**Jashn-e-azaadi mubarak from the S&T team of GupShup 
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Below are some interesting S&T facts and statistics of Pakistan, mostly from the 2009 survey published by the Pakistan Council of Science & Technology.
S&T Governance:
There are independent ministries for S&T (as well as IT & Telecommunication, Agriculture, Health etc) which work with the Pakistan Council of S&T and report to the Minister of S&T (Mir Changez Khan Jamali) who reports to the National Commission of S&T and the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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S&T Organizations:**
85 major S&T organizations
- 35 under federal government
- 50 under provincial governments (26 in punjab, 13 in sindh, 6 in NWFP, 5 in balochistan)
239 research institutes/centres/labs
124 universities/degree awarding institutes including:
- 17 engineering & technology
- 6 agriculture
- 9 medicine
Number of research organizations by field:
Growth in higher education institutes:
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S&T Manpower:**
Total = 129,823 (including 500 foreigners)
- 53,621 researchers
- 13,319 technicians
- 62,883 support staff
S&T manpower by field and gender:
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S&T Budget:**
Total S&T expenditure = 1371 million US dollars i.e. 1.05% GDP
Total R&D expenditure = 732 million US dollars i.e. 0.59% GDP
Growth in S&T expenditure:
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S&T Publications:**
The current S&T status in Pakistan isn’t perfect, there are many flaws. They lack human and financial resources as well as proper, up-to-date infrastructure. Males still dominate the world of S&T, Pakistan needs to introduce some schemes to attract more females to this field. R&D expenditure, when compared with other countries, is very low:
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However, it is obvious from the growth statistics posted earlier that Pakistan has Alhumdulillah come a long way since the 1970’s. If there were hardly any Pakistani female scientists/engineers/doctors back then, MashaAllah there’s plenty today. The progress was slow prior to the 1990’s but has been pretty fast thereafter. The growth is there, the progress is there, and PCST claims that S&T development projects worth over 27 billion rupees are under implementation so I do see a brighter future for S&T in Pakistan.
