BZU holds seminar to increase cooperation with EU

MULTAN: European Union (EU) Delegation to Pakistan Deputy Head Anne Marchal declared that the EU research institutions were eager to collaborate with Pakistan on research projects with several scholarships opportunities for Pakistani researchers for the purpose.

Addressing the seminar titled ‘Horizon 2020’, jointly organised by the ORIC Department of Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU), Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) and EU Delegation to Pakistan at BZU, she added that the European Union was interested in education, rural development, energy, research and innovation sectors in Pakistan.



Pakistan Science Foundation Chairman Dr Muhammad Ashraf asserted that the local researchers needed to adopt international standards in research for making progress. “We need to develop connections for international research institutions for this purpose. It will help our young researchers learn new techniques and improve their research skills,” he added.

“We need to offer opportunities to our youth to go forward and polish their talent,” he pointed out.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 27^th, 2017.