Pakistan Academy of Sciences

The Pakistan Academy of Sciences (Urdu: پاکستان اكيڈ مى ﺁف سائس; shortened to PAS, is a learned society for science and technology based in Pakistan. The academy consisted and served as the network of science across the Pakistan as well as auxiliary scientific and social infrastructure such as libraries and hospitals. Founded in February 1953 by scientist Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, it was granted a federal status by Prime minister Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin, as Royal Pakistan Academy of Sciences. The PAS is a non-governmental and non-political think tank of distinguished scientists in Pakistan, working for the promotion of science and its applications for the general welfare of humanity. The major function of the body is to advise the federal...