Pakistani scientists

Lauding the contributions of Pakistani scientists in the fight against novel coronavirus, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said that they are playing a crucial role in combating the deadly virus across the globe.

ISLAMABAD: A group of Chinese hybrid rice experts would be arriving in Pakistan next month (in September) to impart training to Pakistani scientists for the promotion and development of hybrid seed verities across the crop sowing areas of the country to boost local output. In first phase a batch of 40 scientists selected all across the country would be trained to promote and develop the hybrid rice production technology in the country, said Member Plant Science of the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) Dr…