Minister for Defence Maldives Adam Shareef Umar along with an official delegation visited Pakistan Ordnance Factories on Wednesday. On arrival at POF, he was received by Lieutenant-General Omar Mahmood Hayat, Chairman POF Board and introduced him with POF Board Members.
Chairman POF Board in his welcoming remarks told the delegation that POF was the premier defence organisation of the country which was not only meeting defence requirement of the armed forces of Pakistan but also exporting its products to more than 30 countries around the globe.
Lieutenant-General Omar further remarked that Pakistan and Maldives were enjoying deep rooted defence ties since long which needs to be further strengthened.
Usman Ali Bhatti Director Exports in his detailed briefing told the delegation that POF is a gigantic complex with 14 defence production units, 14 subsidiaries and total work force is more than 26 thousand. POFs industrial base is strong enough to undertake development and production of all most all types of conventional arms and ammunition.
The delegation was told that POF could meet the requirements of Maldives in terms of conventional arms and ammunition.-PR