A four-day international workshop from 16-19 September 2024, titled: “Metagenomics-based Approach for Viral Disease Surveillance” was inaugurated at COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI). The event marks a collaborative endeavor by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Trieste, Italy, and CUI …

10th September 2024. Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology (TIB) of China, is hosting the 25th meeting of Coordinating Council of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), on 10-12 September 2024. International cooperation in S&T took center-stage in Tianjin with the participation of scientists and delegates from COMSATS’ Centres …

COMSATS Secretariat, in collaboration M/S KhasTech Solutions (KTS), successfully organized a five-day training workshop on Cloud Solution Implementation at Data Centre that concluded on August 28, 2024. The activity was organized under the framework of MoU signed between two organizations on May 16, 2024, aimed at collaborating to developing IT enabled solutions and conduct professional …

The Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Rt Hon. Patricia Scotland KC, led a seven-member delegation to visit the Secretariat of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) on July 30, 2024. H.E. Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Federal Minister for Science and Technology & Federal Education and …

July 23, 2024. The President of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS), Prof. Adnan Badran, who was formerly the Prime Minister of Jordan, in a meeting with the Executive Director COMSATS, Ambassador Dr. M. Nafees Zakaria, welcomed the idea of signing cooperation agreement to strengthen scientific ties between the two institutions. The meeting was …

Islamabad, July 2024 – A two-member delegation from COMSATS, led by Executive Director Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria and Additional Director (Int. Orgs.) and Head of CCCS, Dr. Mehwish Qayyum Durrani, visited the National Emergencies Operation Center (NEOC) at the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). The visit, conducted at the invitation of Chairman NDMA, Lt. …

COMSATS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Economic Cooperation Organization Science Foundation (ECOSF) to cooperate and collaborate for addressing significant challenges faced by their respective member states leveraging each other’s expertise in Science, Technology, and Innovation (ST&I). Climate Change, which poses a serious global threat to sustainable socio-economic growth, the agreement aims …

Islamabad, June 12, 2024. A delegation from Pakistan’s Living Indus Initiative, led by renowned environmentalist and Senior Advisor at the UN Resident Coordinator Office (UN RCO), Ms. Aban Marker Kabraji, visited the COMSATS Secretariat to meet with Executive Director Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria. The purpose of the visit was to explore potential collaboration between …

The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ECO Science Foundation, and Food Security and Agriculture Centre of Excellence (FACE), commemorated the United Nations World Environment Day by holding a High-Level Panel Discussion on 5th …

The 8th Governing Board meeting of the Alliance of National and International Science Organizations for the Belt and Road Regions (ANSO) was held in China, which was organized by ANSO Secretariat. The Executive Director of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, and other …