Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

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Pakistan Army Corps of EME
EME Core logo.png
Badge of Pakistan Army's EME
Active1947 September 12;77 years ago (12-09-1947)
CountryFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
BranchFlag of the Pakistani Army.svg  Pakistan Army
Type Combat support
Role Administrative and staffing oversight.
Part ofHQ/Garrison
HQ/Garrison GHQ (Pakistan)
Nickname(s)EME
Motto(s)Hunermand
Colors   
Anniversaries12 September
Engagements Military history of Pakistan
Decorations Awards and decorations of the Pakistan military
Battle honours Many
Commanders
Director-GeneralMaj Gen Ayub Ahsan Bhatti HI(M)
Notable
commanders		 Syed Ali Nawab
Insignia
War flag
Flag of the Corps of EME.svg

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

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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. 70 EME, 53 EME and 55 EME one of being the best EME Battalions having the maximum number of resources and manpower. [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 the first officer commanding of the EME 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 with support from the United States Army. Subsequently, many officers of the army went to universities in the United States to study electrical and mechanical engineering.: 49  [7] The College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering was later upgraded in 1969. [1]

The Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering did not restrict 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 the 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 GHQ (Pakistan).: 136–137  [7]

Some Notable Units

Director Generals EME

NameStart of TermEnd of Term
Brig W. P. B. Ashton 19481955
Brig M. Mohamedi19551967
Maj Gen K.M. Masud19671972
Brig M. Karim Ullah19721976
Maj Gen Syed Ali Nawab 19761976
MMaj Gen M. Jalal Ud Din19761978
Maj Gen Syed Saeed Akhtar19781981
Maj Gen Qazi Abid Hussain19811986
Maj Gen S. Qamar-uz-Zaman19861988
Brig Abdul Majid19881988
Maj Gen Javed Anwer Hashmi19881993
Maj Gen Munir Hassan Khalid19931995
Maj Gen Mian Salim Uddin19951998
Maj Gen Sikandar Hayat19982001
Maj Gen Akber Saeed Awan20012002
Maj Gen Fazl-i-Ilahi20022008
Maj Gen Jamshed Riaz20082012
Maj Gen Khalid Mahmood20122015
Maj Gen Rehan Baqi20152018
Maj Gen Hassan Akhtar20182021
Maj Gen Ayub Ahsan Bhatti2021Current [15]

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