Pak-Austria Fachhochschule Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology

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Globalization and the information and communication revolution have greatly impacted worlds’ production methods and its structure. Today, knowledge is one of the main distinguishing features between developed and underdeveloped economies. In highly-developed economies, research and development activities and production are horizontally integrated in the form of networks, covering production sites and laboratories in a number of countries.
Pakistan is lacking in having an adequately trained and skilled workforce in production sector which ultimately resulted in lowest exports and consequently limited potential for economic growth.
‘Skilling Pakistan: A Vision for the National Skills Strategy, 2008-12” aims at three main objectives when defining technical education at policy level: firstly, providing relevant skills for industrial and economic development; secondly, improving access, equity and employability; and lastly, assuring quality for skills development. These objectives are in line with the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s aim to poverty alleviation through human resource development and skill training.

Interview: Pakistan should seize opportunity to learn from China's scientific advancement: Pakistani scientist

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"When the students return to Pakistan after completing advanced learning in China, Pakistan can get benefit from their expertise by hiring them at significant posts in colleges, universities and laboratories," the professor (Dr. Ataur Rahman) at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) of the University of Karachi told Xinhua.

"It will not only provide the scientists a platform to conduct further research, but also give them a chance to teach advanced sciences to other students, and the whole process will gradually set the base of scientific studies on modern grounds in the country," Rahman added.

"I always suggest that Pakistan should start taking benefit from China right now so that Pakistani students and researchers can grow with China in the field of science."

An alumnus of King's College of Britain's University of Cambridge from where he received his PhD in organic chemistry in 1968, Rahman has won lots of awards in Pakistan including the highest national award Nishan-e-Imtiaz for his services to the country in the field of science, apart from a number of other international awards.

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"I also have a number of international co-publications with Chinese scientists. Many Chinese scientists and pharmaceutical companies have visited Pakistan to conduct research in the ICCBS. By all these research and publications, I have made a small effort to promote Chinese science in the world."

The professor is also the head of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's task force on science and technology. The task force is aimed at making the country standout in the world in "specific and targeted fields."

"Initially we have identified five areas including education, agriculture, minerals, information technology, and linkages of innovation with society which will focus on engineering and emerging sciences. Two new universities are also being established to give education of applied science."

Development budget of the country's science and technology has increased six-fold this year to encourage innovation, he said, adding that one of the main focuses of the Pakistani government is to change the direction of the country's economy from agricultural economy to knowledge and science economy.

"China will be a great help for Pakistan to achieve the target and for that purpose we are forming 20 centers of excellence in various universities of the country with the help of China," the professor said. These centers will include artificial intelligence in health sciences, hybrid seed production, virology, nanotechnology, railways engineering, agricultural food processing, mineral extraction and processing among others.

Many top Chinese institutes and universities including Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, China National Rice Research Institute and Wuhan Institute of Virology among others will cooperate with Pakistan to make these centers of excellence a success story, he added.

"I have a long and cordial association with China, and these centers of excellence will form linkages of young Pakistani scientists with China too, and they will act as an engine of scientific advancement for Pakistan by learning from China."

Sharing his vision regarding the potential of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in development of science and technology in the country, the professor said that Pakistan should form joint industrial ventures in high-tech manufacturing with China to benefit from Chinese technological advancement and the Pakistani government is also working towards that direction in special economic zones.

Islamabad to Get Danish University of Emerging Technologies

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The federal government has approved establishment of the Danish University of Emerging Technologies at Sector H-16, Islamabad.

Reports said that the Federal Cabinet, through circulation of summary, approved establishment of Danish University of Emerging Technologies at Sector H-16, Islamabad.

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) had proposed over 100 102.5 Acres (820.75 Kanal) of land located at Sector H-16, Islamabad for establishment of Danish University of Emerging Technologies, Islamabad.

It is pertinent to note that the current government has taken a significant step for promoting quality education in Pakistan for under privileged children, the Daanish School Project which aims to provide quality education to underprivileged and deserving students across Pakistan, particularly in remote and less-developed areas.

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PM announces new university with funds recovered from UK

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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif this week announced that a new university would be set up in the capital Islamabad using £190 million (US$246 million) recovered by the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) from a Pakistani real estate tycoon.

After Pakistan’s Supreme Court recently released the money from a fine settlement account to the federal government account, Sharif announced it would be used to establish an institution called Daanish University that would focus on applied sciences and boast advanced research facilities. Sharif is to be its patron.

Former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced in January for corrupt practices related to a case involving Al-Qadir University. Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party, was found guilty of using the Al-Qadir University trust to obtain land from Pakistani real estate tycoon Malik Riaz, whose illegal money was seized by the UK authorities and returned to Pakistan in 2019.

According to Judge Nasir Javed Rana, Khan, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison, was guilty of using the office of prime minister to divert the funds from the UK into a fine settlement account of a housing society owned by Riaz, who has since absconded.

Announcing the use of the funds to establish the Daanish University of Applied and Emerging Sciences at a steering committee meeting for the new university chaired by Sharif in Islamabad, the prime minister ordered the land acquisition and a charter for the university to be finalised.

“Daanish University would be an institution where deserving and talented students will receive high-quality, research-based education.

“This university should be developed having international-standard technical and applied sciences and equipped with state-of-the-art technology and advanced research facilities with highly qualified faculty,” the minister said, according to a press statement issued after the meeting.

Like Al-Qadir University, which was established under Al-Qadir Trust, this university will also be established under Daanish Trust. The government maintains that setting up this university under a trust will ensure its independence and financial survival.