Karachi—Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) has awarded its Regional Prize for Young Scientist to a female scientist of Karachi University- Dr Sammer Yousuf.
An official of Karachi University said here on Monday that the award was conferred during the Afro-Asia Workshop on Advanced Topics in Chemistry held recently at the TWAS Regional Office for Central and South Asia at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, lndia.
Dr. Yousuf was selected for this honour from over 30 oral presentations of scientists of 10 regional countries.
She is an Assistant Professor at the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, Karachi University.
The spokesman said that Dr. Yousuf is among very few chemists of Pakistan working on Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffraction technique.
The Vice Chancellor of Karachi University, Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddqui, former Chairman of Higher Education Commission, Prof Dr Atta-ur-Rehman and Director ICCBS, Prof Dr M Iqbal Chaudhary have congratulated Dr Yousuf on her achievement.
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکِستان) is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a 1,046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west,India in the east and China in the far northeast.[7] Tajikistan also lies very close to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Strategically, Pakistan is located in a position between the important regions of South Asia, Central Asia and the greater Middle East.[8]
The region forming modern Pakistan was the site of several ancient cultures including theneolithic Mehrgarh and the bronze era Indus Valley Civilisation. Subsequently it was the recipient of Hindu, Persian, Indo-Greek, Islamic, Turco-Mongol, and Sikh cultures through several invasions and/or settlements. As a result the area has remained a part of numerous empires and dynasties including the Indian empires, Persian empires, Arab caliphates, Mongol,Mughal, Sikh and British Empire. Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire in 1947 after a struggle for independence, led by Mohammad Ali Jinnah, that sought the partition of India and the creation of an independent state for the Muslim majority populations of the eastern and western regions of British India.[9] With the adoption of its constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic.[10] In 1971, an armed conflict in East Pakistan resulted in the creation of Bangladesh.[11]
Pakistan is a federal parliamentary republic consisting of four provinces and four federal territories. With over 170 million people, it is the sixth most populous country in the world[2] and has the second largest Muslim population after Indonesia.[12] It is an ethnically andlinguistically diverse country with a similar variation in its geography and wildlife. With a semi-industrialized economy, it is the 27th largest in the world in terms of purchasing power. Since gaining independence, Pakistan's history has been characterised by periods of military rule,political instability and conflicts with neighbouring India. The country faces challenging problems including terrorism, poverty, illiteracy and corruption.
Pakistan has the seventh largest standing armed force and is the only Muslim-majority nation to possess nuclear weapons. It is designated as a major non-NATO ally of the United States and a strategic ally of China.[13][14] It is a founding member of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (now the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)[15] and a member of the United Nations,[16] Commonwealth of Nations,[17] Next Eleven economies and the G20 developing nations.
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