Ideas 2014: Arms for 'peace'

Published December 3, 2014
A visitor checks a rifle on display. — Reuters
A visitor checks a rifle on display. — Reuters

The 8th biennial International Defence E­xhib­ition and Seminar (IDEAS 2014) began at the Karachi Expo Centre on Dec 1, and 88 delegations from 47 countries are taking part in it.

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