17th Pure Mathematics Conference

Islamabad 

The ‘17th International Pure Mathematics Conference’ has started at a local hotel in Islamabad. The three-day international conference was inaugurated by Engineer Balighur Rehman, Minister of State for Education. Preston University is one of the co-organisers of the referenced conference, says a press release.

The other co-organisers are Islamia University Bahawalpur, and Advanced Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Islamabad. The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan and Pakistan Mathematical Society are the sponsors of the event.

Eminent scholars, intellectuals, mathematicians and scientists, from eminent Pakistan universities and abroad, are participating and presenting papers at the conference.

In keynote address on the occasion chief guest, Engineer Balighur Rehman, Minister of State for education at the outset expressed his profound gratitude to the organizers of the conference for inviting him to chair the 17th International Pure Mathematics Conference’ as chief guest. He congratulated the organisers and sponsors of the conference for their endeavors to organize a conference on a subject of vital importance such as mathematics. He also extended a warm welcome to the foreign and local delegates to the conference for their participation in the event. Baligh ur Rehman said it is a universal fact that Mathematics has played and continues to play a significant role in the development of countries which are today ranked among the highly developed societies of the world. Engr. Baligh ur Rehman emphasised on the occasion that mathematics is an extremely important field of education and there is a dire need to promote education in this area at all levels of education in the country. He said that the incumbent government is making every possible endeavor to promote the cause of state-of-the-art scientific education in the country. He expressed the hope that the 17th International Pure Mathematics Conference would provide a unique opportunity to participating delegates from within the country and abroad to share and learn from each other’s experiences.

Eminent among the other speakers who addressed the inaugural ceremony of the conference were Prof. Dr. Qaiser Mushtaq, President Pakistan Mathematical Society (PMS) and Dr. Abdul Basit, Chancellor Preston University. They expressed their gratitude to all the delegates for participating and presenting papers at the conference. Participation of the foreign delegates was particularly appreciated by them. They expressed the confidence that the participants will significantly contribute towards successful attainment of primary objective of the conference – ‘learning and benefiting from each other’s experience’.