The Ministry of Defence Production (; ''Trans.'': ''Wazarat-e-Defai Padawar'') abbreviated as MoDP, is an

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ministry of the federal

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with objectives of development and production of ordnance and machinery for the

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. Established as a separate ministry from its parent agency,

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in 2004, the MoDP oversees the development of conventional military weapons system through its separately funded organizations.

Organizational structure

The Ministry of Defence Production is headed by Minister of Defence Production who is an elected member of parliament. The minister of defense production is assisted by the secretary of defense production—a usually a military officer. The MoDP is located in the vicinity of Ministry of Defense in Rawalpindi. The ministry's bureaucracy is split into three wings, administration, projects, and foreign collaboration, each overseen by an assistant secretary.

History

The

(MoD) established the "Directorate for General Supply and Development (DG&D) in 1947; it was reorganized as "Defense Purchase Directorate" in 1953. After the war with India in 1965, the MoD took initiatives to increase domestic production of ordnance for the

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, and the "Defence Production Division" was established in 1972. Between 1970s–80, the assistance provided by

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and

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, the MoD was able to established the

Heavy Industries Taxila Heavy Industries Taxila (Reporting name: HIT), () is a Pakistani state-owned enterprise and defense contractor working under the Ministry of Defence Production, located in Taxila (modern), Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab.

(HIT) for army,

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(PAC) for the air force, and expanded the work scope of the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works for the navy. In a view of export control of weapon designs and ammunition's production in 2004, the Division was separated from the MoD and was established as "Ministry of Defence Production."

Development agencies

The Ministry of Defence Productions owns and sponsors five major organizations that includes

(HIT), Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW),

(PAC),

Pakistan Ordnance Factories The Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) is a major firearms and a defence contractor headquartered in Wah Cantt, Punjab, Pakistan. Described as "the largest defence industrial complex under the Ministry of Defence Production, producing convent ...

(POF), and National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC); though the corporate leadership is provided by the

. The Research and Development Establishment (RDE) is a research and development (R&D) administration within the MoDP created in 2020 after merging three research installations – the

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(IOP), Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (MVRDE) dedicated for weapons development for the military. Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO), Directorate General Munition Production and Directorate General Defence Purchase are other three major agencies that oversee the national security related technological development and export control of its designs and products within MoDP.

Sponsorships

The MoDP is the official sponsor of

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(IDEAS) through its agency, the Defence Export Promotion Organization, since 2002. The IDEAS conference is held in

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biennially.

List of ministers of Defence Production

References

External links

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