Senegal’s Minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research, H. E. Prof. Amadou Tidiane BA, received the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. Imtinan Elahi Qureshi at his office in Dakar, Senegal, on October 25, 2011, and discussed possibilities of enhancing cooperation between his Ministry and COMSATS. The Executive Director informed the Minister that he has visited various …

COMSATS and the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) jointly, organized the second International Meeting of ‘Coordinators of the Scientific Thematic Group for Enhancing Cooperation among Islamic Countries’, on 18th and 19th October 2011, at ISESCO Headquarters, in Rabat, Morocco, under COMSATS-ISESCO Cooperation Programme (2011). The meeting was continuation of COMSATS-ISESCO joint activity, ‘Islamic …

The Director General ISESCO, H.E. Dr. Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, expressed satisfaction over the on-going cooperation between ISESCO and COMSATS to organize joint scientific activities for the benefit of common Member Countries. In a meeting with the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. Imtinan Elahi Qureshi, in Rabat (Morocco) on 17th October 2011, he reaffirmed the commitment of …

Apart from its international programmes as an inter-governmental organization, COMSATS has a number of Pakistan-based projects launched over the years. One of these projects is the COMSATS Internet Services (CIS), which celebrated its “15 years of Internet Excellence” at a ceremony held in Islamabad on September 28, 2011. The Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. Imtinan Elahi …

COMSATS initiated its Telehealth Services in Zhob, Balochistan, with effect from 28th September 2011. As a part of COMSATS’ efforts to expand its Tele-health programme to enable greater access to medical specialists from the main cities/hospitals to the communities living in far-flung areas, COMSATS in collaboration with Human Development Foundation (HDF), has setup the first …

The 10th CTWF International Training Workshop on ‘Regional Climate Change and its Impact Assessment’ was held in Beijing, China, on September 26-29, 2011. The 4-days Workshop was jointly organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) and CAS-TWAS-WMO Forum on Climate Science (CTWF). The United Nations Educational, Scientific and …

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani received a presentation by the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. Imtinan Elahi Qureshi, at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat in Islamabad on 20th September 2011. Also present on the occasion were the Minister for Science and Technology, H.E. Mr. Changez Khan Jamali, Federal Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, …

On August 03, 2011, Mr. Akhlaq Ahmad Tarar, Federal Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Government of Pakistan (GoP), visited COMSATS Headquarters, Islamabad. The primary objective of Federal Secretary’s visit was to hold a meeting with the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I. E. Qureshi, to receive a briefing on the recently drafted Science, Technology …

A one-day awareness and advocacy seminar on “Use of Information and Communication Technology in Pakistan Healthcare Setup” was held by the eHealth Association of Pakistan (eHAP) in Lahore, on 30th July 2011. The seminar was organized in collaboration with the University of Health Sciences (UHS) Lahore. Dr. Asad Ashraf, Member of Provincial Assembly, Punjab and …

A five-day international training workshop on “Internet Security: Enhancing Information Exchange Safeguards” organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) was successfully concluded in Damascus, Syria, on 27th July 2011. The Workshop has been organized in collaboration with the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO); the Inter-Islamic …