Progress in Science and technology is need of the hour for dealing with pandemics, said, Professor Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman.
Director of Prime Minister Task Force on Science and Technology, Pakistan, Professor Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman named progress in Science and Technology (S&T) as a key to relieving the result of the common emergency of Corona Pandemic.
He said the Corona pandemic has genuinely influenced the national and worldwide improvement upsetting advancement of all divisions in the short and since quite a while ago run. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman communicated these perspectives at a gathering held at the COMSATS Secretariat to talk about the future possibilities of Science and Technology in Pakistan.
The gathering that pondered on the topic of Science and Technology in Pakistan and its job in national improvement appeared to be in understanding that the Human limit and mechanical assets of logical bodies working in Pakistan ought to be lined up with the worldwide patterns in S&T to accomplish progress and advancement in the nation.
Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi, Executive Director COMSATS; Dr. Akram Sheik, Co-Chair and Distinguished Senior Fellow at Global Think Tank Network (GTTN), Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Coordinator General of COMSTECH and Director of the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi (COMSATS Center of Excellence); Prof. Dr. Anwar-ul-Hassan Gilani, Vice-Chancellor of Haripur University, Dr. Aslam Baig, Distinguished National Professor at the National Center for Physics (NCP), Dr. Kauser Abdulla, Higher instruction Commission (HEC) Distinguished Professor and Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Forman Christian College, Lahore; Dr. Zabta Khan Shinwari, Professor of Biotechnology at Quaid-e-Azam University, Dr. Khalid Mahmood Khan, Secretary-General of NASIC; and Parvez Butt, Former Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission were additionally present during the gathering.
During the gathering, Dr. Junaid Zaidi featured the requirement for interest in rising advancements and focusing on contemporary sciences and information.
He asked embracing inventive and advancement directed components as intends to conquer boundaries to financial development and national turn of events.
Further, Dr. Zaidi stressed the requirement for underwriting and expanding on existing limits, potential, and foundations to reinforce a logical culture in the nation.
The conversations during the gathering spun around different issues of the development in science and innovation in Pakistan alongside the potential job of logical establishments in the turn of events and progress of the nation. Corona pandemic was viewed as a grave blow on national and worldwide improvement influencing the progress of all areas in the short and since quite a while ago run and the requirement for essential logical arrangements was underscored.
The members likewise talked about the accompanying with regards to improving S&T Infrastructure of Pakistan: KPIs and routine assessment of S&T organizations; mainstreaming the utilization of innovation/IT in Ministries; subsidizing issues for significant S&T mediations and R&D; the significance of STI, industrialization, and digitalization in national turn of events.
Proposals were made during the gathering with respect to the structure of the STI framework in the nation taking into account the rising needs and improvement related difficulties in the area. Mechanical development supported by S&T arrangements and R&D was viewed as significant for helping Pakistan accomplish monetary and budgetary security.