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13-561: As part of the Peshawar Beautification Plan, the reconstruction and restoration project of Nasir Bagh road was given to Frontier Works Organization . This project is not yet completed some portion are still remains Today Nasir Bagh road is a home various housing societies some of which includes http://pk.geoview.info/nasir_garden,48609475p 34°02′N 71°25′E  /  34.033°N 71.417°E  / 34.033; 71.417 This article about Peshawar

26-514: A military organization was created by the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of the 805-kilometre long Karakoram Highway Road (commonly called KKH). The funding was provided by the Ministry of Communications which exercised their control over the project on behalf of government of Pakistan. Thus was born the organization known as FWO which later on, in collaboration with

39-582: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Frontier Works Organization 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

52-634: 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,

65-413: The nuclear test at Kharan Desert , codename Chagai-II . Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers The Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers 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

78-650: The Additional Link Road under the codename " Phase- lV Base Depot Khushab ". The project was completed in May 1991. In October 1990, the FWO was assigned the task of constructing a uranium mining and milling facilityin Thola Dagar, Punjab. The FWO completed the survey and feasibility studies in three months and the construction of the mining facility was completed in October 1991. The FWO alongside another military organization,

91-765: The Chinese military engineers, undertook the gigantic task. ML1 inclusion is also there. The FWO began working with the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) in December 1985. The FWO completed the engineering design in 1986 and constructed the Uranium mining facility at Baghalchur in February 1987. The construction of Khushab Nuclear Complex began somewhere in 1986, then FWO joined PAEC in 1987. The FWO started to established an Army Bridge Camp/Base Depot near at

104-541: 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 the personnel to be commissioned in the corps of engineer is provided at the Military College of Engineering (MCE). The Corps of Engineers

117-647: The Khushab, and has completed the project under one month. In 1986, the FWO constructed the nuclear dump waste management plant at the Baghalchur Facility under the code name, Baghalchur Project . The Baghalchur Project was completed in January 1989. The same year and month, the FWO was assigned to conduct the site preparation for the Khushab Reactor , and work was completed in May 1989. In November, 1988, The FWO built

130-521: The Special Development Works (SDW), (both of which fall under the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers (PACE)) were involved in the construction of tunnels at Chagai , Balochistan in the late 1980s in preparation for the Chagai-I nuclear test which was eventually carried out on 25 May 1998. The military scientists and engineers of the Corps of Engineers, FWO, and SDW were also present during

143-525: 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 Maj Gen Kamal Azfar. The FWO led the design and construction of the Karakoram Highway . It builds civil and military infrastructure for

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156-569: 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 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

169-462: 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 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

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