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Energy experts laud formulation of Pakistan’s first National Water Policy, Urgency in implementation stressed
May 14th, 2018 | No Comments
PR: Applauding the unanimous approval of Pakistan’s first National Water Policy by all the four provinces, the energy experts participating in a roundtable advised on expediting the process of policy’s implementation by relying on country’s own resources instead of wasting time in seeking help from other countries and international institutions. The recommendation was made in a […]…Read More
Mainstreaming climate concerns into development agenda stressed
October 10th, 2017 | No Comments
Senator Mushahidullah Khan, Federal climate change minister said mainstreaming of climate change into national, provincial district socio-economic development policies and strategies and heightened climate-smart investments in infrastructure, businesses, and skills are must for protecting Pakistan from fallouts of the climate change induced-disasters. “If we want to boost the country’s climate resilience against exacerbating impacts of […]…Read More
| agenda | Climate | concerns | Development | mainstreaming | stressed
Academia-industry linkages stressed to boost growth
April 27th, 2016 | Technology Times | No Comments
STAFF REPORT LHR: The gap between education and its practice can be narrowed by linking up academia and industry, Prof James Trevelyan from the University of Western Australia has said.
Trevelyan was addressing the seminar titled Bridging the Education-Practice Divide: Developing Graduate Engineers Who Standout from the Crowd’ held at the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore.
He emphasized the importance of research and being aware of new trends in engineering…Read More
Good farming practices stressed for food security
April 12th, 2016 | Technology Times | No Comments
STAFF REPORT ISB: Potato consumption has grown significantly in Pakistan over the last one decade, but still, more than 99% of farmers grow potatoes from non-certified seeds, renowned Dutch expert on food security, Romke Wustman said.
In his special lecture on Food Security and Need for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in Crop Production,’ organized jointly by SDPI and the Embassy of Netherlands, he said ensuring uses of technology at all stages of production, which includes…Read More
Good farming practices stressed for food security
April 8th, 2016 | Tasleem Nawaz | No Comments
STAFF REPORT ISB: Potato consumption has grown significantly in Pakistan over the last one decade, but still, more than 99% of farmers grow potatoes from non-certified seeds, renowned Dutch expert on food security, Romke Wustman said.
In his special lecture on Food Security and Need for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in Crop Production,’ organized jointly by SDPI and the Embassy of Netherlands, he said ensuring uses of technology at all stages of production, which includes storage as…Read More
Collection of shark fishery data stressed
April 5th, 2016 | Technology Times | No Comments
STAFF REPORT ISB: Stakeholders at a recently held three-day workshop emphasised the need for collecting data regarding shark fishery in Pakistan.
The event was organized by WWF-Pakistan in collaboration with Ministry of Climate Change in Islamabad.
The speakers also said that the National Plan of Action (NPOA) provides a viable mechanism for conservation of sharks in the country. They also proposed that three ecologically significant and endangered Chondrichthyian species…Read More
| collection | data | fishery | shark | stressed
Raised budget stressed for scientific R&D
March 28th, 2016 | Technology Times | No Comments
STAFF REPORT ISB: Research and development (RandD) may have become a popular catchphrase in the developing world at large, but in Pakistan its significance is not realized in the least and funding for RandD has steadily reduced in the last decade.
The current budgetary allocation for scientific RandD stands at a measly 0.29 per cent and calls are being made by the planning, development and reforms minister to increase the budget to at least 0.5 per cent in 2016.
"The…Read More
| budget | Raised | RampD | Scientific | stressed
Need stressed to promote import substitution industries
March 28th, 2016 | Technology Times | No Comments
STAFF REPORT KHI: There is a desperate need to promote import substitution industries to Pakistan in order to save valuable foreign exchange, said member of National Committee on Small and Medium Enterprises (NCSME) Zulfikar Thaver. "We are importing vast range of items, although some of them are manufactured in Pakistan and the domestic industry is facing very tough competition. Other items which are imported can be manufactured in Pakistan and every effort must be made to promote…Read More
| import | Industries | Need | promote | stressed | substitution
Healthy soils stressed to tackle food security issue
March 28th, 2016 | Technology Times | No Comments
STAFF REPORT RWP: As Pakistan is seriously vulnerable to food security to due to multiple factors, soil scientists have a major role to play by gearing up their efforts for meeting the future challenges of fulfilling requirements of the country’s food security.
This was the crux of the speakers at a three-day 16th International Congress of Soil Science recently concluded at the Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University (PMAS-AAUER), Rawalpindi.
The theme of the congress was…Read More
Need stressed to promote import substitution industries
March 18th, 2016 | Tasleem Nawaz | No Comments
STAFF REPORT KHI: There is a desperate need to promote import substitution industries to Pakistan in order to save valuable foreign exchange, said member of National Committee on Small and Medium Enterprises (NCSME) Zulfikar Thaver.
"We are importing vast range of items, although some of them are manufactured in Pakistan and the domestic industry is facing very tough competition. Other items which are imported can be manufactured in Pakistan and every effort must be made to promote…Read More
| import | Industries | Need | promote | stressed | substitution