KARACHI - Federal Minister for Defense Production Sardar Bahadur Khan Sihar said Pakistan is offering some high tech air and ground equipments for sale which shows the country has achieved self sufficiency in many fields. Addressing the closing ceremony of IDEAS 2012 here at Expo centre Sunday, he said Pakistan is a peace-loving country and its people desire to live in harmony with all. He added that the aim of the IDEAS 2012 was to showcase country’s products, demonstrate organisation skills, conduct a mega event of international stature and provide a great international platform to convey view points on security issues concerning Pakistan.Moreover, to provide a unique opportunity for country’s defense-related industry, both in public and private sector, to display their products and interact directly with the defense industry of the developed world and creating a good opportunity to reinforce the diplomatic efforts in the domain of defense diplomacy, he added. He said the holding the IDEAS 2012 successfully under the prevalent environment, Pakistan has managed to establish its image among the modern, progressive and tolerant states that are willing to co-exist peacefully with the international community. Meanwhile, Major General Tahir Ashraf Khan DG Defense Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) added that Pakistan had been in defense production since very long. “Our some of the major indigenously developed products were showcased in IDEAS-2012 including Main Battle Tank Al-Khalid, JF-17 Thunder Fighter Aircraft, Jet Trainer Aircraft and UAVs,” he said adding, “We received very good response for IDEAS 2012 from Turkey, China, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Far East.” He said that the impact of the event would be large, as it is an ongoing process and major deals take time to be cemented. A Chinese company and HIT has signed MoU in this regard. He highlighted that foreign delegates did not face any difficulty during their stay and a good message would be conveyed, dispelling the wrong impression of terrorism.Commodore Siddiq Akbar, Director (Media) of Defense Export Promotion Organization (DEPO), Ministry of Defence Production and Brig Mazhar, Director Coordination, DEPO was also present on the occasion.