Frontier Works Organisation-ISPR's New Documentary On Karakoram Highway Announced

Pakistan Army’s engineering organisation Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has produced a documentary on construction of the Karakoram Highway which will be telecasted on Pakistan Television (PTV). Reacting to the military construction company trying its hand at production, social media users wondered if the documentary will feature ordinary workers apart from FWO personnel. With a high production value, the trailer for the documentary promises views of the gorgeous Karakorum Mountain Range.

What the epic story of the construction of the #KarakoramHighway "Where Men & Mountain Meet" exclusively on PTV-News, 11:05 am on the 1st January 2022. pic.twitter.com/HBwJJUFExa

— PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) December 30, 2021

However, the production company left some scratching their head.

A film by Frontier Works Organization? https://t.co/7ng3XO3J6r

— Roohan Ahmed (@Roohan_Ahmed) December 30, 2021

You can’t make this up:
“Delirium Productions Inc.
In Association With
Frontier Works Organization” https://t.co/5um2bLH8YN

— Mohammad Taqi (@mazdaki) December 30, 2021

FWO: making sub par Bridges and movies. https://t.co/x6ZF1Il0yb

— Asad Sultan (@AsadSultan18) December 30, 2021

Eh e wafa
Aik ha nigar
Sif e ahan
Ab yeh…
Kal ko fauji daliyaa, fauji cement bananny walon ko b tribute mily ga…! https://t.co/XYjvlG8Np8

— جہاں آرا (@devilentist04) December 30, 2021

While the Karakoram Highway is a marvel, many were concerned about the documentary’s solitary focus on the armed services.

Apportioning credit to only uniformed personnel is insensitive to others.
Hundreds perished building KKH thru a decade.
A large number were Pakistani and Chinese civilians.
They r not children of a lesser god.
They r no less heroes
Laud heroes but not selectively. https://t.co/U7cBD0fqI3

— Farhatullah Babar (@FarhatullahB) December 30, 2021

Since childhood we were brainwashed through different mediums that we Pakistanis have many feathers in our cap, this was one of them, but then we came to know that max and major work on KKH was done by Chinese and they sacrificed many lives. https://t.co/PzXfe9zRvz

— Mueed Butt (@mueed70) December 30, 2021

Others were concerned that the documentary would amount to little more than nationalistic propaganda.

ok love the first look,the mountains and the helmet,if only they focus more on the construction aspect of it than too much forced patriotism than will tune in https://t.co/1KOyuGXroe

— Saad (@navaayan) December 30, 2021

Signs of a country failing…
Pro-army propaganda films made by the government.

Easier to fund a film and divert everyone’s attention than to try to fix broken public systems.#Pakistan https://t.co/SAgkX7J8Vy

— SAMREEN (@samreen________) December 30, 2021