Native name | Urdu: پاکستان آرڈیننس فیکٹریاں |
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Company type | State-owned enterprise |
Industry | Firearms, Defense, Machinery |
Founded | 1951 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Lt General Syed Tahir Hameed Shah (Chairman) |
Products | Pistols, Rifles, Submachine gun, Machine gun, Shotguns, Munitions, Explosives, Machine tools |
Owner | MoDP |
Number of employees | >27,000 |
Website | www.pof.gov.pk POF Youtube Channel |
The Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) is a major firearms and a defence contractor headquartered in Wah Cantt, Punjab, Pakistan.[1] Described as "the largest defence industrial complex under the Ministry of Defence Production, producing conventional arms and ammunition to the international standards" by the Government of Pakistan.[2]
The POF was founded by the Government of Pakistan with early collaboration from the former British Royal Ordnance Factory in 1951. The POF engineers, develops, produces, manufactures, and promotes a wide range of different types of infantry and special-purpose weapons, explosives, ammunition, mortars, rockets, and the military gear for Pakistan's military.[3] The POF is owned and sponsored by the Ministry of Defence Production whose corporate leadership comes from a deputation by the Army GHQ of the Pakistan Army.[4] The POF is the earliest and one of the largest military corporations in Pakistan, and later influenced many other military corporations in the Pakistan Armed Forces.[5]
The POF produces ammunition that meets requirements set by NATO specification.[5] Apart from military works, the POF also serves the civilian law enforcement agencies, Civil Armed Forces, and private security markets nationwide.[1]