Abstract:
The creation of the Pakistan Science Foundation, as the lead agency in the nation for the financing of science and technology, The Foundation is also the fulfillment of a longstanding demand of the scientific community. The creation of the Pakistan Science Foundation as a fully autonomous body, with the statutory provision that 18 out of the 19 members of its 'Board of Trustees' shall be 'eminent scientists', is a clear evidence of the trust that the Government have reposed in the men of science and in their ability to utilize effectively the resources placed at their disposal for ensuring the health of science, the advancement of knowledge, the welfare of the people and the security and progress of Pakistan.
