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Senate body briefed regarding organizational structure, key functions of the Ministry

Islamabad: Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology was briefed regarding the organizational structure and key functions of the Ministry on Friday.

The Committee was informed that the main focus of the Ministry was to ensure major strides in Research and Development and quality control so that all innovation in various undertaken fields could be commercialized.

PSDP has been doubles as Current number of projects in PSDP 2020-2021 are 32 whereas PSDP 2021-2022 are 44.

It was informed that major accolades have been achieved by the various departments that fall under the Ministry these include Pakistan being declared full signatory of the Washington Accord; development of a Cardiac stent as an import substitute; development and sale of different types of scientific /biomedical equipment and development of strategic chemicals and equipment materials for the Pakistan Ordinance Factories.

In addition to this, NUST has ranked amongst the top 500 universities of the world and launching of the National Science Talent Framing Program that award 300 scholarships annually.

It has also strengthened research collaboration with international organizations such as IROST, UNESCO, KOICA, AFANCA, NSF China, TUBITAK Turkey, Bell Sa Belarus and YASTI China.

Establishment of water testing laboratories is a major achievement too.

The Committee stressed the need for Industrial collaboration for projects undertaken by the Ministry; it was asserted that need based solutions was the need of the hour and must be the focus of all scientific innovation in the country. The Committee recommended that in order to strengthen the economy import substitutes must be pursued.

The Committee provided details of the vast range of attached departments and agencies that fall under the ambit of the Ministry of Science and Technology. The National Institute of Oceanography and Pakistan Standards and Quality Control further briefed the Committee about the its structure and work.

While discussing the public petition regarding and amendment in the Pakistan Engineering Council Act 1976 referred to the Committee by the Chairman; the Committee deliberated over the details.

Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Shibli Faraz directed the Ministry to review the matter in great detail and said that all out efforts must be made to ensure these issues are resolved. It was recommended that both fields of Engineering and Technology must fall under the same umbrella.