ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday urged the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) to base its future planning on emerging regional scenario and challenges to the country. Addressing the convocation ceremony of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science (PIEAS) here, the president said that apart from defence considerations, the planning should also take economic aspects into account. Mamnoon expressed satisfaction that PIEAS was contributing immensely to the production of highly qualified manpower for different disciplines of science, engineering and health. He added that the nation was proud that the commission contributed to the national cause despite the paucity of resources. He said that students graduating from PIEAS were rendering great services in the fields of defence, science and technology, agriculture and health.

Source: Pakistan Today November 29, 2017 18:11 UTC