Three-day conference on emerging trends in biological sciences kicks off at KU

Karachi

History has witnessed great scientists with a deep sense of literature, which is a trait of every healthy and successful person, said renowned nuclear scientist Dr Abdul while inaugurating a three-day conference at the University of Karachi.

The Dr A Q Khan Institute of the Biotechnology Genetic Engineering (KIBGE) and M A H Qadri Biological Research Centre, KU, jointly organised the first international conference on life sciences tilted ‘emerging trends in biological sciences and genomics’ at the KIBGE Auditorium KU.

He said solution of every problem was present in the Holy Quran and all the scientific innovations, discoveries and inventions were way back mentioned in the holy book 1400 years ago.

“Many global scientists converted into Islam after witnessing and realising this fact,” he mentioned and advised that the Pakistani youth should also focus on religion as it would be the only saviour on the day of judgement.

“I founded KIBGE and now in the dynamic leadership of Dr Abid Azhar, it is no less than an internationally reputed research institute.”

He expressed that one must had a brief insight of the global, national and current affairs as today one needed it more than the past.

Dr Khan also launched a book entitled “Sohbat-e-Gul” written on the President of Pakistan Academy of Science and Scientist, Dr Anwar Nasim.

The book has been compiled by Professor Dr Abid Azhar and Ashfaq Hussain.

Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University Professor Dr Pirzada Qasim Siddiqui commented that the ceremony presented a great combination of science and literature.

“The combination of science and literature has always proven healthy and positive towards the human society,” he observed.

He informed the audience that Dr Anwar Nasim was an exceptional writer and a scientist who had also played a pivotal role in founding the Islamabad Campus of Federal Urdu University.