The idea of establishing a high-level Commission on Science and Technology for countries of the South was conceived by Pakistani Nobel Laureate, Prof. Dr. Abdus Salam, in recognition of the increasingly widening gap of scientific knowledge and economic development between the North and the South. It was realized that sustainable socio-economic development in the South cannot be achieved without building and sustaining indigenous capacities in science and technology and that the strengthening of South-South and North-South collaboration, and exchange of technical know-how, is imperative for the generation and sustenance of such capacities. Professor Salam’s enthusiasm and personal contacts motivated a number of Heads of State/Government of developing nations to join hands for the establishment of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS).
On 24 July 2026, The Executive Director of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, received a high-level delegation
On 21st July 2026, The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) and Oxford Policy Management (OPM) Pakistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to
COMSATS in collaboration with its Technology Partner, KHASTECH, launches indigenous digital SaaS platform, KALAAM, by signing an agreement at COMSATS Secretariat on July 10, 2026. KALAAM is a virtual meetings
The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) renewed a Memorandum
A delegation of junior diplomats from the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Pakistan visited the Secretariat of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in
The Alliance of National and International Science Organizations for the Belt and Road Regions (ANSO), China-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences (CPJRC), and Commission on Science and Technology for
Akure, Nigeria, 18 June 2026, The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), in collaboration with the TWAS Young Affiliates Network (TYAN), convened the 5th
The ANSO-CPJRC-COMSATS International Training Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction and Green Development for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was inaugurated at COMSATS University Islamabad. The 5 – day workshop, being
10 June 2026. The “COMSATS–ITS Conference on Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Development” has been successfully held in Surabaya, Indonesia. The Conference was organized by the Commission on Science and Technology
International cooperation in Science and Technology took center-stage in Surabaya, Indonesia, during the 26th meeting of the Coordinating Council of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in
So far, 25 Centres of Excellence (highly reputed centres of science and technologies in the South) have been selected as nodes and are playing leading roles in their respective areas of specialization.
