Pakistan to have its own Remote Sensing Satellite System soon

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Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said on Saturday the country’s first Remote Sensing Satellite System (RSSS) is in the offing and it will be launched soon to meet the national and international user requirements in the field of satellite imagery.

“The government is committed to make the country’s satellite system more sophisticated which can be helpful in the socio economic development of the country”, the federal minister said while addressing the 8th convocation of Institute of Space Technology (IST).

He said the space technology has an important role in the development of different sectors including agriculture, fisheries, infrastructure development, education, health and transportation.

The minister said the present government is a strong proponent of modern science and technology as without this, no nation can achieve success and prosperity.

He said due to lack of political stability and policy discontinuity, the rate of country’s economic development remained very low during past decade.

Addressing the newly passed out students, the minister said they

should play their role in the economic development of the country by applying their research based knowledge in their professional careers.

He said it is unfortunate that in South Asia, Pakistan is ranked at the bottom in terms of human resource development.

Iqbal asked the students to have optimistic approach rather than a pessimistic approach about the country.

“We are perfectly a normal nation and do not think negative about the

country, he said, adding the country is not under-developed but actually an ill-managed country.

Earlier, the minister awarded medals and degrees to students of three

departments of the institute including Aerospace Engineering, Communication System Engineering and Material Science and Engineering.

He said the IST has emerged as a renowned institute in a very short span of time.

IST Vice Chancellor Engineer Imran Rehman said the IST has achieved the fifth rank among all engineering institutes and universities in the country.

He said due to its best performance, the IST is likely to get a university status in November this year.

He said the country is facing multiple crisis including water and energy crisis, and they can help the country to overcome these crisis by applying their first hand knowledge and skills that they acquired during their stay in the institute.

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  1. peace is imperative for 'normal' functioning of any society. terrorism is is prevailant in pakistani life. how can there be peace when the very core of terrorists is set free?

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