Annual Report 2010 - Comsats

development.
On June 29, 2010, the sub-committee met for the third time to discuss specific
sections of the draft policy as well as to deliberate upon new proposals of the
members. The major new proposals that were agreed upon, during the meeting, were
to establish the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST) as an executive
body under the Act of Parliament and strengthening the Council through establishing
an S&T Policy Studies Department; appointment of the Special Advisor to the Prime
Minister on Science, Technology and Innovation; and constitution of a Cabinet
Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation. The Subcommittee concluded
the meeting after outlining its future course of action on preparing the revised draft of
the S&T Policy to be submitted to the Review Committee.
With these meetings, Phase-1 of the deliberations of the Sub-committee was
completed. Subsequently, a revised draft of the Policy, called draft National Science,
Technology and Innovation Policy-2010, was prepared by COMSATS Headquarters
after incorporating the suggestions of the members of the Sub-committee. It was
submitted to the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan for
perusal in August 2010. During November 2010, the Ministry of Science and
Technology circulated the revised draft of the policy among the members of the
Review Committee for their comments and suggestions.
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