Summary Mir Changez Jamali has underlined need for opening up public institutes to private partnership.
RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Science and Technology said this while addressing a symposium, and a policy dialogue session in Islamabad Saturday as chief guest. The event was organized by the Composites Engineering Research Group of Department of Mechanical Engineering (DME), NUST College of EME.
Anindustrial exhibition was also held which featured over 20 companies and attracted over 500 visitors.
Chief Guest held that in n today’s economic paradigm where defence deployments are being outsourced to private defence contractors by the developed countries , we must open up our public institutes for Public-Private partnership in the best interest of our nation.
He assured the participants government will carefully consider all the recommendations that come out of this policy dialogue and will make every endeavour to implement the recommendations in their true letter and spirit.
The event was also attended by senior officials including secretary defence production Lt Gen (R) Shahid Iqbal , Former Federal Minister and Professor Emeritus NUST Dr. Muhammad Akram Sheikh, British Council Director Education for Wider South Asia, Dr Nils Tomes, Chief Scientist AQ Khan Research Laboratories Dr Muhammad Khawar Farooq and over a dozen other senior officials and senior industrialists.
