Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers

The Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers is a military administrative and the engineering staff branch of the Pakistan Army. 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.
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. As of 2023, the current Engineer-in-Chief is Lt-Gen. Kashif Nazir.

History

The engineering arm of the Pakistan Army was commissioned as an administrative branch when it was partitioned from the former British Indian Army's Royal Indian Engineers in 1947. The Bengal and Bombay engineer group laid the foundation of establishing the engineering arm of the Pakistan Army.
From 1947 till 1956, the engineering arm was known as "Royal Pakistan Engineers" since it was under the royal patronage, with many British officers serving in the engineering arm.
In 1956, Royal Pakistan Engineers changed its designation to the Corps of Engineers. From 1947–69, the Corps of Engineers were an instrument for Pakistan Army to engage in building massive infrastructure, dams, canals, roads, and variety of other important public works projects as part of its nation-building mission. The education and training for the personnel to be commissioned in the corps of engineer is provided at the Military College of Engineering.
The Corps of Engineers is commanded by the Engineer-in-Chief, usually at active-duty three-star rank, Lieutenant-General, who serves as the chief topographer and principle engineer in advising the Army GHQ and the Government of Pakistan on important matters on civil engineering, construction, surveys, and topography.

Current units

1 Engr
2 Engr
3 Engr
4 Engr
5 Engr
6 Engr
7 Engr
8 Engr
9 Engr
10 Engr
11 Engr
12 Engr
13 Engr
14 Engr
16 Engr
18 Engr
19 Engr
20 Engr
21 Engr
22 Engr
23 Engr
24 Engr
25 Engr
26 Engr
35 Lt Br Bn Engr
45 Engrs Division
55 IND Fd Coy
62 Engr
100 Engr
101 Engr
102 Engr
103 Engr
104 Engr
105 Engr
106 Engr
107 Engr
108 Engr
109 Engr
122 Fd Coy Engr
129 Fd Coy Engr
151 Pioneer Bn
173 Engr
174 Engr
176 Engr
177 BR Engr
313 Assault Engr
314 Assault Engineer Battalion
"By stallions that charge with panting breath,
And hooves that spark the fiery death,
They raid at dawn with thunderous pace,
Stirring dust in wild embrace,
They storm into the heart of foe
Amid the clash and battle roar."
316 Mechanised Engr
474 Engr
477 ASGE
479 Bridge Battalion Engineers
495 Engr
518 Engr
630 EOD
651 Search & EOD Unit
652 Search & EOD Unit
653 Search & EOD Unit
654 Search & EOD Unit
655 Search & EOD Unit
662 Engr
752 CT Engr

Public works

The Corps of Engineers has been commissioned by the Government of Pakistan to undertake massive civil engineering projects by designing and building the Karakoram Highway which, in 1960s in Pakistan, was the largest public works initiative in the country that connected China and Pakistan across the Himalayas mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of as confirmed by both SRTM and multiple GPS readings. During the Kashmir earthquake in 2005, the Corps initiated the massive and one of the largest rehabilitation and reconstruction operations in Corps history, rebuilding and redesigning the entire cities of Gilgit and Muzaffarabad as well as Azad Kashmir. Its speedy rehabilitation operation was completed in record time and the entire city was rebuilt in 2008. As more recently, the Corps undertook the intensive rehabilitation and reconstruction operations in deluge in southern parts as well as recent earthquake in Western parts.
Since its inception, the Corps has built extensive military and civilian infrastructure of Pakistan Armed Forces as well as Pakistan Government, ranging from building bridges, dams, military regional headquarters and civil corporate architectural buildings. The Corps mission has been extended with time passes, and is renowned to have designed, construct, and built the GHQ, ammunition plants, regional army headquarters, as well as supporting the nuclear weapons program related national defense's weapons laboratories and its related test sites.