Foreign Minster released the statement on Wednesday, that Pakistani scientists and an institution have been granted international awards in “recognition of the country’s advancement in the application of nuclear technology for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs),”
They further stated, “The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the UN have jointly conferred Outstanding Achievement Award on Pakistan’s Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology.”
Among the Pakistani beneficiaries of the honors, the NIAB has stowed the Outstanding Achievement Award, a group of four researchers in the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has bagged the Team Achievement Award and another PAEC researcher has been given the Young Scientist Award for his work in plant change rearing and related advances, ministry statement also include.
Award certificates will be given to the receivers during the IAEA’s 65th General Conference in September 2021.
“Extensive civilian nuclear applications in Pakistan are directly contributing to the well-being of the people and national development in the areas of public health, medicine, agriculture, industry, and nuclear power generation,” the Foreign Office told in the statement.
