Garrison	Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Nickname(s)	EME
Colors Identification	Blue, Yellow, Red
Anniversaries	1947
Engagements	Military history of Pakistan
Decorations	Military Decorations of Pakistan military
Commanders
Director-General	Maj-Gen. Ayub Ahsan Bhatti
Notable commanders	Maj-Gen. Ali Nawab
Insignia
War Flag

The Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering is a military administrative and the engineering staff branch of the Pakistan Army. ^{[1] [2]}

The EME provides maintenance and inspections of wide range of Pakistan Army's mechanized and aviation assets and provides machinery of components besides supporting expertise in electrical works for the Pakistan Army. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Overview

The Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME) was formed as a separate maintenance arm into the Pakistan Army from the partition of the British Indian Army's Corps of EME— only twenty officers joining the arm.^{: 29–30  [7]} It was the British officers in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) that provided the support and training to raise the corps to help maintain the equipment of the Pakistan Army.^{: 41  [7]} Brigadier Vivian Edgar Beards was EME first officer commanding when it was commissioned in the Pakistan Army as a corps on 20 October 1947.^{: 42  [7]}

From its early years, the education on electrical and mechanical engineering was provided by the Loughborough University with a mutual agreement between the British Army and the Pakistan Army.^{: 44  [7]} In 1957, the Pakistan Army established the College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering from the crucial support from the United States Army— many of whom went to United States to study electrical and mechanical engineering at the United States' universities.^{: 49  [7]} The College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering was later upgraded in 1969. ^[1]

The Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering did not restricted its support to the army but extended its support to air force and navy, though each branch established its own staff corps to maintain their arms within their units. ^[4] In 1960, an airborne course was established in the EME, making it mandatory for its officers and personnel to complete the parachute course— the EME has the oldest active parachutist courses in the country. ^[4] In 1970s, the Corps of EME played a crucial role in support of the machining of components, PCB prints, and the engineering aspects of the Pakistan's nuclear weapons program.^{: 49:144  [8] : 142  [7]}

Many of its officers were instrumental in establishing the Combat Development Directorate, which was the pursuant of the Strategic Plans Division, that advised the Army GHQ in matters of nuclear-based strategic deterrence.^{: 49:144  [8]}

The Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering is commanded the by its Director-General, usually at the active-duty two-star rank, Major-General, who works under the Chief of the General Staff at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan.^{: 136–137  [7]}

Units

• 3 Technical Training Battalion EME ^[9]
• 4 Technical Training Battalion EME ^[9]
• 10 Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Battalion ^[10]
• 41 EME Battalion [CEME 37 Div] ^[9]
• 42 EME Battalion ^[9]
• 43 EME Battalion ^{[11] : 79}
• 44 EME Battalion ^[9]
• 47 EME Battalion ^[9]
• 49 EME Battalion ^[9]
• 50 EME Battalion ^[9]
• 55 EME Battalion ^[9]
• 58 EME Battalion ^[12]
• 59 EME Battalion ^[12]
• 70 EME Battalion ^[12]
• 90 EME Battalion ^{[13] : 68}
• 91 EME Battalion [CEME 37 Div] ^[12]
• 92 EME Battalion [CEME 35 Div "Behtreen Banway"] ^[12]
• 94 EME Battalion ^[12]
• 95 EME Battalion ^[12]
• 118 EME Battalion ^[14]
• 544 Heavy EME Battalion ^[12]
• 546 EME Battalion ^[12]
• 699 Aviation EME Battalion ^[12]

Notable EME officers

• Lieutenant-General Talat Masood Ex Chairman POF Wah
• Lieutenant-General Saeed Qadir
• Lieutenant-General Sabih Qamar Uz Zaman Ex Chairman Pakistan Steel Mills
• Lieutenant-General Tanvir Tahir
• Major-General Muhammad Ayub Ahsan Bhatti DG EME
• Major-General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry DG ISPR
• Major-General Syed Ali Nawab

References

1. "College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering". NUST. NUST Science Society. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
2. Pakistan Army. "Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering". Pakistan Army. Director-General for Public Relations. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
3. "Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (EME) - Pakistan Army". YouTube . Retrieved 11 December 2023.
4. Khan, BE, ME, PE, (Mechanical Engineering), Brigadier Sher. "Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers". Brigadier Sher Khan and Defence Journal of Pakistan. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
5. Khan, Feroz (2012). Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 144. ISBN   9780804784801.
6. "EPR | Employment Processing Resource". epr.org.pk. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
7. Mahmood, Khawaja Tariq; Bashir, Qamar; Saghir, Mohsin (2004). Malik, PhD, Akhtar Nawaz (ed.). History of the Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (1 ed.). Army GHQ, Rawalpindi, Pun, Pakistan: EME Directorate, Army GHQ. p. 400. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
8. Khan, Feroz (7 November 2012). Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb. Stanford, CA, USA: Stanford University Press. ISBN   978-0-8047-8480-1 . Retrieved 11 December 2023.
9. "Public Tenders page 2". Public Procurement Regulatory Authority. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
10. "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 1 January 2020. p. 1. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
11. "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
12. "Public Tenders page 3". Public Procurement Regulatory Authority. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
13. "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part III" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
14. "Public Tenders page 1". Public Procurement Regulatory Authority. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

Media gallery

• PA, Pakistan Army. "Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (EME) - Pakistan Army". youtube. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
• "Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (EME) - Official Song". youtube. Retrieved 11 October 2023.