ISLAMABAD: Secretary for defence production told special committee
of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that no proposal was under
consideration to purchase alternative air crafts in place of those
which were destroyed in Mehran Base attack and it was impossible to
acquire Orion plans in the prevailing tense ties between Pakistan and
US.
Committee met here Tuesday in parliament house under Zahid
Hamid to review audit objections pertaining to ministry for defence
production.
Officials of ministry for defence production looked
ignorant that Pakistan Ordinance Factory was either running in loss or
profit. When Committee members asked question from the officers of POF
about its losses or profit but no one among them could give reply.
The
officers told government provided only funds to POF and it manufactured
defence related equipment. This was not basically a business concern,
they stated. Online
