Pakistan is ready to launch international business in the field of defense and security 0912141.

In June 2014, Pakistan army has launched an all-out military offensive against the local and foreign militants based in North Waziristan agency, the second largest tribal region of Pakistan’s seven Federally Administered Tribal Areas located along the Pakistani-Afghan border. The operation, named Zarb-e-Azb, to be a crucial fight in Pakistan’s long war against terrorism and militancy, aimed at rooting out militant hideouts associated with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.

Pakistan has been ranked one of the top ten most powerful militaries of the world. At IDEAS 20114 Mister Peter Claes said, “Pakistani military establishment is very large and powerful in this country, it fulfils a role that is also important for the global community.”

With IDEAS, Pakistan wants to ban a negative image of the country and show to the international community's the interest to visit the country and create new business relationships. Mister Peter Claes added,” 80% of the country lives and works normally, Pakistani is a country with normal people that have a normal live and want to progress in live. Foreign people must not be scared by an image, I leave in this country with my family and I can tell you that live is pretty normal.”

The International Defense Exhibition IDEAS 2014, brings together international manufacturers and suppliers of products and services to explore the opportunities for cooperation in the field of defence production through joint ventures, outsourcing and collaboration.

The event provides a perfect interactive platform for the defence forces to access the best products and technologies to cater for their respective defence – related requirements. It also brings together international manufacturers and suppliers of products and services to explore the opportunities for cooperation in the field of defence production through joint ventures, outsourcing and collaboration.

Concerning the business in Pakistan, Mister Peter Claes said, “Pakistan has always been a free market economy and has also a very professional defense production industry." Pakistan’s ever growing defence industry is in quest for seeking international alliances to meet the requirements of its armed forces and growing needs of the regional defence forces. Pakistan’s own defence products present a perfect mix of indigenous and foreign technologies thus offering an ideal platform for defence collaboration.