Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said self-reliance in defence production is the hall mark of any country and Pakistan is proud of the milestones achieved toward that end.

He expressed these views while visiting the Heavy Industries Taxila today (Tuesday).

Army Chief  visited various facilities of Heavy Industries and witnessed recently developed enhanced protection solutions and remote weapon systems for tanks, indigenously developed 155 mm Artillery gun barrel, ballistic and IED protection of military vehicles and manufacturing, rebuild and upgradation of tanks and Armoured Personnel Carriers.

He witnessed on-going Research and Development projects and lauded the efforts of Heavy Industries Taxila to attain self-reliance through indigenisation in modern technologies of Tanks, Artillery Guns and ballistic protection solutions for vehicles.