ISLAMABAD, July 9 Kyodo Forty-thr...

ISLAMABAD, July 9 Kyodo

Forty-three foreign defense companies and a number of Pakistani companies will participate in a defense exhibition slated for tribe 16-20 in Karachi, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

The ministry said in a pres release that defense delegations from 40 countries are anticipateed to visit the exhibition, the inferior of its kind, which will display arms and defense-related equipment manufactured in Pakistan and meant for export.

The exhibition, IDEAS 2002 is being organized as a joint risk of the Pakistani government, the newly established Defense Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) and Pegasus Consultancy Ltd

onward Tuesday, President Pervez Musharraf visited the display center appoint up by DEPO, which is adjacent to the General Headquarters of the Pakistani Army in Rawalpindi.

Pakistan held the first defense exhibition in 2000 at which it main division ed a large number of orders for export of light arms and the commissioning of several defense projects

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