Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Military Decorations of Pakistan military
Commanders
Director-General	Maj-Gen. Ayub Ahsan Bhatti
Notable commanders	Maj-Gen. Ali Nawab
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The Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering is a

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

• 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]
• 1010 eme battalion
• 100 EME BATTALİON
• 1 EME battalion
• 766 EME battalion
• Muneer safi

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
• DG ISPR
• Major-General
  Syed Ali Nawab