Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Pakistan Academy of Sciences
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| Motto | Promoting Science, Technology, and Innovation for Socio-economics Development |
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| Formation | 16 February 1953 |
| Headquarters | Islamabad, Pakistan |
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President
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Dr. Anwar Nasim |
| Affiliations | Royal Society |
| Website | www |
The Pakistan Academy of Sciences (Urdu: پاکستان اكيڈ مى ﺁف سائنسز; abbreviated as: PAS), is a learned society of sciences, which described itself as "a repository of the highest scientific talent available in the country."
Established in 1953 in Lahore, Punjab, the Academy acts as a consultative forum and scientific advisor to the Pakistan government on important aspects on the affairs of all forms of science– the social and physical sciences. Regulating affairs of by its Charter and laws approved by the fellows, the Academy is governed by a council that is chaired by its President.
Due to its utmost importance, the fellowship of the academy is extremely restricted, only to the scholars of the high merit who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of scientific knowledge. As of current, Dr. Anwar Nasim is the President of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) who took after succeeding dr. Atta ur Rahman in 2015.
The idea of establishing the Academy was mooted in November 1947 when the first national education conference was organized by the Ministry of Education in Karachi, Sindh, which was inaugurated Muhammad Ali Jinnah– the founder and the Governor-General of Pakistan. No immediate actions were taken at that time, though the discussion to establish the academy continues between the senior scientists and the Pakistan government. After an extensive discussion took in 1948-53, the academy was established and materialized in a concession reached by the senior scientists and government, with the assistance from the foreign scientists and the foreign learned societies.
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