Tehmina hails joining hands of SAARC varsities
By Bushra Makhdoom

Islamabad—The Federal Minister for Science and Technology Mohtarama Tehmina Daultana has said that bringing together of premier public and private sector universities of South Asian Regional countries under one research –oriented platform will go a long way in furthering fraternal ties among regional states of SAARC and imparting quality research and development in business and entrepreneurial world.
Ms. Tehmina Daultana expressed these remarks here today while officiating the launching ceremony of the Regional south Asian Chapter of the Academy for Global Business Advancements (AGBA); an initiative of the department of Management Sciences COMSATS Institute of I.T. Islamabad.
Commending CIIT for planning and executing this initiative of national significance, she expected that it would promote understanding of broad concepts in business and entrepreneurial studies. She said that such initiatives would pave for transforming Pakistan’s agro – based economy into a knowledge driven one as research and development (R&D) occupy a crucial place and are a cornerstone of Pakistan’s strategy.
The South Asian Regional Chapter would promote research culture in business and entrepreneurship, faster education, advance professional knowledge and standards in various aspects of global business and global entrepreneurship though international conferences and a worldwide network of professionals committed to facilitate dissemination of state-of- the art findings in business.
Acting Rector Dr. Muhammad Azeem, Dr. Zafar U. Ahmed,Dr. Ahmed Jamal,Dr. Shaista E. Khilji, Dr. Qaisar Abbas, Mr. Nasir Jamal President VP , Director Conferences HOD Management Sciences Department, Senior Programe Manager respectively participated in the ceremony as well as Secretary S&T, Mr. Sharif Ahmad.