Conference on biodiversity held
April 4, 2021
Islamabad: Under the patronage of Prince El Hassan bin Talal, founding patron of the Islamic World Academy of Science (IAS), IAS and COMSTECH organised biodiversity conference here.
The purpose of the conference was to share information in preparation for the fifteenth meeting of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) which will be held in 2021, in Kunming, China. Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Coordinator General COMSTECH delivered welcome address in which he said that this event is focused on bringing various stakeholders on board in the OIC region for a unified view at the int’l biodiversity conference, scheduled to be held in 2021 in Kunming, China.
Pakistani scientist to receive Friendship Award from China
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China to confer Friendship Award on Pakistani scientist
Prof Dr M Iqbal Choudhary will be given a medal and roughly more than $15,000 in prize money
Award ceremony is in China in March next year
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani scientist Prof Dr M Iqbal Choudhary will be getting a Friendship Award from China for his outstanding contribution to the economic and social development of Guangxi, an autonomous region in southern China, bordering Vietnam.
The decision was made by the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang to honour Dr Choudhary with the 2020 Guangxi Golden Silkball Friendship Award on the recommendation of Guangxi Normal University.