Laboratory gear price Rs. 1.5 billion has gone lacking or been broken, the Senate Committee on Science and Technology was knowledgeable on Tuesday concerning the aftermath of closing down a number of government-run nationwide scientific establishments.
Officials instructed the committee that main labs have been closed, whereas some scientific establishments merged or have been abolished, and demanding analysis infrastructure both dismantled, left in disarray, or just vanished.
Concerns have been raised over the National Institute of Electronics, the place laboratory gear had been “thrown on the ground” throughout dismantling operations. Lawmakers questioned the absence of any formal disposal or switch process and that institutional closure didn’t justify the destruction of state belongings.
The laboratories alone contained gear price round Rs. 1.5 billion, a lot of which is now unaccounted for or lacking. The institute had been actively engaged in chip design and electronics analysis, and no authorized framework or settlement supported the arbitrary dismantling of its amenities.
The Secretary for Science and Technology confirmed that, following a cupboard resolution in January 2025, a number of establishments have been shut down or merged on efficiency grounds. These included the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology, whose constructing has now been handed over to the National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency (NCCIA).
Institutions working in different power, water, housing, and electronics have been affected, whereas the National Institute of Technology was merged into Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (PCSIR).
Lawmakers strongly criticized this behavior and warned that abandoning electronics and transistor-based analysis undermines Pakistan’s strategic scientific capability.
The committee chair warned that such actions mirror poor governance and will trigger irreversible harm to the nation’s analysis and know-how ecosystem.