Federal Secretary for Narcotics Control Akbar Hussain Durrani on Wednesday visited the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi (UoK).
Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman, ICCBS Patron-in-chief and Chairman of Prime Minister’s Task Force on Science and Technology, and Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Director of the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, and COMSTECH Coordinator General welcomed the federal secretary at the ICCBS.
Akbar Hussain Durrani also had a meeting with Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman and Prof. Dr. Iqbal Choudhary.
In the meeting, Prof. Iqbal Choudhary gave a detailed presentation about the massive activities related to science and research being carried out at the international center.
The federal secretary underlined the importance of science and technology, especially for an underdeveloped country like Pakistan.
He praised the industrial support and national services of the ICCBS, and declared it the premium institution of the country in term of having state-of-the-art academic and research facilities and research programs.
He assured of the full support of his ministry to this premier research institution of Pakistan.