Karachi (Staff Report/Agencies): Pakistan will kick off the 10th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2018 at the Expo Centre in Karachi on Tuesday (Nov. 27).
The four-day event is exclusively for trade visitors and official defence delegates.
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat will be the keynote speaker.
It will showcase a number of activities encompassing world’s advanced defence technology demonstrations, an international seminar, three conferences by Pakistan Armed Forces, IDEAS Karachi Show, counter-terrorism demo, networking, and business expansions through business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-government (B2G) engagements.
The exhibition will be attended by 262 high-level delegations from 51 countries, according to officials of the Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO).
China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Jordon, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine, and the United States are establishing more than 520 stalls at the expo.
Another significance of IDEAS 2018 is the holding of exclusive land, maritime and aviation conferences by Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force respectively. The conferences will be hosted by the respective service chiefs.
In order to specially mark the 10th edition of IDEAS 2018, the Ministry of Pakistan Postal Services would issue a commemorative postal stamp of Rs10. These tickets will be available for sale from November 27 at major post offices. In addition, two Russian Naval Ships are also visiting Pakistan for port call during the exhibition.
New inventions of Pakistan’s defence industry through Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Global Industrial Solutions, Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment, Shibli Electronics, Universal Smart Military Systems and Daudson Armoury will also be inaugurated and showcased during the exhibition.
Moreover, IDEAS Karachi Show has been planned especially for the people of Karachi on November 29 at Nishan e Pakistan, Sea View. In addition, November 30 has exclusively been reserved for public visits.