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Volume 1, Issue 3

March 2018

The Technology and Innovation Support Centre

(TISC) at PASTIC National Centre, Islamabad has

been established at its Technology Information

Services Section (TIS) and Six TISC supporting

DESKs at Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta,

Faisalabad and Muzaﬀarabad through an MoU with

IPO-Pakistan. The program is part of collaboration

with IPO-Pakistan, HEC, Pakistan under the

assistance of World Intellectual Property

Organization (WIPO).

ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNOLOGY

AND INNOVATION SUPPORT CENTRE

(TISC) at PASTIC

Major Services of PASTIC-TISC

TISC at PASTIC National Centre, Islamabad and its

six DESKs will provide following quality technology

information services to the innovators to help them

exploit their potential and to create, protect, and

manage their intellectual property (IP) rights:

Access to online patent and non-patent

(scientiﬁc and technical) resources and IP-

related publications;

Assistance in searching and retrieving

technology information;

Training in database search;

On-demand searches (novelty, state-of-the-

art and infringement);

Monitoring technology and competitors; &

Basic information on industrial property

laws, management and strategy, and

technology commercialization and

marketing.

The beneficiary of PASTIC-TISC Services:

PASTIC organizes Training Seminar on

“Keyword Planning and Searching in

Digital Era: Key Challenges” at UAAR

PASTIC IT Section organized one day Training

Seminar “Keyword Planning and Searching in

Digital Era: Key Challenges” on March 14, 2018 at

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University,

Rawalpindi in collaboration with faculty of Social

Sciences. Sixty (60) students and faculty members

participated in the seminar. Mr. Saifullah Azim,

Principal System Analyst presented the talk on the

topic and also presented the PASTIC services. At the

end of the Seminar, Dr. Abdul Saboor Dean faculty of

Social Sciences paid his special thanks to PASTIC

and resource person for collaboration with UAAR in

organizing the event.

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researcher can search jobs/fellowships, research

funds, ﬁnd research groups, search literature etc.

Moreover it is a cross-platform application

(Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone) that helps

researchers to manage and annotate their scientiﬁc

paper collections. Citation data from its cloud library

can be accessed across multiple devices e.g., Laptop,

PC, iphone etc. Ms Nageen Ainuddin, Director

General PASTIC distributed certiﬁcates among the

participants

Training workshop on “Make Your

Research Life Easier with Mendeley Tool”

held at PASTIC

PASTIC organized a training workshop on “Make
Your Research Life Easier with Mendeley Tool”
during 28-29th March 2018 at PASTIC National
Centre, Quaid-e-Azam University Campus,
Islamabad. The objective of this workshop was to
build the capacity of young researchers and to
enhance their skills in literature search, citation,
sharing and discovering of new research. Dr.
Maryum Ibrar Shinwari, Senior Scientiﬁc
Information Oﬃcer (PASTIC) / Mendeley Advisor,
was the resource person of the workshop. 14
Participants from Quaid-e-Azam University, Arid
Agriculture University, and PIDE participated in this
hands on training workshop.

This workshop was part of the series of training

workshop that are regularly organized by PASTIC to

train the young researchers on modern ICT tools and

techniques useful in research. There are many

citation tools available for helping researchers in

citation during completion of their thesis. The

Mendeley application owes a unique position among

these tools being free, smarter and user-friendly.

Besides it provides an excellent platform where

Workshop on “How to Write a Good

Synopsis” at PASTIC Karachi

PASTIC Sub-centre Karachi organized a one day
Training workshop on “How to Write a Good
Synopsis “on March 8, 2018 at PASTIC Sub-Centre
Karachi. 18 participants attended the workshop. Dr.
Ms. Samiya Saleem from Federal Urdu University of
Arts, Science & Technology delivered presentation
during the workshop. At the end of the workshop,
certiﬁcates and shields were distributed among the
participants and Resource Person.

Workshop on “Endnote” at PASTIC

Karachi

PASTIC Sub-centre Karachi organized one day

Training workshop on “Endnote” on March 22, 2018
at PASTIC Sub-Centre Karachi. 19 participants
attended the workshop. Mr. Sajid Aleem from Jinnah
Sindh Medical University, Karachi delivered a
presentation during the workshop. At the end of the
workshop, certiﬁcates and shields were distributed
among the participants and Resource Person.

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PASTIC Sub-centre Karachi organized one day

Workshop on “Data Analysis Using

SPSS” at PASTIC Karachi

PASTIC Sub-centre Karachi organized one day

Training workshop on “Data Analysis using SPSS”

on March 28, 2018 at PASTIC Sub Centre,

Karachi.19 participants attended the workshop. Ms.

Sara Wahab from Jinnah Sindh Medical University

Karachi delivered a presentation during the

workshop. At the end of the workshop, certiﬁcates

and shields were distributed among the participants

and Resource Person.

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Syed Habib Akhter Jaﬀri, Principal Librarian &
Resource Person, receiving certiﬁcate.

Training workshop on Library

Automation at AARI Faisalabad

Three-days hands on training workshop on “Library

Automation by using KOHA ILS Package” was

organized by PASTIC Sub-centre, Faisalabad from

6th to 8th March at Ayub Agriculture Research

Institute- Faisalabad. The key objective of the

training was to familiarize the researchers with

fundamentals of citation.

The Chief Guest was Dr. Abid Mehmood, Director

General, AARI during inaugural session, and Dr.

Ibrar Ahmad, Director Post Harvest AARI was

Chief Guest at closing Session. 35 participants

participated in the workshop. The resource persons

were Syed Habib Akhter Jaﬀri, Principal Librarian,

PASTIC, Mr. Fahad Ubaid, PASTIC, and Mr.

Nadeem Sohail, FAST-Lahore.

At the end Certiﬁcates, Shields and Souvenirs were

distributed among participants, resource persons,

organizer and chief guest.

Training workshop on “SPSS” at

CASVAB (UoB), Quetta

PASTIC Sub-centre Quetta organized two days

training workshop on “SPSS” in collaboration with

Center for Advanced Studies in Vaccinology &

Biotechnology (CASVAB), University of

Balochistan Quetta, from March 15-16, 2018 at

CASVAB (UoB), Brewery Road, Quetta.

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Seminar on “Role of Digital Library and Use

of Information Resources” at CIIT Lahore

The target participants of the workshop were M.Phil

and Ph.D students. A total of 50 participants attended
the workshop. Mr. Munir Ahmed, Pakistan Standard
Quality Control Department, Quetta, was the
resource person. Mr. Abdul Khalique Sial, Incharge,
PASTIC Sub-centre Quetta, brieﬂy talked about
PASTIC/PSF S&T information services. Over 50
participants including scientists and other oﬃcers of
CASVAB attended the workshop.

The Certiﬁcate Award Ceremony was held on March

16, 2018. Mr. Muhammad Masood Tariq Kiani,
Director (CASVAB) was the Chief Guest and Mr.

Azam Kakar, Dean (Life Sciences), University of
Balochistan was the Special Guest at the closing
ceremony. They distributed the certiﬁcates and
shields among the participants, resource person and
organizers.

PASTIC Sub-centre Lahore, Pakistan Librarians

Welfare Organization (PLWO), and COMSATS
Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Lahore,
jointly organized a seminar on “Eﬀective Use of
Information Resources” on March 14, 2018 at
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
(CIIT), Lahore. More than 40 M.S./M.Phil and Ph.D.
students, librarians and researchers attended the
seminar.

In the opening remarks, Mr. Ali Raza Khan, Deputy

Director (STI), PASTIC and Guest of Honor of the
seminar shed light on the importance of the seminar.
He informed the participants, that such seminar
helps the students, scholars and information
professionals in improving their information and
research skills and helps them to identify, locate and
use information resources eﬀectively. He also
highlighted the objectives and activities of PASTIC.

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Dr. Muhammad Tariq Najmi was the resource person

of the seminar and conducted detailed session on

eﬀective use of information resources, searching

skills and use of HEC digital library. In this

interactive session, he shared the latest cutting-edge

techniques about the eﬀective information retrieval

and how a digital library can facilitate researchers in

this regard. He also conducted a mock session to

answer the diﬀerent queries raised by the

participants.

Dr. Rubina Farooq, Chairperson Department of

Chemistry, Acting Head, Pharmacy Department and

Convener Library Aﬀairs was the Chief Guest. While

addressing the participants she said that such types of

practical sessions are very important for the capacity

building of the researchers.

In the concluding remarks, Mr. Zaheer Ahmad

Secretary General, Pakistan Librarians Welfare

Organization (PLWO) thanked the Resource Person,

Chief Guest and Guest of Honor for sparing their

valuable time for the event. He also acknowledged

the services of COMSATS and PASTIC for

organizing this successful and well planned seminar.

Seminar on “Thesis Writing Skills”

at Govt. Superior Science College

(GSSC) Peshawar

A One-day Seminar on “Thesis Writing Skills” was

jointly organized by Zoology Department GSSC-

Peshawar & PASTIC Peshawar on March 14th, 2018

at Govt. Superior Science College (GSSC) Peshawar,

A total of 50 students from the Department of

Zoology, Chemistry, Maths, Pak Studies and Political
Science along with senior faculty members attended
the session. Mrs. Ghazala Ali Khan, Deputy Director
PASTIC Peshawar was the key resource person of the
seminar.

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Mrs. Ghazala Ali Khan gave two detailed lectures,

one on PASTIC S&T services for Researchers, and
second on the seminar topic.

Seminar on Role of Research & Innovation

for Shifting to Technical Textile at FCC

Faisalabad

A One-day Seminar on “Role of Research &

Innovation for Shifting to Technical Textile” was

organized by PASTIC Faisalabad and FCCI on

March 15, 2018 at Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce

& Industry, Faisalabad. Technical textiles are the

high performance purpose built structures having

vast range of applications including aerospace,

military, marine, medical, construction, geo-textile,

transportation and other high-tech applications.

Although the textile sector is the backbone of

Pakistan's economy, Pakistan still lags behind in

technical textile sector. Whereas technical textiles

and value added products have become the fast

growing industries. So it is very important to create

awareness among the industrialist so that they may

contribute to the growth and development of the

country in this sector.

The chief guest was Engineer Rizwan Ashraf, Ex-

President FCCI, and guest of honor was Ch.

Muhammad Nawaz Ex- President FCCI. 35

participants from well-known industries participated

in the Seminar. The resource person was Prof. Dr.

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Yasir Nawab from National Textile University

Faisalabad. Shields and souvenirs were presented to

resource person and chief guest.

PASTIC Services Awareness Seminar

PASTIC arranged the following awareness seminar

at the following Institute:

Zoology Department, University of

Peshawar

PASTIC Sub Centre. Peshawar organized a seminar

on PASTIC Services Awareness at Zoology

Department, University of Peshawar on March 6,

2018. A total of 61 research students attended the

session.

PASTIC Services Stalls

Mr. Tafakhar Ali Asdi, Member Finance, Pakistan

Science Foundation, visited Pakistan Scientiﬁc and

Technological Information Center (PASTIC), on 21st

March, 2018. Dr. Muhammad Akram Shaikh,

Director General PASTIC, welcomed the Member

Finance. He was taken around the various sections of

PASTIC. Member Finance visited PASTIC Library,

IT Section, Reprography Section and other Technical

Sections. Later on, in a meeting with Director

General and Senior Oﬃcers of PASTIC, Member

Finance was briefed about PASTIC and its activities.

Member Finance appreciated the services and

activities of PASTIC. He provided guidelines for

strengthening the Reprographic Section of PASTIC,

and its improvement. He also provided guidelines for

utilization of funds eﬀectively for uplift of the

organization. He assured his cooperation for

improvement of all ﬁnancial matters.

Peshawar

Govt. Science Superior College Peshawar,

during one day seminar on “Thesis Writing Skills”,

on March 14, 2018.

Zoology Department University of Peshawar, during

one day seminar on “PASTIC S&T Service for

Researchers”, on March 6, 2018.

CASVAB, University of Balochistan Quetta, during

two days training workshop on “SPSS”on March 27,

2018.

COMSAT Library Lahore, during seminar on

“Eﬀective Use of Information Resources”, on March

14, 2018.

Quetta

Lahore

Member Finance visits PASTIC

Participation of PASTIC Officer

in National Police Summit at

Convention Centre Islamabad

Mr. Saifullah Azim, Principal System Analyst,

participated in National Police Summit and

Innovation Expo on 14thmarch 2018 at Convention

Centre Islamabad. He visited the diﬀerent stalls for

identifying the appropriate opportunities from this

expo and areas of collaboration.

PASTIC National Center and its sub-centers

regularly organize information services stalls all over

the country, wherein PASTIC publications are

displayed and membership forms/pamphlets are

distributed, and the visitors are briefed about

PASTIC services. In continuation of this regular

activity following stalls were organized during the

month of March 2018 at the following places:-

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Participation of PASTIC Officers

in Training Workshop at NUST

Dr. Saima Huma Tanveer, Additional Director (STI)

and Dr. Syed Aftab Hussain Shah, Senior Scientiﬁc

Information Oﬃcer participated in Training

Workshop on Patent Database Searches and

Development of Technology and Innovation Support

Centers (TISCs) in Pakistan, held at NUST,

Islamabad on March 13-15, 2018.

Participation of PASTIC Officer

in Seminar on “Energy Awareness

& Expansion Drive” at UET,

Peshawar.

Muzaffarabad Sub-Center

AJK University, New Campus,

Challabandi, Muzaffarabad

pastic.2011@gmail.com

Tel: 05822 960414

Quetta Sub-Center

Art Campus, University of

Balochistan, Quetta.

pastic.qta@gmail.com

Tel: 03337823390

Peshawar Sub-Center

Pakistan Forest Institute,

University Campus, Peshawar

pasticpsh@yahoo.com

Tel: 091-9216880

Lahore Sub-Center

PCSIR Lab. Complex,

Ferozepur Road, Lahore

pasticlhr@gmail.com

Tel: 042-99230732

Faisalabad Sub-Center

Faisalabad Science Centre,

Jail Road, Faisalabad

pasticf@yahoo.com

Tel: 041-9200608-9

Karachi Sub-Center

A-43, block No. 3,

Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi

pastick@pastic.gov.pk

Tel: 021-99243621

PASTIC National Centre, Quaid-i-Azam University Campus, Islamabad,

Tel:051-9248103-4, 051-9248109 Fax:9248113

URL: www.pastic.gov.pk, Email: dg@pastic.gov.pk, director@pastic.gov.pk

Pakistan Scientific & Technological Information Centre (PASTIC)

March 2018