The Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ( Urdu: ﺁرمي اليكڑ يكل و ميكينكل انجينيرينگ كور; ''Army Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Corps'', abbreviated as EME, is an active military administrative

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, and one of the major science and technology command of

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. The Corps major objective tasks are the maintenance, services, inspections, and repairing of almost every electrical and mechanical battlefield vehicles, electronic gadgets, tanks, military aviation vehicles, and researching and developing heavy mechanical projects for Pakistan Army. It came into existence on 1942 as

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(REME), and was made responsible for inspecting equipments of

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and

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. The Corps became an initial part of

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in May 1943. However, the Corps could not participate in any conflict in

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, and the element of EME was integrated in Indian Army by the

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. In 1947, small engineering units formed what was then known as Pakistan EME, but was officially given commission in 1957 as EME, with only 20 officers were part of the Corps. In order to produce the officers and personnel, the

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(CEME) was established. All of the personnel and officers are sent to CEME before starting their active duty in the Corps. In 1959, its objectives were expanded it was asked to repair and maintained the aerospace equipments of PAF,

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and

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, though the services later established their own units. As for its war capabilities, the Corps took participation in 1965 war,

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, 1999 war, 2001 standoff with India, and the recent operations. In 1960, an airborne course was established in the EME, making it mandatory for its officers and personnel to complete the parachute course. The Corps has the oldest active parachutist in the country. Since 1969, its infrastructure extensively grew in means of personnel and the equipments and since then, the Corps has produced many distinguished officers.

Units

* 3 Technical Training Battalion EME * 4 Technical Training Battalion EME * 10 Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Battalion * 42 EME Battalion * 43 EME Battalion * 44 EME Battalion * 47 EME Battalion * 49 EME Battalion * 50 EME Battalion * 58 EME Battalion * 59 EME Battalion * 70 EME Battalion * 90 EME Battalion * 94 EME Battalion * 95 EME Battalion * 118 EME Battalion * 544 Heavy EME Battalion * 546 EME Battalion * 699 Aviation EME Battalion

Notable EME officers

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Talat Masood Lieutenant-General Talat Masood (Urdu: طلعت مسعُود) is a retired three-star rank army general, a political commentator, and a mechanical engineer. His career in the military spent in the Pakistan Army Corps of EME as an engineerin ...

Major General Sayed Saeed Akhtar *

Saeed Qadir *

Sabeeh Qamar Uz Zaman *

Tanvir Tahir *

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Ahmad Sharif DG ISPR *

Syed Ali Nawab *

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Dr. Mauzzam Ali Goraya *

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Aqeel Ahmed, SI(M) *

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Ghazanfar Abbas

References

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