STAFF REPORT IBD: As Pakistan is making efforts to become an associate member of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), a high-powered 4-member technical team of CERN has arrived in Pakistan to evaluate the capability of the country.
Pakistan is going to become associate member of CERN. India is not part of CERN and Pakistan is making efforts to join fold of this research institution in the nuclear field.
The team, led by Dr. Sergio Bertolucci, Director for Research and Scientific Computing, CERN, has arrived following the application by Pakistan submitted in February 2013. The team is assessing and evaluating the scientific activities being undertaken in Pakistan.