Fawad Chaudhry. PHOTO: FILE
Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry formed on Wednesday five advisory boards to streamline research and coordinate the use of technology with end users.
The federal minister spoke out via Twitter to his over two million of his followers.
The boards formed are technology in agriculture, health and education, as well as alternative energy and future technologies.
Have created four key Advisory boards to streamline reserach and coordinate use of technolgy with end users 1) Technology In Agriculture 2) Tech in Health 3) Tech in Education 4) Alternative energy 5) Future Technologies, these boards comprises on top experts of respective fields
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) June 20, 2019
"All research and technology will be available on web portals so if anyone wants to know what's going on his/her area of interest he/she can easily access the data and technology," he tweeted.
The boards comprise top experts from their respective fields, the minister added.
Purpose is to streamline all reserach in particular areas and showcase the technolgies so that end user may benefit, all reserach and tech ll be abailable on Web portals so if anyone wants to know whats gng on his/her area of interest he/she can easily access the data n tech
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) June 20, 2019
Chaudhry, after taking the reins of the science and technology ministry earlier this year, launched Pakistan's "first official" moon sighting website and a calendar showing main Islamic dates and months for the next five years based on scientific evidence.
Trolls keep Fawad Chaudhry on a tight leash
MoonSighting Pakistan launched..... https://t.co/1HSEzw7cMf
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) May 26, 2019
The website, pakmoonsighting.pk, was launched to avoid the moon sighting controversy that surfaces in the country every year prior to religious festivals.
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