LAHORE: Pakistan Academy of Science awards Gold Medals and Prizes in thirteen fields of Science and Technology to Pakistani scientists who have made original research contributions. Nominations for the awards are made by the Fellows of the Academy, Universities and R&D Organizations. The nominations are evaluated by Expert Committees constituted by the Council of the Academy. So far nearly 200 scientists have been given these awards. In a recently held ceremony, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) Abbottabad Centre for Advanced Drug Research Head Prof Dr Jamshed Iqbal (Tamgha-i-Imtiaz) was honored with PAS Gold Medal-2017 on 1st of November, 2017 by Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Islamabad in the field of Chemical Sciences Including Pharmaceutical Sciences in recognition of his outstanding and meritorious research work in the subject. Prof Dr Jamshed Iqbal is an adept teacher and researcher of chemical sciences and currently leading the Centre for Advanced Drug Research in the prestigious CIIT, Abbottabad of Pakistan in Islamabad.
Published in Daily Times, November 4th 2017.
