Pak to participate in DSA 2008

Kuala Lumpur—Pakistan’s defence industry will have one of the biggest presence in the Defence Services Asia 2008 (DSA 2008) exhibition which will be held here from April 21 to 24. In a statement issued here, the Pakistan High Commission said its industry would introduce a wide variety of defence products. “Among them are infantry weapons, personal defence weapons, artillery ammunition, tank and anti-tank ammunition, aircraft and anti-aircraft ammunition, hand grenades, small arms ammunition, pyrotechnics and demolition store and propellants and explosives,” the Bernama news agency quoted the mission, as saying. DSA is the largest defence and security exhibition in the Asia-Pacific region. About 600 local and foreign companies from 40 countries will take part in the exhibition that is expected to attract over 20,000 visitors.

—Agencies