Pakistan Agricultural Research Council is composed of four technical divisions covering the discipline of Crop Sciences, Animal Sciences, Social Sciences and Natural Resource sciences. The social sciences division spearheads agricultural…
Many exciting developments in the fields of science and technology are rapidly transforming the landscape of those countries that are investing in research and development. Many of these innovations are…
Import substitution and export promotion: agro-based exports (food, textile, leather groups) fetch 75-80 per cent of total earnings but the direct exports of agricultural commodities are limited to only $5…
At present, the canal irrigation management system recovers only a quarter of its repair and maintenance costs. In the 1970s, the entire cost was recovered by these water charges called…
The higher education sector of Pakistan witnessed a historic development on January 11, 2018: a formal approval was given by the KP government to establish the Pak-Austrian Engineering University in…
In an earlier article, I wrote about how the field of nanotechnology is impacting developments in electronics, pharmaceuticals, new materials and many other areas. Fascinating developments have also taken place…
About three years ago I was conferred the highest science award of China, the International Science and Technology Collaboration Award by President Xi Jinping at a special ceremony in the…
As the UN COP15 summit in Montreal aims to halt rapid destruction of nature and restore degraded lands, some experts have called for selling “biodiversity credits” to help pay for…
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has been centering its efforts on the…
On September 17, a historic event occurred. The prime minster of Pakistan inaugurated a beautiful campus of Pakistan’s first foreign engineering university, the Pak-Austria Fachhochschule, in Haripur Hazara, about 40…
