Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS)
August 18 2017 2017
On 18th August 2017, the Ambassador of Vietnam to Pakistan, H.E. Nguyen Xuan Luu, visited COMSATS Secretariat, Islamabad, on an invitation from Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi. The Ambassador was invited for a briefing about projects and mandate of COMSATS and to discuss about the Vietnam’s possible membership of COMSATS. Senior officials …
August 18 2017 2017
Upon invitation from the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. S.M. Junaid Zaidi, the Ambassador of Yemen to Pakistan, H.E. Mohammed Motahar Alashabi, visited COMSATS Secretariat on August 18, 2017. The purpose of the invitation was to brief His Excellency on the projects and programmes of COMSATS, delineate the benefits and obligations of COMSATS’ membership as well …
August 17 2017 2017
The Republic of Turkey has joined COMSATS, as intimated by a letter from Turkish Embassy received by COMSATS Secretariat on 17th August 2017. The ‘Agreement to join COMSATS as Member State’, signed earlier by the Ambassador of Turkey to Pakistan, His Excellency Babür Hızlan, has been ratified by the Government of Turkey on 29th May …
August 15 2017 2017
A delegation from COMSATS Secretariat led by the Executive Director COMSATS visited UK from 5th August 2017 to 13th August 2017. He was accompanied by Ambassador (R) Shahid Kamal, and Dr. Arshad Malik, of CIIT. During this visit, the delegates held meetings with officials from Universities UK International; Lancaster University; Commonwealth Secretariat; High Commission of …
August 10 2017 2017
During the year 2017, COMSATS eHealth Programme made efforts to foster its new collaboration with Midland Doctor Medical Institute (MDMI), which offered its hospital in Muzafarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir for the first Telehealth setup under MDMI-COMSATS collaboration for Telehealth. In this connection, a team comprising of Mr. Nisar Ahmad, Deputy Director (Systems) and Mr. …
August 04 2017 2017
The Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi, called upon H.E. Erik Beishembiev, Ambassador of Kyrgyz Republic to Pakistan, at Embassy of Kyrgyz Republic, on 4th August, 2017. The agenda of the meeting was to offer COMSATS’ membership to Kyrgyz Republic and explore the opportunities of cooperation between COMSATS’ network of Centres of Excellence and …
August 02 2017 2017
A meeting with the country director of the British Council Pakistan, Ms. Rosemary Hillhorst, was held at COMSATS Secretariat on 2nd August 2017. Ms. Hillhorst was accompanied by Ms. Nishat Riaz (Director of Education, Pakistan). After exchanging pleasantries, the Executive Director COMSATS formally began the meeting by introducing COMSATS and the main activities and notable …
August 02 2017 2017
On invitation of the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. S.M. Junaid Zaidi, the Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Pakistan, His Excellency Furkat A. Sidikov paid a visit to COMSATS Secretariat on August 02, 2017, for a meeting. Also present were senior officials of COMSATS Headquarters, including Advisor (Programmes), Mr. Tajammul Hussain and Ambassador Fauzia …
August 02 2017 2017
On 2nd August 2017, H. E. Movlamov Atajan Nurlyevich, Ambassador of Turkmenistan in Islamabad, visited COMSATS Secretariat to meet Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi, Executive Director, COMSATS. During the meeting, Turkmenistan’s membership to COMSATS and possible opportunities of collaboration between COMSATS’ network and institutions in Turkmenistan were briefly discussed. Dr. Zaidi introduced COMSATS and briefed …
July 25 2017 2017
The 4th International Workshop on ‘Applications of ICTs in Education, Healthcare and Agriculture’ was held from 25th to 27th July 2017, in Abuja, Nigeria. The workshop was hosted by the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST), Nigeria. The event was jointly organized by the Commission on Science and …
