'Engineer-in-Chief or E-in-C', is a Colonel Commandant of the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers, Frontier Works Organisation and the Military Engineering Services of Pakistan. In the Pakistan Army, the Engineer-in-Chief is a chief engineer and topographer of the Army and currently holds the rank of Lieutenant General, advises the Pakistan Army in matters of science, engineering, and technology.
Lt Gen Kashif Nazir is current E-in-C of Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers, Military Engineering Service, and Frontier Works Organisation.
The Engineer-in-Chief commands the Corps of Engineers, Pakistan Army and other military engineering and maintenance corps of the Army. As a senior commander and senior staff officer at the Army General Headquarters (GHQ), the Engineer-in-Chief advises the Army on science and engineering matters and serves as the Army's topographer.
The E-in-C also serves as the proponent for real estate and other science and engineering programs of the Army. As commander of the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers, the Engineer-in-Chief leads a major Army Engineering command in civil and military infrastructure programs. This office defines policy and guidance and plans direction for the organizations within the Corps.
| Equivalency | |||||||||||
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| Rank | Lieutenant General (3-Star) | ||||||||||
| NATO Equivalent | OF-8 | ||||||||||
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Rank Structure and Uniform Insignia
| Pakistani Officer Ranks | |||||||||||
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| Rank | Field Marshal (5-Star) | General (4-Star) | Lieutenant General (3-Star) | Major General (2-Star) | Brigadier General (1-Star) | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | 2nd Lieutenant |
| NATO Equivalent | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF-1 |
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| Pakistani Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and Enlisted Ranks | |||||||||||
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| Rank | Subedar Major (JCO) | Subedar (JCO) | Naib Subedar (JCO) | Battalion Havildar Major | Battalion Quartermaster Havildar | Company Havildar Major | Company Quartermaster Havildar | Havildar | Naik | Lance Naik | Jawan |
| NATO Equivalent | None | None | None | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-5/6 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-1/2 |
| Uniform Insignia | No Insignia | ||||||||||
Notable Engineers-in-Chief
- Lieutenant-General Muhammad Anwar Khan
- Major General Saad Tarique, 1972-1974
- Lieutenant-General Zahid Ali Akbar Khan
- Lieutenant-General Javed Nasir, 1991-1992
- Lieutenant General Ziauddin Butt
- Lieutenant General Shahid Niaz, HI(M)
- Lieutenant General Asif Ali
- Lieutenant General Khalid Asghar
- Lieutenant General Muhammad Afsar
- Major General Muhammad Ajmal Iqbal
- Lieutenant General MOAZZAM EJAZ
- Lieutenant General CH Muhammad AFZAL
Notes
- "Maj-General Ashfaq Nadeem made DG MO". The Nation (Pakistan). 16 April 2011. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
