The Second Meeting of COMSATS’ International Thematic Research Group (ITRG) on ‘Climate Change and Environmental Protection’ was successfully held on 21st July 2013, in Beijing-China, on the sidelines of the ten-day International Training Workshop on “Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Detection, Monitoring, Prediction and Risk Management for Developing Countries” (14-23 July 2013). The meeting was …

The Executive Director COMSATS held a meeting with Mr. Stoyan Bantchev, Chief of UNESCO’s Participation Programme Section at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 6th May 2013. He was accompanied by Ms. Humaira Zia Mufti, Deputy Permanent Delegate of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to UNESCO. Among the major points discussed on the occasion were: COMSATS …

The Executive Director COMSATS called on H.E. Dr. Joe Oteng-Adjei, FGhIE, Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Government of Ghana, in his office in Accra to discuss the on-going and future programmes of COMSATS with special reference to Ghana’s participation. The meeting held on 3rd May 2013 was attended by the Director of one …

[ Speeches ] [ Communiqué of the Meeting ] [ Presentations ] [ Reports on ITRGs ] [ List of Participants ] [ Picture Gallery ] The 16th Meeting of COMSATS Coordinating Council was successfully held on 2-3 May 2013, at Accra, Ghana. The meeting was hosted by COMSATS’ Centre of Excellence in Ghana, the …

As a follow-up of the application received from Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), Sri Lanka, for joining COMSATS’ Network of International S&T Centres of Excellence, the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I.E. Qureshi, visited this Institute in Colombo on April 11-12, 2013. Welcoming the Executive Director, the Chairman Board of Management ITI, Prof. Vijaya Kumar, expressed the …

The Ministry of Technology, Research and Atomic Energy (MOTR&AE), Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, acts as the COMSATS’ focal point in Sri Lanka, and, by virtue of the same, is represented in COMSATS’ International Consultative Committee. In view of COMSATS’ policy to foster greater coordination between its Secretariat and the focal points as well as …

The High Commissioner of Republic of Mauritius, H.E. Mr. Mohammed Rashad Daureeawo, made a courtesy call on the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. Imtinan Elahi Qureshi, at COMSATS Secretariat, on March 28, 2013. With a view of Mauritius’ prospective membership of COMSATS’ Commission, the High Commissioner was briefed by Dr. Qureshi on COMSATS’ international role and …

On March 28, 2013, a dinner-reception in honour of the Ambassadors of COMSATS’ Member States in Islamabad was hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Government of Pakistan, in connection with the upcoming 2nd meeting of COMSATS Consultative Committee (1st May 2013, Accra-Ghana). The Consultative Committee meeting will be hosted by the Ministry …

The three-day international event marked as the first Meeting of the Global Forum on Islamic Finance (GFIF) was organized by COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Lahore, Pakistan, in collaboration with the Lancaster University, UK, on March 11-13, 2013. The theme of the Meeting was “Islamic Finance: New Realities, New Challenges”. GFIF aims at providing …