‘CPEC will change Pakistan’s fate’: Ahsan.

‘CPEC will change Pakistan’s fate’: Ahsan.

KARACHI - Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Dr Ahsan Iqbal has said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a “fate changer” for Pakistan.

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He was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of a 800 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer facility at the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi.

“It (CPEC) would definitely boost the economical conditions in the region. Besides, the Pakistani government is also working with US to establish a strong knowledge-based corridor and soon this task would be finalized,” he said.

The applications of NMR facility range from drug discovery and development, food and nutritional analysis, forensic sciences, halal testing, perfumery, herbal medicines, oil industry, petroleum, environmental sciences, testing tumors in brain and others.

The launching ceremony was held at the Professor Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Auditorium, ICCBS, KU. The federal minister lamented the musical-chair game to gain powers in Pakistan did not allow the country to achieves in targets. He maintained that the last military coup had sabotaged all the hard work done by his previous government for the country including durable development in the education sector.

“Political instability and incompletion of policies in the previous governments played havoc with national progress. This government will take Pakistan to the group of the world's top 25 economically giant countries in 2025. The 800 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer facility at the ICCBS will contribute in the progress of the country. The government is making all-out efforts to uplift the higher education sector.”

He said his government had launched various initiatives in higher education sector, while the Pak-US Knowledge Corridor was one of the most significant initiatives. He added the government would facilitate talented Pakistani scholars in enrolment in top US universities in the next 10 years.

Criticizing the current system of education, he said that we have state-of-the-art building structures but have failed to build right system for the betterment of the country. “We have changed the minds of our children to a copy paste tradition,” said Iqbal, adding that we need to be more creative and innovative.

Explaining the new dimensions set by the government’s vision, he said that there will be six dimensions that will focus on instruction, level of academia, community development, technology, research and product.

Professor of pathology and immunology at the University of Geneva, Prof Dr Daniel Hoessli, said that the 800-MHz nuclear spectrometer is one of the most versatile instruments available in the world. “It will help in deciphering shapes of molecules, proteins and in all important biological activities,” he said, adding that the instrument will help detect cancer infections and prevent them.

He said Pakistani universities must produce quality research otherwise they would not be considered more than a college.

Expressing his displeasure over the recent system of education, he said schools and colleges had not developed the way they should have. “We have to balance our system because our system is in bad state. The universities can only produce best students if they get good students from schools and colleges. Otherwise, these students will suffer in future.”