It is with immense pleasure that I extend a very warm welcome, on behalf of the Government of Pakistan, to all the international participants, visiting delegates and the local exhibitors and hope that they would draw maximum benefit from this 8th edition of International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS-2014).
The defence industry of Pakistan has come a long way and this exhibition will provide an opportunity to all the visitors and defence analysts to evaluate it from close quarters. On the economic front, the overall performance of Pakistan's defence related manufacturing sector has been exceedingly favourable and heartening, having recorded a broad based growth of indigenous and collaborated endeavours. These developments by the Defence Production Establishments (DPEs) speak volumes about the prowess and technical acumen on the defence production front in Pakistan. IDEAS is indeed a manifestation of Pakistan's indigenous defence production capabilities, available for commercial export.
IDEAS is the most powerful, agile and versatile marketing platform available to all domestic DPEs, as well as, International Defence manufacturers for showcasing their products. It is one of the finest meeting point for the defence industry of the world for demonstrating, contracting, joint venturing and out sourcing of their products, beside signing of MoUs for technological collaboration in the Asian Defence market, as well as, enhancing our mutually beneficial relations with the international community. In fact, it is a matter of great pride for participating countries to be a part of IDEAS-2014.
In the end, I would also like to laud the efforts of Defence Export Promotion Organisation (DEPO) for rising up to the occasion and playing its part in promoting Pakistan's defence export in the most impressive fashion. My appreciations to Badar Expo Solutions for putting together an excellent act of managing IDEAS-2014 with great precision.
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