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19-476: The name "Kahuta" was originated from the name of the tree which is extensively found there. The local name of the tree is " koh ". Kahuta was a small incorporated city until the 1970s when KRL was constructed by the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers under Engineering officer Major-General Zahid Ali Akbar , Director of Project-706 . During the 1960s and 1970s, Kahuta was inhabited by retired officers of

38-552: 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

57-504: Is a direct reporting detachment and the military college located in Risalpur , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The military college provides engineering education and training on the construction management, civil , and the combat to Pakistan Military Academy cadets before their gained their commissioned in the Corps of Engineers of the Pakistan Army . The admission to the military college

76-525: Is an administrative head of this Officer training school. Combat Engineering Wings of Military College of Engineering train Military Personnel so they can perform a variety of construction and demolition tasks under combat conditions. Such tasks typically include constructing and breaching trenches, tank traps and other fortifications, bunker construction, bridge and road construction or destruction, laying or clearing land mines and other physical work in

95-533: Is not restricted to the military cadets since the military college is a constituent college of the National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), which allowed the civilians to gain admission to the engineering school. The Military College of Engineering (MCE) is located in Risalpur , Nowshera District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan. The Military College of Engineering is managed through

114-523: Is one of the biggest departments of MCE, NUST in terms of the faculty and UG/PG teaching/research activities. Department of Transportation & Geotechnical Engineering Previously only two mandatory courses each in Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering were being offered. Department of Construction Engineering & Management MCE's Department of Construction Engineering Management (CE&M) offers Masters's level qualification to students with

133-506: The Army GHQ on matters of civil engineering and construction. As of 2023, the current Engineer-in-Chief is Lt-Gen. Kashif Nazir . 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

152-460: The Pakistan Army . In the 1970s, the Ministry of Defence was tasked by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to search for a remote location for carrying out atomic and weapon-testing experiments for the integrated atomic bomb project in 1976. The Uranium Coordination Board (UCB) headed by Ghulam Ishaq Khan financed the reconstruction of the site. Major-General Zahid Ali Akbar and later completed

171-719: The United Arab Emirates (UAE). To further the cause of knowledge, the College sought collaboration with reputed universities abroad apart from qualifying its students in various civil engineering disciplines from a number of universities in the United States. A year after the Independence of Pakistan, the School of Military Engineering (SME) was established at Sialkot in 1948. Having functioned at Sialkot for over four years, SME

190-452: The United States and United Kingdom . After establishment of National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) in 1995,Military College of Engineering became one of its constituent colleges. MES School is an establishment and training centre of E-in-C Branch GHQ for the professional training and development of Military Engineering Service (MES) officers. It is also located at Military College of Engineering (MCE) & Commandant MCE

209-824: The battlefield. More generally, the combat engineer's goals involve facilitating movement & support of friendly forces while impeding that of the enemy. Disaster Management and EOD Wing train the Security personnel as explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians, who are specially trained to deal with the construction, deployment, disarmament and disposal of explosive munitions and may include other types of ordnance such as nuclear, biological and chemical weapons along with improvised explosive devices (IED). Disaster management branch deals with mitigation and management of Disasters that may include floods, earthquakes, landslides etc. The college has five departments. Department of Structural Engineering The Department of Structural Engineering

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228-442: The civilian contractor as a constituent college of the National University of Science & Technology (NUST), which allowed the civilians to be granted admissions. The Military College of Engineering (MCE) curriculum is focused and geared towards providing training and engineering education on the discipline and sub-discipline of civil engineering including the combat , military , traffic, transportation, water resources, and

247-478: The construction management. The Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) cadets usually attends and graduate from the military college of engineering before they gained commissioned in the Corps of Engineers . Besides the Pakistan Army personnels and civilians, the military members of the allied countries including from Azerbaijan , Bangladesh , Bahrain , Malaysia , Myanmar (Burma), Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , and

266-539: The drawings, surveying and measured the area aerially . Within the week, the whole site was acquired by the Ministry of Defence, and the army truckloads, heavy engineering vehicles arrived the next day to re-built the site. All incoming materials and research equipment were labeled as common items and engineering tools to conceal the true nature of their purpose. Scientists and engineers working and living in Kahuta were censored by

285-633: 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

304-1807: The personnel to be commissioned in the corps of engineer is provided at the Military College of Engineering (MCE). The Corps of Engineers is commanded by the Engineer-in-Chief (E-in-C), 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. 1 Engr 2 Engr (ICHDEIN)(Makran Sappers)(1803) 3 Engr (Behtreen) 4 Engr (Jurrat o Istaklaal) 5 Engr (Laraka Panja)(King George V's Own) 6 Engr (The Mighty Six) 7 Engr (Sath Har Dum Sath) 8 Engr 9 Engr 10 Engr 11 Engr (The Builders) 12 Engr (Shaheen) 14 Engr (As Sabiqoon) (Honour dignity pride) (Re builders of NWA) 16 Engr (Al Muqadim) 18 Engr (Dheshat) 19 Engr (Chaghai Sappers) 20 Engr (Hama Tan Tyar Sappers) 21 Engr 22 Engr 23 Engr ( Kashmir Sappers) 24 Engr ( Surkhroo) 25 Engr (The Strikers) 26 Engr (Desert Sappers) 35 Lt Br Bn Engr (EL MECHILI)(The ARMOUR Bourne) 55 IND Fd Coy 62 Engr (Allah Ho) 100 Engr 101 Engr (Khunjrabees) 102 Engr (Quaid Sappers) 103 Engr (Allah O Akbar) 104 Engr (The Star Fighter Brigade) 105 Engr (Unthak Sappers)(Skardu 1967) 106 Engr 107 Engr (Tigers of KKH) 108 Engr 109 Engr (Al Azb Sappers) 122 Fd Coy Engr 129 Fd Coy Engr 151 Pioneer Bn 173 Engr (Paka 71) 174 Engr (Pioneers of KKH) 176 Engr (Ek So chehatar Sab Se Behter) 177 BR Engr (The Chronicle of Tayyar Barq Raftar) Military College of Engineering (Pakistan) The Military College of Engineering ( reporting name : MCE )

323-821: The senior military officials. Soon, the site was classified and abandoned for public with only few allowed to resides. The Engineering Research Laboratories (now KRL ) was established by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as a research government national facility under the Ministry of Defence. Kahuta is situated in the Himalayan foothills in Rawalpindi District of Pakistan 's Punjab Province , approximately 30 km southeast of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad . The Panjpeer Rocks are located in Kahuta. 33°35′0″N 73°23′0″E  /  33.58333°N 73.38333°E  / 33.58333; 73.38333 Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers The Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers

342-472: Was given the charter of self degree awarding and autonomous institution status by Government of Pakistan . In 1988 it was affiliated in with University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore for post-graduate studies. MCE also sought collaboration with well reputed Michigan State University of the United States of America . Scores of graduates have attained their higher education degrees from universities in

361-451: Was shifted to Risalpur in 1952. Here it grew and expanded its sphere of activity beyond the combat related training and started with dispensation of civil engineering knowledge through regular Bachelor of Engineering classes. It gradually transformed into a full-fledged and matured engineering college and was named College of Military Engineering (CME). In 1958, the institution was renamed as Military College of Engineering (MCE). In 1962 it

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