Pakistan Ordnance Factories

Pakistan Ordnance Factories
Native name
Urdu: پاکستان آرڈیننس فیکٹریاں
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustryFirearms, Defense, Machinery
Founded1951; 73 years ago (1951)
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Lt General Syed Tahir Hameed Shah (Chairman)
ProductsPistols, Rifles, Submachine gun, Machine gun, Shotguns, Munitions, Explosives, Machine tools
OwnerMoDP
Number of employees
>27,000
Websitewww.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]

  1. ^ a b Haider, Mateen (28 November 2014). "Made in Pakistan". Dawn newspapers, 2014. Dawn newspapers. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. ^ Pakistan Ordnance Factories. "About Us". Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. ^ "NTI on POF". Nuclear Threat Initiatives. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  4. ^ Pakistan Ordnance Factories. "Frequently Asked Questions". Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  5. ^ a b staff writer. "History of POF". History of POF. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.