Frontier Works Organisation
| Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1966-present |
| Country |
 Pakistan
|
| Branch |
 Pakistan Army
|
| Headquarters/garrison | General Combatant Headquarters (GHQ) |
| Nickname(s) | (FWO) |
| Anniversaries | Defence Day |
| Equipment | Engineering vehicles |
| Engagements |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Operation Parakram War in North-West Pakistan Operation Restoration Operation Rah-e-Nijat |
| Commanders | |
| Directorate-General Officer (DGO) |
Major-General Muhammad Afzal Gujjar Engineer-in-Chief |
| Notable commanders |
Lt Col Islam ul Haq |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Transport | Bell 206 Jet Ranger |
The Frontier Works Organisation (Urdu: فرينٹير وركس اورگيناأزيشن; abbreviated as FWO), is a military engineering organization, and one of the major science and technology commands of the Pakistan Army. Commissioned and established in 1966, the FWO includes active duty officers and civilian scientists and engineers. Since its establishment it has been credited with the construction of bridges, roads, tunnels, airfields and dams in Pakistan, on the orders of the civilian government of Pakistan.
Its objectives include projects related to civil, construction, combat, structural, and military engineering and is commanded by Major-General afzal. The FWO led the design and construction of the Karakoram Highway. It builds civil and military infrastructure for the Government of Pakistan and the Pakistan Armed Forces.
In the late 1960s, the Government of Pakistan and Government of China wished to construct a road link between Pakistan and the China. The task was assigned to the Pakistan Army. The army using its Corps of Engineers had already worked in 1959 in connecting Gilgit with Pakistan through the Indus Valley Road.
In the summer of 1966, a military organisation was created by the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of the 805-kilometre long Karakoram Highway Road (commonly called KKH).
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