Karachi’s metropolis administration introduced a seven-day ban on protests and rallies within the mega metropolis forward of the twelfth version of the Worldwide Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS-24) getting underway on the Expo Centre right this moment.
The exhibition will final till November 22, 2024.
The notification, issued late Monday by Karachi Commissioner Syed Hasan Naqvi underneath Part 144 over a request from the Extra Inspector Normal of Police, Karachi Vary, prohibits all political gatherings, sit-ins, rallies, protests and comparable actions.
A notification issued on this regard states that public gatherings of greater than 5 folks won’t be allowed in the course of the given interval. Comparable restrictions have additionally been imposed in Islamabad in a notification issued by the extra deputy commissioner.
The defence exhibition will open right this moment after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurates it. The exhibition will probably be organised by the Defence Export Promotion Organisation (DEPO), underneath the aegis of the Ministry of Defence and Defence Manufacturing, aiming to advertise Pakistan’s defence trade internationally.
The occasion as per its traditions will showcase splendid actions encompassing world’s superior defence know-how demonstrations, worldwide seminar, IDEAS Tri-Providers Karachi Present, networking, and enterprise expansions via B2B and B2G engagements.
The IDEAS-24 will convey collectively defence industries from throughout the globe to showcase their newest technological improvements.
The Defence Business of Pakistan (public in addition to personal) can even showcase its defence-related merchandise of worldwide requirements.
One of many new additions to the IDEAS-2024 would be the Startups Pavilion which is being established underneath the auspices of the Nationwide College of Sciences and Expertise (NUST), the Pakistan Navy Maritime Science and Expertise Park (PNMSTP) and the Nationwide Aerospace and Expertise Park (NASTP) within the discipline of Synthetic Intelligence (AI) and the defence sector, with a view to giving worldwide publicity to younger entrepreneurs, who’re anticipated to show extremely modern tasks and applied sciences.
Senior civil and army delegations and commerce guests in giant numbers can even be witnessing the IDEAS-24, in line with the Defence Export Promotion Group (DEPO).
The earlier version of the defence exhibition was attended by 350 delegates from 57 nations, in addition to high-level delegations headed by defence ministers, defence secretaries and heads of the armed forces.