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concerned with the development and production of the full range of equipment and stores for the

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ranging from platforms such as main battle tanks and multi-role combat aircraft to guided weapons, small arms, uniforms and unguided munitions of all calibres. The current Defense Production Minister of Pakistan is

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Leadership

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. The ministry's bureaucracy is split into three wings, administration, projects, and foreign collaboration, each overseen by an assistant secretary. A list of the ministry's organisations is provided at the bottom of the page.

History

With the creation of Pakistan, a Directorate General Supply and Development was established under Ministry of Defence. In 1953, it was reorganised as Defence Purchase Directorate. The embargo imposed by Western powers on India and Pakistan during the war of 1965 led to the establishment of Directorate General Munitions Production and Procurement in 1967. This was bifurcated in 1970 into the Directorate General of Munitions Defence Purchase and the Directorate General of Munitions Procurement. The first emphasis was small arms and the production of munitions by POF through tie-ups and technology-transfers from friendly states in the East and West, however the experience of the 1971 highlighted the attraction of greater self-sufficiency in major weapon systems. As a result the Defence Production Division was established within the

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in 1972 by President

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who appointed Abdul Hamid as secretary in charge of the division. Significant investments were made through the 1970s and 1980s to establish enterprises such as Heavy Industries Taxila and

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with assistance from the People's Republic of China in particular, as well European defence companies from countries such as France and Sweden. In 2004 under President

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the MoD's Defence Production Division was upgraded to a separate Ministry of Defence Production headed by a federal minister. However, the Ministry of Defence retained control over NESCOM given its role in the development and production of strategic weapons.

Organizations

* Defence Export Promotion Organization * Directorate General Defence Purchase * Directorate General Munitions Production ** Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment ** Armament Research and Development Establishment ** Institute of Optronics * Heavy Industries Taxila ** Heavy Rebuild Factory (T-Series) ** Heavy Rebuild Factory (M-Series) ** Advance System Rebuild Factory ** Tank Manufacturing Factory ** Armoured Personnel Carrier Factory ** Gun Manufacturing Factory *

** Aircraft Rebuild Factory ** Mirage Rebuild Factory ** Aircraft Manufacturing Factory ** Avionics Production Factory * Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works Limited *

Pakistan Ordnance Factories , type = State-owned company , industry = Firearms, Defense, Machinery , fate = , successor = , founded = , founder = , defunct = , hq_location_city = Wah Cantonment, Punjab , hq_location_country = Pakistan , area_served = world ...

** Wah Industries Ltd. * National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation
Global Industrial & Defence Solutions
(export oriented conventional technologies & services developed by NESCOM) ** Advance Engineering Research Organisation ** Integrated Defence System ** Maritime Systems Pvt. Limited ** Institute of Industrial Control System ** Al-technique Corporation ** Scientific Engineering & Technology Services ** Xpert Engineering Services

Leadership

History

Organizations

List of Ministers

See also

External links

References