August 09 , 2016
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Pakistan secures order of 100 trainer jets
Minister says Super Mushshak aircraft will be exported to friendly countries
By: APPISLAMABAD: Pakistan will export 100 indigenously manufactured Super Mushshak trainer jets to friendly countries after the PAC Kamra received good orders from abroad, Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain said Tuesday.
"The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra has received a good number of orders for production of 100 Super Mushshak aircraft," he apprised the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence Production.
The minister said exports of the Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF) had witnessed 80 per cent increase during last three years. "The exports volume of POF has increased from Rs 20 million to Rs 100 million."
Besides, he said the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works, which was in loss when the Pakistan Muslim League-N government took power in 2013, had been made a profit-earning entity.
Commenting on the Arms Trade Treaty, Tanveer said the Ministry of Defence Production had nothing to do with signing it as it was in the domain of the ministries of foreign affairs and interior.
The Arms Trade Treaty, a multilateral treaty that regulates the international trade in conventional weapons, came into force in 2014.
Earlier, the joint secretary Ministry of Defence Production apprised the committee about small arms and light weapons that were produced at the Pakistan Ordnance Factory.
He said these weapons were used by the armed forces and other law enforcement agencies of Pakistan.
"The weapons are properly marked in accordance with the laid down procedures, bear permanent marking and can be identified in the name of the manufacturer," he said.
The joint secretary said there was no possibility that these weapons could fall into the hands of non-state actors. "The weapons used by non-state actors come from developing as well as developed countries."
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