KARACHI: The lith edition of International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS), the mega national event organised biennially by the Defence Export Promotion Organisation (DEPO) in Pakistan, is scheduled to be held from Nov 15 to 18 at the Karachi Expo Centre.

To provide impetus to the ongoing national level preparations for the strategically important IDEAS 2022, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah chaired the second steering committee meeting at the CM House on Thursday.

The meeting was attended by senior representatives from federal ministries, various departments of Sindh government, the armed forces of Pakistan,lawenforcement agencies (LEAs), officials of DEPO and Badar Expo Solutions, the event manager.

The meeting was aimed at bringing all stakeholders on one page for holding this major event of Pakistan at par with international standards.

During the meeting, all government organisa-tions and departments pledged their full support for successful conduct of the event.

Speaking on the occasion, CM Shah highlighted that hosting the lith edition of IDEAS was a testimony to the government`s pledge to encourage technological growth and exchange in the region.