Pakistan

Unanimous request: PAS to save NARC

During the meeting, the Prime Minister was asked to turn down the summary by Capital Development Authority

Online July 12, 2015

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) has adopted a unanimous resolution to save the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) Islamabad from the land mafia. The academy convened a meeting of top scientists at its office recently.

During the meeting, the Prime Minister was asked to turn down the summary by Capital Development Authority (CDA) for conversion of NARC’s 1,400 acres’ research farm into a housing scheme.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 13^th, 2015.

COMMENTS (1)

Wajahat | 9 years ago | Reply I think that this prime area should be used for residential purpose rather than offices and experimental crops. NARC can be shifted out of the residential areas where the use of pesticides etc do not cause any hazard to the people living in the populated areas.

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