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National
January 30, 2021
MULTAN: Federal Minister National Food, Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam Friday said the government was supporting research in agriculture to solve issues relating to farmers and agriculture.
Addressing an online international moot hosted under the aegis of Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriuclture Institute of Plant Protection titled “Smart Plant Protection, the minister mainly highlighted the government priorities in the agriculture sector and said the government is making efforts to improve the standards of agriculture research so solution to all issues relating to agriculture would be solved.
MNSUA Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Asif Ali said they believe in solving issues due to climate change. The MNSUA Institute of Plant Protection is conducting research on biological control of insect pests like pink bollworm, whitefly, locust, fruit flies and diseases of crops, by the use of entomopathogenic organisms. Biocontrol agents are safer to huma
Punjab minister s comments spark outrage among MDCAT 2020 students, others
Pakistan
Wed, Dec 16, 2020
Punjab Higher Education and Information Technology Minister Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz and Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan address a press conference in Lahore, Pakistan, December 15, 2020. The News/via Geo.tv
LAHORE: Punjab Higher Education and Information Technology Minister Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz s comments about Pakistani students habit of writing rote-learned answers and, therefore, being unable to compete with their international counterparts, have drawn widespread outrage among students and aspirants who gave the MDCAT 2020, as well as students from other fields.
In a press conference here in Lahore on Tuesday, Humayun, who was flanked by Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, responded to a journalist who asked about students upset over the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for out-of-syllabus questi