Adviser regrets import of wheat, other produce

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, Qamar Zaman Kaira, said on Thursday that all developed countries in the world had made enormous progress in the field of science which helped them to rule the world.

Addressing the “Scicon 1.0” at the Forman Christian College in the provincial capital, he said, "Scientific approach always paves way for society to move forward.”

He said that no nation could become prosperous in the real sense without ensuring scientific development.

Qamar Zaman Kaira said that he was very happy to witness demonstrations by students of their projects.

Promotion of science helped in bringing a lot of facilities for humans, besides finding treatments of different diseases, he said.

He said that today Pakistan had been facing a lot of challenges, adding that scientific approach would definitely help in solving them.

He urged the students to benefit from the best available opportunities as this would yield good results.

There was a need to add value to our products to boost country's export, he said.

The adviser to the PM said, "It is unfortunate that despite being an agricultural country, Pakistan imports wheat, pulses, sugar, etc."

He said that science provides solution to problems, adding that scientific approach was necessary for making progress in different fields of life.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 10^th, 2023.