ISLAMABAD, 10 November 2021, (TON): A statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said “Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that he is proud of achieving self-reliance in defence production.”

The army chief was cited by the ISPR as saying during his visit to Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) "self-reliance in defence production is the hallmark of any country and we are proud of the milestones achieved towards that end.”

The military's media wing said “Gen Qamar was briefed about the HIT's capabilities, the progress of ongoing projects and recently undertaken Balancing, Modernisation and Revamping (BMR) measures for the production units.”

It added "the COAS visited various facilities and witnessed recently developed enhanced protection solutions and remote weapon systems for tanks, indigenously developed 155mm Artillery gun barrel, ballistic, IED protection of military vehicles and manufacturing, rebuild and upgradation of tanks and Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs).”

The ISPR added “the COAS witnessed the ongoing research and development projects and lauded the efforts to attain self-reliance through indigenisation in modern technologies of tanks, artillery guns and ballistic protection solutions for vehicles.”