History
Information plays a fundamental role for Scientific, Technological and Economic development of a
country. Realizing the importance of potential role that Scientific Information plays, government of
Pakistan with the assistance of UNESCO established (1957) Pakistan National Scientific and
Technical Documentation Centre (PANSDOC) under the Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial
Research (PCSIR), Karachi to cater to the Scientific Community needs such as Procurement of
Documents, Compilation of Bibliographies, Abstracting, Indexing and Technical Translations. An
expanded project namely Pakistan Scientific and Technological Information Centre (PASTIC) was
launched (1974) around the nucleus of PANSDOC and was transferred from PCSIR to Pakistan
Science Foundation (PSF), Islamabad. Presently, PASTIC is functioning as subsidiary of PSF, an
autonomous organization under Ministry of Science & Technology. PASTIC is the premier
organization in the field of S&T Information and is serving thousands of researchers and other
professionals through its specialised information services. Scopes and facilities of PASTIC were
expanded after transferring to PSF. PASTIC National Centre (Headquarter) is located in the premises
of Quaid-i- Azam University Campus, Islamabad whereas its six Sub-Centers are located at Karachi,
Lahore, Fasilabad, Peshawar, Muzaffarabad and Quetta. PASTIC is currently offering wide ranging
services such as supply of full-text S&T Documents, publication of primary (Pakistan Journal of
Computer and Information System-PJCIS) and Secondary Journals (Pakistan Science Abstracts in
Ten(10) Disciplines), Patent Information Service, Bibliographic Information Service, development of
indigenous S&T databases, compilation of Union Catalogues and Directories, National Science
Reference Library, Printing Services (Reprographic) ranging from Mimeographing, Photocopying and
Microfilming to printing. PASTIC is dedicated to fulfil the ever-growing needs of information
community in the field of Science, Engineering and Technology for research and development
activities at national level.