Engineer-in-Chief (Pakistan Army)
{{short description|The Chief topographer and engineer of the Pakistan Army.}}
'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.{{cite news
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| title =Maj-General Ashfaq Nadeem made DG MO
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| date = 16 April 2011
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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.
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| Rank
!Lieutenant General (3-Star) |
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!OF-8 |
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Rank Structure and Uniform Insignia
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!colspan=12 bgcolor="green"| Pakistani Officer Ranks |
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!Field Marshal (5-Star) !General (4-Star) !Lieutenant General (3-Star) !Major General (2-Star) !Brigadier General (1-Star) |
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| 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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!colspan=12 bgcolor="green"| Pakistani Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and Enlisted Ranks |
| 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 |
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| NATO Equivalent
!None !None !None !OR-9 !OR-8 !OR-8 !OR-7 !OR-5/6 !OR-4 !OR-3 !OR-1/2 |
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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