Daily Times
April 17, 2021
Federal Minister for Science and Technology (Now Information and Broadcasting Minster) Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Friday said that scientific prowess in industrial biotechnology will enable humanity to fight the challenges of hunger, poverty, diseases and environmental degradation in an effective manner.
“This will also go a long way in improving our agriculture, healthcare, environment, and other areas of importance”, the minister said in his virtual inaugural speech at the inauguration of COMSATS Joint Centre for Industrial Biotechnology (CCIB) in Tianjin, China.
The Centre is to become the regional hub for research and development, capacity building and technology transfer in the areas of industrial biotechnology for COMSATS’ 27 Member Countries including Pakistan.