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| Formed | September 2, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-09-02) |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Pakistan |
| Headquarters | Pakistan Secretariat-II inRawalpindi,Punjab |
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TheMinistry of Defence Production (Urdu:وزارت دفاعی پيداوار;Trans.:Wazarat-e-Defai Padawar) abbreviated asMoDP, is anexecutive ministry of the federalGovernment of Pakistan with objectives of development and production of ordnance and machinery for thePakistan Armed Forces.
Established as a separate ministry from its parent agency,Ministry of Defence in 2004, the MoDP oversees the development of conventional military weapons system through its separately funded organizations.
The Ministry of Defence Production is headed byMinister of Defence Production who is an elected member of parliament. The minister of defense production is assisted by the secretary of defense production—a usually a military officer. The MoDP is located in the vicinity of Ministry of Defense in Rawalpindi.
The ministry's bureaucracy is split into three wings, administration, projects, and foreign collaboration, each overseen by an assistant secretary.
TheMinistry of Defence (MoD) established the "Directorate for General Supply and Development (DG&D) in 1947; it was reorganized as "Defense Purchase Directorate" in 1953.[2]: 9–10
After thewar with India in 1965, the MoD took initiatives to increase domestic production of ordnance for thePakistani military, and the "Defence Production Division" was established in 1972.[3]: 110 Between 1970s–80, the assistance provided byChina,France andSweden, the MoD was able to established theHeavy Industries Taxila (HIT) for army,Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) for the air force, and expanded the work scope of theKarachi Shipyard & Engineering Works for the navy.[3]: 110–115
In a view of export control of weapon designs and ammunition's production in 2004, the Division was separated from the MoD and was established as "Ministry of Defence Production."[4]
The Ministry of Defence Productions owns and sponsors five major organizations that includesHeavy Industries Taxila (HIT),Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW),Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC),Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF), andNational Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC); though the corporate leadership is provided by thePakistani military.[5][6][7]
TheResearch and Development Establishment (RDE) is a research and development (R&D) administration within the MoDP created in 2020 after merging three research installations – theInstitute of Optronics (IOP), Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (MVRDE) dedicated for weapons development for the military.[7][8]
Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO),Directorate General Munition Production andDirectorate General Defence Purchase are other three major agencies that oversee the national security related technological development and export control of its designs and products within MoDP.[7]
The MoDP is the official sponsor ofInternational Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) through its agency, theDefence Export Promotion Organization, since 2002.[9] The IDEAS conference is held inKarachi Expo Centre biennially.[10]
| No. | Federal ministers[11] | Term | Political party | Prime Minister | |
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| Took office | Left office | ||||
| 1. | Maj. Habibullah Warraich | 2 September 2004 | 15 November 2007 | PML-Q | Shaukat Aziz |
| - | Salim Abbas Jilani (Caretaker) | 17 November 2007 | 30 March 2008 | Independent | Mohammad Soomro' |
| 2. | Tanveer Hussain | 31 March 2008 | 13 May 2008 | PML N | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| 3. | A.Q. Khan Jatoi | 3 November 2008 | 3 October 2010 | PPP | |
| 4. | Makhdoom Shahabuddin | 14 December 2010 | 11 February 2011 | PPP | |
| 5. | Pervaiz Elahi | 3 May 2011 | 19 June 2012 | PML-Q | |
| 22 June 2012 | 24 June 2012 | Pervaiz Ashraf | |||
| 6. | Bahadur Khan | 26 June 2012 | 16 March 2013 | PPP | |
| 7. | Tanveer Hussain | 8 June 2013 | 3 May 2018 | PML N | Nawaz Sharif |
| 8. | Usman Ibrahim | 4 May 2018 | 31 May 2018 | PML N | |
| - | Naeem Khalid Lodhi (Caretaker) | 27 June 2018 | 16 August 2018 | Caretaker | Nasirul Mulk |
| 9. | Zubaida Jalal | 20 August 2018 | 10 April 2022 | Balochistan Awami Party | Imran Khan |
| 10. | Israr Tareen | April 2022 | 10 August 2023 | Balochistan Awami Party | Shehbaz Sharif |
| 11. | Anwar Ali Haider | 17 August 2023 | till date | Caretaker | Anwarul Haq Kakar |
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