Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday said "no compromise will be made" on the country's defence "irrespective of the constraints".

He made the remarks on a visit to Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Wednesday.

HIT is a military industrial complex that manufactures, rebuilds and upgrades tanks, tank guns and armoured personnel carriers.

Gen Bajwa was briefed on ongoing and future HIT defence projects. "HIT has a history of contributions to strengthen [the] conventional defence capability of the country," the press release quoted him as saying.

The COAS was also quoted as asking the HIT Chairman Lt Gen Naeem Ashraf to expedite ongoing projects to ensure they are completed on time. He assured the Army's "full support" to the defence industry.