Frontier Works Organization

Frontier Works Organization (FWO)
مجلسِ کارہائے سرحدی
Active31 October 1966 – present[1]
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
Headquarters/GarrisonFWO HeadQuarter Rawalpindi,
Nickname(s)(FWO)
Anniversaries31 October
EquipmentEngineering vehicles
EngagementsIndo-Pakistani War of 1971
Operation Parakram
War in North-West PakistanOperation Restoration
Operation Rah-e-Nijat
Websitewww.fwo.com.pk
Commanders
Current
commander
Major-General Abdul Sami
Director General
Aircraft flown
TransportBell 206 Jet Ranger

The Frontier Works Organization (Urdu: مجلسِ کارہائے سرحدی)); 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 in 1966, 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.[1][2][3]

Its objectives include projects related to civil, construction, combat, structural, and military engineering and is commanded by Maj Gen Kamal Azfar. 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.[2]

  1. ^ a b Celebrating 54th Raising Day Frontier Works Organization Business Recorder (newspaper), Published 3 November 2020, Retrieved 15 January 2021
  2. ^ a b Company Profile of Frontier Works Organization on Dun & Bradstreet.com website Retrieved 15 January 2021
  3. ^ "Musharraf praises army for rehabilitating Sukkur barrage (Frontier Works Organization project)". Daily Times (newspaper). Associated Press of Pakistan. 27 March 2005. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2021.