LEADER A source of inspiration for youth Sohail Wajahat Siddiqui heads Siemens Pakistan Engineering Company Limited as its CEO and MD. He has been awarded with gold medals and scholarships thorough out his life and his crowning achievement is the Sitara-e-Imtiaz. He has also won the Price Rs.45 6 Pages ID-363 Vol: II No: 02 ABC CERTIFIED JANUARY 10 - 16, 2011 prestigious Nishan-e-Haider Scholar, ... www.technologytimes.pk INSIDE Mango export M9-Zongs lucky numbers to up this year Academicians-industry facility for customers INVENTCORNER PG5 STAFF REPORT ISLAMABAD: STAFF REPORT ISLAMABAD: With the start of the new year, The Golden The export of mango would Zong has launched a very special service with the "Book Your earn over $300 million from links vital to promote R&D Lucky Number" facility. Era..... the current $150 million dur- It is not all about prediation of celebrities, politicians and sports ing the upcoming season as stars but you can also know how will be the year 2011 for you as. A WATER turbine is known the value addition and intro- Numbers play a vital role in ones life and destiny. One can presently as a rotary engine duction of modern processing Govt needs to patronise research projects imagine forecasting the future on the basis of numbers, or know that takes energy from moving technologies are being intro- about the ups and downs that will come in ones way, said an water. 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And cay all! ing to media here last week. tion of IT and S&T sectors as This portal (http://byn.m9.com.pk / PHIB- The agriculture continues this would provide a strong YN/luckynumber.aspx) offers the Zong customers to book their to be the backbone of Paki- basis for the country growth. numbers and collect their SIM Cards within 10 days from the stans economy and enjoys a In his remarks, Engineer date of booking. major share in its economic Imran Rehman, Vice Chancel- development. It has always re- lor IST, said that the academia mained a subject of priority in needed to understand and re- FDI in Pak IT sector Pakistans policies and devel- alize what corporate communi- The first water turbine had opmental plans. Pakistan is the ty expects from our graduates. set to swell wheels and curved blades to fifth largest producer and third The industry must also articu- flow water as directed axially. largest exporter of mangoes in late how the academics can be MONITORING REPORT search organisation, says, "Pa- The water wheels have been the world. The mango sector supported to acquire more in- DUHAI: The potential and kistan's IT industry is set to used for thousands of years has great potential to grow fur- depth knowledge of actual spark expressed by the Paki- rebound this year, after suffer- for industrial power. ther due to inherent character- practices followed in the indus- stani IT sector will attract ing three years of global reces- istics of Pakistani mango, try, and help them impart rel- more considerable foreign di- sion and political uncertainty." AGRITECH PG2 which was known world wide evant knowledge to the stu- rect investment (FDI) as well In its first-ever study of the for its colour, taste, sweetness Rawalpindi: Ribbon is being cut to inaugurate the symposium. dents for product as domestic investment. countrys market, the survey Only a part of Reko and flavour. development, documentation, Both IT industry and cel- says, on the back of the global Due to close cooperation SPECIAL REPORT RAWALPIN- Industry held here last week. While addressing the semi- marketing and life cycle sup- lular telephones are coming slowdown "many companies Diq is worth between the Agriculture Min- DI: Research can help serve the The event was arranged by nar, Dr Manzoor Hussain port, he said. out of a three-year trough that slipped their revenue targets A SMALL part of the Reko Diq istry and USDA Islamabad, a constant demand for improve- PASTIC, Institute of Research Soomro, Chairman PSF, said According to the speakers, was impacted by the global fi- and projections in 2007. gold and copper mines (EL-5) milestone was achieved in Au- ment quality, lowering costs, and Promotion and RCCI under that in Pakistan there is a dire the topics and projects need nancial squeeze, reveals a re- According to the details, by have deposits worth US$270 gust 2010 when USDA, Wash- creating more value. And can their collaborative University need to make relevance be- not focus on fundamental is- cent survey conducted on Pa- the end of 2010, the IT indus- billion and there are numerous ington issued a notice of its also help develop new approach- Industry Partnership Pro- tween the functional knowl- sues only, but should address kistans IT and mobile sector. try has fully overcome the de- other bigger deposits in the same decision to permit import of es for solving problems. gramme with an aim to devel- edge and education that can long-term, generic research At the same time, invest- cline, recovered from the reces- fresh mangoes from Pakistan Academicians and R&D op a correlation between re- be readily converted into com- within an intellectual envelope ment in telecomm sector totals sion, and return to its 2006 into the continental USA. organizations have to increase search objectives and local mercial undertakings. shared by the industrial part- $11 billion, the Pakistan Tele- output and performance levels. Pakistan has benefited their focus to tailor the research industries priorities and needs. The government needs to ex- ner. Fundamental research gen- com Authority (PTA), the in- The local telecoms attracted enormously due to active co- and should address the grow- In his remarks, Tariq Shafi tend its all-out cooperation to erally is performed in academe dustry regulator, says. over $6.3 billion FDI in the last operation of USDA with ing needs of the local industry Chak, Additional Secretary promote this relationship as it in parallel with more applied "Another wave of FDI is ex- five years alone," PTA says. The which it has signed a Frame- to produce functional science Ministry of Industries, called would pave the way for the research in industry. pected after the launch of 3G UAE, Norway and US were the work Equivalency Work Plan and engineering work force, for stronger linkages between strengthening the research and The HEC chairman said in services by Pakistan," said the major sources of FDI in the five (FEWP) to address Sanitary these were the consensus re- the academia, the industrialists development activities in the his remarks that the commis- PTA and added that already, years. These investments included and Phytosanitary (SPS) is- marks given by the speakers and the Ministry of Science country. Dr. Sohail H. Naqvi, sion also emphasizes on devel- the UAE is the top investor in $2.0 billion plus from the UAE sues, by allowing irradiation during a symposium titled and Technology through PAS- Executive Director HEC, said oping industry-university re- the telecom sector. - or 32 per cent in the total FDI as a mitigation measure Building Effective Coordina- TIC and Pakistan Science that the industry, the universi- search linkages in the design The survey conducted by in telecoms. US share was $890 against fruit fly. tion between R&D and Foundation. ties, the research organizations of products and processes. Technomics, the global re- million and Norway $39 million. belt which could give many more 80m Pakistanis have no access billions to the country, re- nowned scientist and Member to potable water Science & Technology and Min- erals of the Planning Commis- OUR STAFF REPORTER tices: Solar Water Disinfection to propagate technologies to sion, Dr Samar Mubarakmand ISLAMABAD: There is a dire (SODS)" held at the National clean water," he added. has revealed. need to propagate technologies Press Club last week. The semi- He said that a lot of money Dr Samar confirmed earli- used to clean drinking water, nar was arranged by SDPI. was required to implement the er reports in media that the standards and SODIS (Solar value of the small area of EL- Water Disinfection) was a 5 in Reko Diq was over ... choice, which proved effective in Africa. ENERTECH PG2 SODIS method is also a way to combat the onslaught of Pakistan Black Gold: multinational corporations. It was a panacea for those using 100 million barrels ... water from ponds, taps or wells. PAKISTAN COAL reserves are Dr Shaukat Farooq, Project estimated at 175 billion tons Manager from Sheladia Associ- which equal 618 billion barrels ates, said that through SODIS, of crude oil. Saudi Arabian ultraviolet waves disinfected wa- ter and also killed the bacteria. He said that standards prevalent in Pakistan for safe as 70 per cent diseases in Paki- In his speech, Naseer drinking water were zero for stan are water-borne and 80 Gillani, Chief of Water & Plan- faecel-coliform and three for million people in the country ning Commission, said that 70 coliform.