PCSIR Islamabad

Honorable Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Senator Shibli Faraz visited PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Peshawar on 02-06-2021

Senator Shibli Faraz, the Honorable Federal Minister for Science and Technology, visited PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Peshawar on Wednesday, 2^nd June 2021. He was accompanied with Dr. Syed Hussain Abidi, Chairman PCSIR. Mr. Farid Ullah Khan, Director General PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Peshawar and Mr. Jehangir Shah, Director (P&D) received the honorable guests. During the said visit, a detailed presentation/ briefing about the available facilities, achievements and current activities of PCSIR, Peshawar was given. He was satisfied that now PCSIR has started moving on its right track under the present leadership and taken tangible new initiatives like Civil- Military R&D Projects, Precision Agriculture for Import Substitutes and Aquaculture initiative with modern S&T interventions. The Honorable Federal Minister urged upon the scientists/ engineers of PCSIR, Peshawar to undertake productive and meaningful research by transferring its benefits to the common people. He also emphasized to the researchers of PCSIR, Peshawar to develop value added products from industrial wastes so as to contribute in national economy.

In a press talk, the Federal Minister informed that in line with the vision of the Honorable Prime Minister of Pakistan, the structural reforms in the S&T organizations are underway. The newly established Pakistan Halal Authority working under the administrative control of the Federal Ministry of Science & Technology will be fully operationalized so as to give substantial boost in the exports as well as to grab the maximum share of Pakistan’s trade in the area of Halal Food. The recently approved project of PCSIR relating to the establishment of Halal Food Laboratories at Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar will provide supplementary facilitation to the Halal Food exporters to compete in global market as per international standards. In the meanwhile, the present government is too eager to develop/ strengthen the Scientific & Technological research base in Pakistan for which billions of rupees have been allocated to support the R&D activities in the priority areas of national interest. Further, the initiatives relating to skills development and financing access to Pakistani youth under Prime Minister’s programme “Nojawan Pakistan” will also feed the local industries with abundantly available qualified skilled workforce as well as to promote entrepreneurship in Pakistan. He hoped that such type of initiatives will play a vital role to strengthen the knowledge-based economy in the country.

In the end, the Honorable Federal Minister appreciated the efforts of PCSIR researchers and assured his full cooperation for the betterment of S&T infrastructure in the country.