Fawad Finds Senate Committee Intervening MoST Affairs
Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhary has accused the Senate committee of interfering in administrative affairs of his ministry
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Senate Committee Annoyed Over MoST 8 Dept Headless
Senate Committee, However, the officials of the ministry conveyed that the Names of heads of these departments have been finalized
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TikTok App Accuses Of Sharing User Data With Chinese Government, U.S. Senate Approves Ban
A US Senate committee overseeing homeland security unanimously approved a proposal on Wednesday to ban the use of TikTok App,
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Senate Committee recognizes contribution of Telecom Sector Highlights need for rationalized taxation
PR: The Senate Standing Committee for Information Technology and Telecommunication has recently recognized the contribution of cellular sector of Pakistan and
Read moreNo need to import furnace oil from 2019, Senate announced
The Senate was briefed that from next year, there will be no furnace oil import, as already renewable energy made
Read moreSenate passed National University of Technology Bill, 2017
“The National University of Technology Bill, 2017” has been passed by Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology. This institute
Read moreMeeting of Senate committee on IT and telecom
Senate’s Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications had met with Senator Shahi Syed in chair. Progress on implementation status
Read morePSQCA to report Senate about food items quality control
Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology briefed about the standards developed for the packaged milk, tea whitener and powdered
Read moreSenate body approves controversial cybercrime bill
ISLAMABAD: Despite continuous outrage from the opposition parties and constructive
criticism by the civil society, the controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill, 2016 has
been passed by the Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and
telecommunication.
A senate body in Pakistan has approved the bill against cybercrime – which has been widely
criticized by the countryand#39;s public as a means to curb human rights and freedom of
Senate body approves Halal Authority Bill
STAFF REPORT ISB: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Science and Technology has approved the Pakistan Halal Authority Bill for regulation of all imports and exports in Halal articles and processes.
The parliamentary panel was told that Pakistan wanted to establish its own accreditation system for Halal foods instead of relying on the WTO and its recommendations.
"Pakistan, along with other Muslim countries, is against it," said Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC
Senate receives National Agricultural Research Centre land conflict report
STAFF REPORT ISB: A report in Senate concerning National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) was presented by Standing Committee on National Food Security. The report exhibited proposed change of 1,400 acres of land of National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) by the CDA into private and business plots.
Instructions the house about the discoveries of his board of trustees, an important member of the Senate SC said that the advisory group had suggested that since the CDA had not
Establishment of CUST approved by Senate
STAFF REPORT ISB: An important development was made in formation of Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST) in Islamabad Capital Territory as Senate unanimously approved the establishment of University.
"The incumbent government of Pakistan firmly believes on knowledge based economy and to chalk out the plan it intends to establish various universities in the country that will act as knowledge repositories and not only account for capacity building in various sectors but
Establishment of CUST approved by Senate
STAFF REPORT ISB: An important development was made in formation of Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST) in Islamabad Capital Territory as Senate unanimously approved the establishment of University.
"The incumbent government of Pakistan firmly believes on knowledge based economy and to chalk out the plan it intends to establish various universities in the country that will act as knowledge repositories and not only account for capacity building in various sectors but
Senate committee evaluates PMNH performance
STAFF REPORT LHR: The Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH) is doing excellent and extraordinary work despite financial hardships, said Senator Prof. Sajid Mir, Chairperson Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology.
He made these appreciation remarks during a visit of the committee members to PMNH, a subsidiary organization of Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF).
The Senate Committee members visited different display galleries, research laboratories and repositories
Senate committee calls for marketing S and T research
STAFF REPORT IBD: While expressing its satisfaction about the initiatives and performance of Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF), the Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology said that the Foundation should take steps for marketing the research so that the society could take full benefit of it. It also recommended that the end users and the industry may be involved from very beginning in the research projects for efficient results. The Senate committee, chaired by Senator Sajid Mir, met
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