Our Correpondent
\nIslamabad
\nSikandar Hayat Khan Bosan has acknowledged the services and role of Sardar Ghulam Mustafa, Director (PR and Protocol) PARC for projection of PARC and Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFS&R) work and activities through electronic and print media, in a Farewell Party held in his honour on his retirement from PARC services, at National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) Islamabad. Minister further said that Sardar Ghulam Mustafa whenever came to his office, he brought just the matters of welfare of PARC employees and betterment of organization. On this occasion he urged the scientists and supporting staff to focus on research work to bring new innovations in agriculture to make it more profitable and productive for small and poor farmers.
\nSenior politicians, high level Govt officials, former Chairmen PARC, eminent scientists, media, PARC colleagues and farmers attended the ceremony.
\nSenior leader of Pakistan People Party (PPP) and Ex-Political Secretary to Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Madam Naheed Khan also expressed her views. On this occasion she also highlighted the issue of NARC land. She said that the NARC is the largest agriculture research institution in the country and agriculture is the backbone of our country\u2019s economy. She demanded from Govt to strengthen such institutions instead converting them into housing scheme.
\nShe mentioned here some contributions of NARC to our national agricultural research system such as to control bird flu in the country and to save poultry industry of Pakistan, development of new crops varieties, supply of germplasm of various commodities to national and international system, control of crops diseases, introduction of new farm machinery, solar technology and many other new innovations to improve production of agriculture sector to ensure food security in the country.
\nDr. Yusuf Zafar T.I., Chairman PARC, Dr. M. E. Tusneem, Ex-Chairman PARC, Jamil Ahmad, Additional Secretary (MNFS&R), Dr. Muhammad Afzal, Ex-Chairman PARC, Dr. Nadeem Amjad, Ex-Chairman PARC and Member (NRD), Dr. Muhammad Azeem Khan, DG NARC, Dr. Ahmad Bakhsh Maher, DG (P&DD) PARC, Dr. Altaf Sher, Director (IC) PARC, Dr. Anwar, PARSA Representative, Rana Maqsood Ahmad, Ch. Muhammad Aslam Gujjar, M. Taj Kiani, Mr. Waseem Safdar, Sheikh Pervaiz and other speakers also express their views about the Sardar Ghulam Mustafa personality.
\nLater on Federal Minister NFS&R and Chairman PARC have presented shields to him on his outstanding performance and particularly his role for projection of PARC and MNFS&R activities through media. Speakers expressed at occasion that the gap made by Sardar Ghulam Mustafa\u2019s retirement could not be filled easily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our Correpondent Islamabad Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan has acknowledged the services and role of Sardar Ghulam Mustafa, Director (PR and Protocol) PARC for projection of PARC and Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFS&R) work and activities through electronic and print media, in a Farewell Party held in his honour on his retirement from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n