WAH CANTT, Pakistan: The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Jordan Armed Forces Lt General Mahmoud A. Fraihat along with an official delegation visited Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) on Thursday.
On arrival at POF, the delegation was received by Acting Chairman POF Board Muhammad Afzal, who introduced them with POF Board Members, said a press release issued by POF.
In his welcome remarks, the acting chairman told the delegation that POF was the premier defence organization of the country which was not only meeting defence requirements of the armed forces of Pakistan but also exporting its products to more than 40 countries around the globe.
He said that POF was ready to meet the requirements of all types of conventional arms and ammunition of Jordan.
Irfan Ghalib General Manager Exports in his detailed briefing told the delegation that POF was a gigantic defence production complex with 14 independent production units, 12 subsidiaries and total work force was more than 26,000.
The delegation visited POF Product Display Lounges, later they were taken to some production units where they witnessed the manufacturing process of arms and ammunition.
In his remarks in the visitors’ book, Chairman Joint chiefs of Staff Jordan Armed Forces wrote, “I was pleased to visit this great organization and looking forward to enhance and to expand the cooperation between Jordan and Pakistan in many aspects.”
The delegation showed keen interest in the manufacturing process of arms and ammunition and lauded the high quality of POF products.
