ISLAMABAD, Aug 28 (TNS): The Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Defense Production Monday was briefed about the creation of Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE).
A meeting of the Committee was held here in Parliament House with Member National Assembly (MNA) Khawaja Sohail Mansoor in the chair. Besides others, the meeting was attended by MNAs including Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, Chudhary Hamid Hameed, Muhammad Moeen Wattoo, Iffat Liaqat, Asiya Nasir, Bilal Rehman, Sajid Hussain Tor and senior officials Ministry of Defense Production and ARDE.
Briefing the Committee about the creation of ARDE, Secretary Ministry of Defense Production said that during embargoes in 1965 and 1971 wars, the authorities felt necessity to achieve self-reliance in conventional munitions by developing and utilizing local industrial potential.
He said that ARDE was established in 1974 under DGMP, MoD to develop armaments stores for three services to achieve the goals of indigenous development of armament.
Representative from ARDE briefed the Committee regarding its (ARDE) research, development and functions. He said that presently, ARDE had engaged private industries for development purpose.
He said that ARDE was interacting with academic institutions for research and development purposes. He also briefed the Committee about its research process for different products.
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The Committee appreciated the role of ARDE for saving import cost through its research and development work.Earlier, the Committee offered “Fatiha on the demise of MNA Gulzar Khan.
