‘Doctors from West African Islamic countries to get training in Pakistan’

ISLAMABAD: A group of 19 doctors from West African Islamic countries will arrive in Pakistan in January next year for postgraduate education and training, especially in the field of ophthalmology as only 20 trained and qualified eye specialists are serving in these countries.

Students and specialists from several other undeveloped Islamic countries of Africa are being provided fellowships and scholarships at universities and educational institutions in Pakistan and some other Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) member states,” Prof. Dr. Iqbal Choudhry, Coordinator General of COMSTECH said on Wednesday.

Talking to journalists, Dr. Choudhry said solution to all problems being faced by the Muslim Ummah is in giving the priority to science and technology.

He said challenges of OIC member states include massive poverty, unemployment, inequality, women illiteracy, conflict zones, massive displacement of human population, political instability and frequent disruption of democratic process.

He said 5 out of 10 most climate change venerable countries are in OIC region, including Pakistan, Mozambique and Maldives.

Prof. Choudhary said green and gene revolution can feed the hungry, adding antibiotics and antivirals are saving the lives of millions of people.

He said that biotechnology, 3D printing of organs, gene editing, smart computer, synthetic bacteria and nanotechnology would redefine the world.

He said new technologies will be of great help to meet the challenges created by the climate change. He also emphasized the need of the resource mobilization for scientific and technological development of the Ummah.