Pakistan was seeking purchase of $15 million worth of precision rifles. PHOTO: FILE
According to the statement released by the Pakistan embassy spokesperson on Friday, the Utah gun maker Desert Tech, never even made it to the shortlist and that all reports to the contrary were baseless.
The statement added that Desert Tech had initially shown interest in securing the deal.
“Desert Tech's first and foremost ethical responsibility should be honesty,” the statement read. The spokesperson alleged that the company had clearly violated ethics by fabricating a story that at best was a publicity stunt.
Pakistan and the US enjoy a productive and mutually beneficial defence partnership, now for decades - a relationship that has been particularly critical more recently in fighting terrorists and in protecting our two peoples, the statement added.
“Any insinuation to the contrary is unwarranted and misguided.”
Earlier in January, Mike Davis, sales manager at Desert Tech, had said that company was on a short list for a contract with Pakistan, but spurned the opportunity because of unrest in Pakistan and ethical concerns.
"We don't know that those guns would've went somewhere bad, but with the unrest we just ended up not feeling right about it," Davis had told KTVX-TV, even though the sale would have been legal.
The company, based in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City, was founded in 2007 on the principle of keeping America and its allies safe, he added.
"As a business owner you always want to be successful, but I think ethically and morally you want to go about it the right way and stick behind your founding principles," Davis told KSL.
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@rasgullah:
Your failed wishes. The only country which will be divided into smaller countries is your beloved country India.
@Tokka:
I fully agree sir! Pakistan has wasted a lots of time becuse of its continued military controlled Governments! From the city of Sialkot to texila to the city of Pashawar and the tribal territories they have the wealth of skilled people with constructive and innovative intellect which have not been fully exploited. Some of them are employed now by the world renowned companysworking from their homes! In terms of education, they need only to upgrade their madrassa centres with science subjects and their high schools and universities with the arabic language and religion as compulsary subjects. The private investor is ready to invest as soon as the military returns to its barracks outside the industrial area and the Government normalises its beaucracy.
Rex minor
Join the company on facebook and Plz convey your concerns to them, if u want!
@Rex Minor Bro, Can we first build high standard schools please?
Everyone should follow this company and stop trade with Pakistan until it becomes more manageable after division into smaller countries.
Small mfg who's workforce consist of young guys who fought in Afghanistan might be reluctant to do business with Pakistan - not because it likes turning down money but because it doesn't want to upset it's work force. Ferreting out the truth is an inaccurate science but I would observe that Pakistan has little credibility and my money's on the US gun mfg.
Pakistan Government has the opportunity to set up a Gun manufacturing company, other than the one they have currently, a privately financed cooperative venture in KPK territory which will provide employment and utilise the know how and the expertise which is localy at hand.
Rex Minor
Did anyone notice that Pakistan even want to buy snipper guns from a US company (not US government) that was started in 2007.
We cant even make those guns? And our gharat brigade want to fight with US.
Adds to the reasons why Pakistan needs to be self reliant.
we must know,Snipers have quietly emerged as one of the most effective but least understood weapons in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Advancements in technology and training have made them deadlier than in any previous generation. Their ability to deliver accurate shots minimizes collateral damage,,a key factor in counterinsurgency and they are often more effective than much ballyhooed drones at secretly collecting intelligence.
In modern warfare the importance of sniper infantry regiment in any army increased many fold. even u can see in Afganistan U.S. military snipers are changing warfare,as the use of sniper shotter ,The result, Dozens of militants were killed by an enemy they never saw.
Pakistan doesn't need no crazy Yankee arms deal we have our own collection of allowing our hosted friends the Pakistani Taliban have their will to kill us!
Sniper gun is deadlist weapon f US Marine in Afganistan, If one want to know more about sniper one must go through book, Kyle drew criticism for drawing attention to his exploits by writing about the 150 insurgents he had killed between 1999 and 2009. The book, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US Military History, became a bestseller.
So Desert Tech means to say that its ethical to sell the guns if its used by the Muslims to kill the Muslims or used by Anyone else to kill the Muslims...
You explained everything about your ambitions...
They must be the first ethical death dealer.
I don't believe anything that comes out of Pakistani FO. They are professional liars.
Sell guns and keep America safe? How does that work out?
Right, so the founding principles of a company that makes arms and ammunition is to kill people, as long as theyre not Americans. Great going.