Ministry of Defence Production (Pakistan)

Ministry of Defence Production
Agency overview
Formed	2 September 2004; 15 years ago
Preceding	Defense Production Division;
Jurisdiction	Government of Pakistan
Headquarters	Calcutta House, Murree Road, Rawalpindi, Punjab
Minister responsible	Zubaida Jalal, Federal Minister for Defence Production;
Agency executives	Lt Gen (R) Muhammad Ijaz Chaudhry HI(M) Secretary (DP), Federal Secretary, Ministry of Defence Production; Addl Secretary (DP) , Additional Secretary, Defence Production;
Website	www.modp.gov.pk

The Ministry of Defence Production (Urdu: وزارت دفاعی پيداوار), is a Cabinet-level ministry of Pakistan government concerned with the development and production of the full range of equipment and stores for the Pakistan Armed Forces ranging from platforms such as main battle tanks and multi-role combat aircraft to guided weapons, small arms, uniforms and unguided munitions of all calibres. The current Defense Production Minister of Pakistan is Zubaida Jalal Khan.

Leadership[]

Zubaida Jalal Khan is the Minister of Defence Production; Lt. General (Retd) Tanvir Tahir is the , and Major General is additional secretary based at Calcutta House in Rawalpindi.

The ministry's bureaucracy is split into three wings, administration, projects, and foreign collaboration, each overseen by an assistant secretary.

A list of the ministry's organisations is provided at the bottom of the page.

History[]

With the creation of Pakistan, a Directorate General Supply and Development was established under Ministry of Defence. In 1953, it was reorganised as Defence Purchase Directorate.^[3]

The embargo imposed by Western powers on India and Pakistan during the war of 1965 led to the establishment of Directorate General Munitions Production and Procurement in 1967.

This was bifurcated in 1970 into the Directorate General of Munitions Defence Purchase and the Directorate General of Munitions Procurement.

The first emphasis was small arms and the production of munitions by POF through tie-ups and technology-transfers from friendly states in the East and West, however the experience of the 1971 highlighted the attraction of greater self-sufficiency in major weapon systems.

As a result the Defence Production Division was established within the Pakistan Ministry of Defence in 1972 by President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who appointed Abdul Hamid as secretary in charge of the division.

Significant investments were made through the 1970s and 1980s to establish enterprises such as Heavy Industries Taxila and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex with assistance from the People's Republic of China in particular, as well European defence companies from countries such as France and Sweden.

In 2004 under President Pervez Musharraf the MoD's Defence Production Division was upgraded to a separate Ministry of Defence Production headed by a federal minister. However, the Ministry of Defence retained control over NESCOM^{[clarification needed]} given its role in the development and production of strategic weapons.

Organizations[]

Defence Export Promotion Organization
Directorate General Defence Purchase
Directorate General Munitions Production
- Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment
- Armament Research and Development Establishment
- Institute of Optronics
Heavy Industries Taxila
- Heavy Rebuild Factory (T-Series)
- Heavy Rebuild Factory (M-Series)
- Advance System Rebuild Factory
- Tank Manufacturing Factory
- Armoured Personnel Carrier Factory
- Gun Manufacturing Factory
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
- Aircraft Rebuild Factory
- Mirage Rebuild Factory
- Aircraft Manufacturing Factory
- Avionics Production Factory
Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works Limited
Pakistan Ordnance Factories
- Wah Industries Ltd.
Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (export oriented conventional technologies & services developed by NESCOM)
- Advance Engineering Research Organisation
- Integrated Defence System
- Maritime Systems Pvt. Limited
- Institute of Industrial Control System
- Al-technique Corporation
- Scientific Engineering & Technology Services
- Xpert Engineering Services

List of Ministers[]


No.	Federal Ministers	Term		Political Party	Prime Minister
No.	Federal Ministers	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party	Prime Minister
1	Maj (R) Habibullah Warraich	2 September 2004	15 November 2007	PML-Q	Shaukat Aziz
-	Syed Salim Abbas Jilani (caretaker)	17 November 2007	30 March 2008	Independent	Muhammad Mian Soomro
2	Rana Tanveer Hussain	31 March 2008	13 May 2008	PML N	Yousaf Raza Gillani
3	Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi	3 November 2008	3 October 2010	PPP
4	Makhdoom Shahabuddin	14 December 2010	11 February 2011	PPP
5	Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi	3 May 2011	19 June 2012	PML-Q
5	Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi	22 June 2012	24 June 2012	PML-Q	Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
6	Sardar Bahadur Ahmed Khan	26 June 2012	16 March 2013	PPP	Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
7	Rana Tanveer Hussain	8 June 2013	3 May 2018	PML N	Nawaz Sharif
8	Usman Ibrahim	4 May 2018	31 May 2018	PML N	Nawaz Sharif
-	Naeem Khalid Lodhi (caretaker)	27 June 2018	16 August 2018	Independent	Nasirul Mulk
9	Zubaida Jalal Khan	20 August 2018	Incumbent	PML-Q	Imran Khan

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External links[]

Ministry of Defence Production

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-07-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-07-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2016-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Ministry of Defence Production". modp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-03-08.

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-07-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-07-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2016-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Ministry of Defence Production". modp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-03-08.

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Minister: Zubaida Jalal Khan
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