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Machine guns POF HMG PK-16: 12.7×108mm Pakistan: Standard heavy machine gun, based on the DshK/Type 54P. [16] [17] MG3: 7.62×51mm NATO Germany: Standard general-purpose machine gun. [18] Under license built by POF. RPD: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: Squad automatic weapon. [19] PKM: 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union: Limited usage by Special Service Group ...
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.
The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing occurred in Peshawar, Pakistan, when a car bomb was detonated in a Mina Bazar (Market for women and children) of the city.The bomb killed 137 people and injured more than 200 others, making it the deadliest attack in Peshawar's history.
Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, particularly the Dara Adam Khel area bordering Afghanistan, is known for a unique cottage industry: the manufacturing of unlicensed firearms by local gunsmiths. This industry boasts a long history, dating back to the mid-19th century, and has garnered a global reputation for its ability to produce ...
According to the Small Arms Survey of 2017, an estimated 44 million firearms were owned by the public, of which 6 million were registered. The rate of private gun ownership is 22.3 firearms per 100 people. [9] In a comparison of the number of privately owned guns in 230 countries, Pakistan ranks 24th in the world.
A 2010 study by the Congressional Research Service titled 'Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues' noted that even though Pakistan had taken several steps to enhance Nuclear security in recent years 'Instability in Pakistan has called the extent and durability of these reforms into question.' [180]
The bomb had been fitted to a motorbike parked near the residence of the slain MPA on Dalazak Road in Peshawar. This was the sixth such attack on ANP in less than a year. [8] 17 February:- At least three people were killed by a car bomb which exploded outside the home of a government official in north-western Pakistan. The bomb targeted a local ...
Issuing cities are Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Abbottabad, Bannu, and Kohat. Motorcycles AA 000 Plates are white plate with black letters, but smaller in dimension. The plates consist of two letters above and three numbers below with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's coat of arms on the left. KP is written above and the name of the issuing city below.