The Karachi University’s (KU) Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics (ISPA) has organized a 5th national conference on ‘Space, Science and Technology’ for remarking World Space Week 2017.

Conference has a theme named as ‘Exploring New Worlds in Space’. However, the conference also covered a wide range of topics of space, science, and technology. Space scientists from all over Pakistan have attended this conference.

The inaugural ceremony held at the KU Arts Auditorium. Professor Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Khan KU Vice-Chancellor presided over the inaugural ceremony while National Center for Physics Director-General Dr. Hafeez Hoorani was chief guest.

The closing ceremony was at KU Arts Auditorium and KU Faculty of Science Dean Professor Dr. Tasneem Adam Ali presided over the closing ceremony.