Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers

Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers
Badge of the Corps of Engineers
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947)
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
TypeCombat support service
RoleAdministrative and staffing oversight of combat engineering.
Size34 battalions
HQ/GarrisonArmy GHQ, Rawalpindi-46100, Punjab in Pakistan.
Nickname(s)ENGRS
Motto(s)Urdu: روحِ رواں
"The Moving Spirit"[1]
Colors identification  
Engagements/Civil Operations
See list:
WebsitePakistan Army − Engineers
Commanders
Engineer-in-ChiefLt-Gen. Kashif Nazir
Notable
commanders		Lt-Gen. Aftab Ahmad Khan
Lt-Gen. Bakhtiar Rana
Lt-Gen. Gul Hassan Khan
Lt-Gen. Zahid Ali Akbar
Lt-Gen. Javed Nasir
Lt-Gen. Anwar Khan
Insignia
War Flag
Administrative Corps of the Pakistan Army
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Education Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
The army engineers with their distinct blue berets attending the briefing on construction support in 2005.

The Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers is a military administrative and the engineering staff branch of the Pakistan Army.[2] The Corps of Engineers is generally associated with the civil engineering works, dams, canals, and flood protection, it performs and leads variety of public works in the country as part of its nation-building mission.[2]

The Corps of Engineer is commanded by the Engineer-in-Chief who acts as an army's chief topographer, and advises the Army GHQ on matters of civil engineering and construction.[3] As of 2023, the current Engineer-in-Chief is Lt-Gen. Kashif Nazir.

  1. ^ "PAKISTAN ARMY". www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b PA, Pakistan Army. "Corps of Engineers". Pakistan Army. Directorate General for Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR). Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Major-General Ashfaq Nadeem made Director General Military Operations". The Nation (Pakistan). 16 April 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2019.