ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development, Change, and Special Programs, Prof.
Ahsan Iqbal said future economic success would be achieved through knowledge potential. Researchers and scientists are the property of the world. The government has introduced an investment fund worth Rs. 7 billion for innovation in various sectors.
Upcoming battles will be fought in classrooms and laboratories, not on the battlefield.
He expressed these views while addressing the Center for Excellence Molecular Biology team at Punjab University here on Friday. I started a fund to establish Rs. 7 billion to bring new things.
The MEC said that in the new budget for the development of the higher education sector, the HEC development budget was increased by 68% which was ignored by the previous government.
The COMB team briefed the Minister on youth research and development
In cotton, the Center’s seeds are a type of antivirus and very productive. These seeds could add Rs 173 billion to Pakistani agriculture. This project aims to develop the human capital base of the community through training in producing a compliance scale for CGMP, an investment in education.
COMB has recommended the establishment of the CGMP Compliance Pilot Scale Production Facilities to boost laboratory research sales. The Minister of State has ordered a PC-1 project to be submitted and said that future battles will be fought in classrooms and laboratories and not on the battlefield.
So the one with the best classrooms and productive laboratories will win the future. He added that this was the future of the information economy.
Sri Lanka
Schools and government offices closed due to a shortage of petrol
ISLAMABAD: Sri Lanka has been facing a major economic crisis since independence from the British colonial government in 1948.
The government has also failed to pay foreign currency for services such as food, fuel, and medicine since the end of last year.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister RNIL Wickremesinghe declared a public holiday on Friday, June 17, to keep the fuel safe for emergency use.
A day later, on Saturday, June 18, the government issued a two-week ban on all schools, government offices, and transportation.
A statement from the Department of Home Affairs and Public Administration said all departments, organs of state, and local councils were instructed to keep only essential services from Monday due to severe fuel and diesel shortages. ۔
The directive said It has been determined that the number of employees coming to work has been significantly reduced due to the lack of public transport and the inability to arrange private vehicles. The most important staff members arrived at the offices on Monday.
School is also closed
The Sri Lankan Ministry of Education on Thursday issued a directive that all schools across the country remain closed for the next two weeks from Monday due to long-running power outages.
The statement said however that teachers could conduct online classes if possible.
It should be noted that the shedding of load shedding 12 to 13 hours is a daily occurrence in Sri Lanka at present. This series has been going on for the past few months. There are long lines at petrol pumps and people have to wait many days to get petrol. In addition, anti-government protests continue in the country due to issues such as record inflation.
Four out of five people are malnourished
The closure was announced by the Sri Lankan government a day after a UN statement called on the international community to provide immediate assistance to a country facing a severe economic crisis.
The United Nations says four out of five people in Sri Lanka cannot eat because they cannot eat.
The United Nations has warned that millions of people need immediate medical attention in the face of this "critical humanitarian" crisis.
The World Food Program (WFP) said on Thursday it had begun distributing food vouchers to about 2,000 pregnant women in the backyard of Colombo to help save lives.
The office of Prime Minister RNIL Wickremesinghe said in a statement on Friday that at least five million people in the country would be directly affected by food shortages in the coming months.
Negotiations on a bail package
Sri Lanka is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for help after paying off its 51 51 billion foreign debt in April. Negotiations with IMF officials are expected to take place in Colombo on Monday.
The United Nations has announced a plan to raise $47.7 Million in the next four months to assist the 1.7 million people in Sri Lanka who are most affected by the crisis.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Vikas Singh is holding talks with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
According to an official statement, the US leader has promised to provide financial assistance and increase investment in Sri Lanka following the outcome of negotiations with the IMF.
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