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Explosion occurs at Pakistan major arms manufacturing factory
An explosion in Pakistan's major arms manufacturing factory has caused partial damage to some buildings, but no one was hurt, a spokesman for the factory said Monday.Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF), located at the town of Wah, some 25 km northwest of Islamabad, are the premier defence industries in the country, producing a wide range of conventional defensive munitions to international standards. "An explosion occurred in one of the explosive magazine of filling section of Pakistan Ordnance Factories at about 1:30 am on Monday. By the grace of Almighty Allah, there was not human loss or damage to plant and machinery, only some buildings have been partially damaged," the factory spokesman said in a statement. Chairman of POF Board has constituted a high level committee to ascertain the reasons of the explosion, the statement said. Military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan told a private TV channel that the explosion seems to be an accident and investigation has been ordered. According to the POF website, the factory is producing a wide range of munitions systems for ground, air and naval forces. In addition to meeting the domestic demand of the defence forces, POF products are in service with over 30 countries. Posted by: john 2006-07-31 |
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