🎓 A long-overdue win for Pakistan’s academic community.
University professors on the Tenure Track System had been working on frozen salaries since 2021, in the middle of rising inflation. The result? A growing risk of brain drain as top researchers and PhD holders look abroad.
Federal Minister Prof. Ahsan Iqbal took direct notice, constituting a Special Task Force to recommend competitive, market-aligned pay scales for top-tier faculty.
The recommendations have been approved.
This move reflects a clear policy conviction: you cannot build a knowledge economy without investing in those who build knowledge.
Under PM Shehbaz Sharif’s quality education vision, every rupee spent on education is an investment in Pakistan’s future.
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Congrats to @ScienceAlly for being awarded a $189,794 grant from @FoundationFAR to better inform the public about how research using gene editing tools can benefit sustainable agriculture. The Alliance for Science is led by BTI Professor Sarah Evanega.
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New $25M digital biology center to explore approaches to facilitate the development of crops that use resources more efficiently. Joyce Van Eck will lead BTI’s involvement in the center. @joy_van500@NSF@Cornell@Illinois_Alma@uarizona @Margare41291282 https://t.co/I917DD9Lnj
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