First Science & Technology Park Functional in Pakistan
Pakistan inaugurated first National Science and Technology Park (NSTP) at National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) in Islamabad on Monday.
Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the NSTP. Addressing ceremony he urged the youth to follow their passion in order to succeed.
The Prime Minister said a task force headed by Dr Atta-ur-Rehman is giving advice to the government to achieve the objective of knowledge economy.
He said that the government will give special emphasis to the science and technology, education and future technologies to unleash the potential of the youth.
He said equipping the youth with the latest technologies will help create immense opportunities for them.
In attendance were students, members of the faculty as well as army personnel, including Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa. This was the first public appearance of Prime Minister Imran and Gen Bajwa together after the latter’s extension was briefly halted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
“You are the students of Pakistan’s best university […] You have more responsibility,” he told the students in attendance.
In order to develop, it is important to expect that life will take “a downward trajectory”, the prime minister said.
He lauded Minister of Science and Technology for showing “passion for a ministry that no one cared about” in the past. “People said that our government did not take technological development seriously; you have made Fawad Chaudhry the minister of science and technology,” he said, drawing chuckles from Chaudhry.
