Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed has been decorated as the 7th Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Engineers at the Engineer Centre and School of Military Engineering at Qadirabad Cantonment in Natore.
Senior Commanding Officer of the Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant Colonel Faruq, and Senior Subedar (Honorary Captain) Major Rashid, decorated the army chief with the rank badge of "Colonel Commandant" on Monday, said an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release.
Being awarded the rank badge, General Aziz Ahmed took the darbar and addressed the Annual Captain Conference of the Corps of Engineers.
He gave directions to all the captains who joined the conference.
The chief of army staff urged all members of the Corps of Engineers to be prepared to face difficult challenges of the 21st century by acquiring skills through modern and time befitting training.
Senior military officials of the army, civil dignitaries, and military and civil members of the Corps of Engineers, were also present on the occasion.
Earlier, a smartly-turned out contingent of the Corps of Engineers gave a guard of honour to General Aziz when he reached the venue.
He went round the quarter guard of the Corps of Engineers and placed a floral wreath at the monument built in memory of the martyrs of the Liberation War.