GILGIT: The Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has completed the construction work on five bridges on Gilgit-Skardu road, a news source reported. The bridges have been opened whereas the 175-kilometre road is under construction.<\/p>\n
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of Alam Bridge, which connects Gilgit-Skardu road with Karakoram Highway, Commander FCNA Maj-Gen Ehsan Mehmood said that the people of Gilgit-Baltistan have rendered unprecedented contributions and sacrifices for the defense and development of the country.<\/p>\n
He said that the multi-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project has increased the region\u2019s importance. He hoped that there would be considerable socioeconomic development in every district of the region.<\/p>\n
On his part, FWO director general Maj-Gen Inaam Malik Haider said the important project would be completed within a record period and that trade and tourism would achieve unprecedented levels after completion of CPEC projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GILGIT: The Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has completed the construction work on five bridges on Gilgit-Skardu road, a news source reported. The bridges have been opened whereas the 175-kilometre road is under construction. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of Alam Bridge, which connects Gilgit-Skardu road with Karakoram Highway, Commander FCNA Maj-Gen Ehsan Mehmood said that the people of Gilgit-Baltistan have rendered unprecedented contributions and sacrifices for the defense and development of the country. He said that the multi-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project has increased the region\u2019s importance. He hoped that there would be considerable socioeconomic development in every district of the region. On his part, FWO director general Maj-Gen Inaam Malik Haider said the important project would be completed within a record period and that trade and tourism would achieve unprecedented levels after completion of CPEC projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":23336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9432],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-fwo-completes-construction-work-on-five-bridges"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n