National chemistry contest at KU

A five-day national chemistry talent contest for HSC or 'A' level students will begin on Wednesday at the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi.

Pakistan had first participated in the 32nd International Physics Olympiad held in Turkey in 2001. Pakistani students have so far participated in three Physics Olympiads and their performance has been quite encouraging, he added, and hoped that talented students would prove their worth in the Chemistry discipline as well.

He said that the two-stage national competition in Chemistry and other disciplines was launched by the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences in 1995, adding the government was trying to increase the capacity and human resources in this discipline as well. He said that the importance of Chemical Sciences in national development cannot be denied…