Under Secretary General, United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Dr. Shamshad Akhtar called on
Federal Minister for science and technology and defense production Rana Tanveer
Hussain here at Islamabad today.
Highlighting the role of his ministry,Rana Tanveer Hussain said
that we have taken a lot of initiatives to promote the culture of research and
Innovation in the country.Therefore we are focusing on building , state of the
art "Technology parks" in the country .NUST & COMSAT is already
pursuing this initiative and we will be happy ,if south Asian office of UNESCAP
provide us technical assistance in these initiatives.
Dr. Shamshad Akhtar appreciated the role of ministry
of science and technology in promotion of Research and Innovation culture in
the country.She also ensured her organizational support to Pakistan to ensure
better regional connectivity and socio economic development for the entire
region.She asked the Minister to provide the list of best researchers
/Scientists of Pakistan So that UNESCAP could coordinate with them to explore
new avenues of cooperation especially for the development of science and
technology, not only for Pakistan but the whole region, said the Under
Secretary General
Rana Tanveer Hussain said that UNESCAP has already assisted many
countries in the region and its assistance to Pakistan to uplift science
and technology sector ,will be a commendable gesture.
Federal Secretary science and technology Mrs Yasmin Masood and
other senior officials from MoST were also present in the meeting.
