Islamabad (TDI): The Minister of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan, Mirza Sayasat Nurbek, visited the Secretariat of the OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH) to discover avenues for strengthening collaboration in science, know-how, and increased training amongst OIC member states, with a selected concentrate on Pakistan.
Minister Nurbek was accompanied by presidents and rectors of main Kazakh universities. The delegation was obtained by Pakistan’s Minister for Science and Technology Khalid Hussain Magsi, Secretary Science and Technology Shahid Iqbal Baloch, and Coordinator General of OIC-COMSTECH Professor Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary.
Welcoming the delegation, Professor Choudhary underscored the rising function of science diplomacy in addressing world challenges, noting that collaborative scientific platforms had been more and more shaping worldwide engagement.
He described Kazakhstan as a key contributor to the science and know-how panorama of the OIC area and highlighted its involvement in main initiatives such because the STI Agenda 2026 and worldwide scientific boards honoring famend Muslim students, together with Abu Nasr Al-Farabi and Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
Professor Choudhary additionally acknowledged Kazakhstan’s function in internet hosting the Islamic Organization for Food Security and referred to his long-standing engagement with the nation spanning greater than 20 years.
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He famous that COMSTECH, in coordination with Kazakhstan’s diplomatic mission, had launched a number of joint initiatives aimed toward capacity-building, strengthening analysis linkages, and increasing tutorial networks throughout OIC member states.
Outlining areas of potential collaboration, Prof. Choudhary recognized biotechnology, digitization and synthetic intelligence, surroundings, agriculture, and innovation-driven analysis as shared priorities.
He pointed to Kazakhstan’s rising funding in science and know-how, growth of worldwide partnerships, progress in increased training, and improvement of indigenous capabilities, together with vaccine analysis and digital infrastructure.
Speaking on the assembly, Minister Magsi described Kazakhstan as an lively and valued companion of COMSTECH. He recalled that bilateral cooperation dated again to 1996 with the institution of the Pakistan–Kazakhstan Revolving Fund, beneath which greater than 100 Kazakh students accomplished PhD packages at Pakistani universities and took half in joint analysis actions.
Minister Magsi stated Kazakhstan had persistently participated in COMSTECH-led initiatives, together with scientific boards, college networking packages, and collaborative analysis in areas similar to meals safety, biotechnology, agricultural sustainability, well being sciences, and digital innovation.
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He additionally referred to joint efforts on biosafety and biosecurity, together with a global seminar co-organized in Islamabad following a Kazakh initiative introduced on the United Nations.
Emphasizing the function of science in improvement, he careworn the necessity for better funding in analysis and innovation to assist financial development and poverty discount.
Minister Nurbek counseled Prof. Choudhary’s management in advancing scientific cooperation by way of COMSTECH and acknowledged the group’s contribution to strengthening analysis capability and tutorial linkages throughout the Muslim world.
He expressed Kazakhstan’s readiness to additional increase cooperation in increased training, analysis partnerships, innovation, and tutorial alternate, and thanked the Government of Pakistan and COMSTECH for the hospitality prolonged to his delegation.
