Universities urged to play role in science, knowledge diplomacy July 8, 2021 Islamabad : Federal Minister for Science & Technology Shibli Faraz has said that the government was well aware that the long-term growth of the country depends on the successful development of national systems of innovation and a mature knowledge economy based on a favourable economic and institutional regime, high-quality human resource development, multi-type innovation-driven by science and technology, and promotion and utilisation of advanced information and communications technologies. He expressed these views at an international webinar on the “Role of S&T Universities in Promoting National High-Tech Growth” at NUST. The minister urged universities to play their part in science and knowledge diplomacy. He further stated that universities were helping shift the focus of the world slowly but gradually from geopolitical competition to knowledge-based cooperation. In today’s world, there is an urgent need to promote peace-enhancing diplomacy rather than diplomacy driven by war and conflict,” he added.