Pakistan now among few countries producing their own ventilators: Fawad Chaudhry.

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday that the first batch of ventilators manufactured in Pakistan will be delivered to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in the coming week.

In a video statement, he said that Pakistan has joined the ranks of those few countries which are producing their own ventilators.

According to the minister, the ventilator is a "complicated machine and not a lot of countries in the world have the capacity to make this".

Federal Minister for Science and Technology @fawadchaudhry announced the launch of the first #MadeInPakistan ventilators. pic.twitter.com/vhYlrRpHs9- Ministry of Science and Technology (@MinistryofST) June 28, 2020

The minister expressed hopes that the country would be able to meet its own need for ventilators and would also be able to export the equipment.

"When the first Covid-19 case was recorded in February 26, we were not producing anything. Within a few months, we have become capable of producing our own equipment," he said, congratulating the Pakistan Engineering...