ISLAMABAD: Five Pakistani scientists have been selected to participate in the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Chemistry), currently underway in Germany.

The meeting is being held in Lindau, Germany, from June 29 to July 4, where these young scientists are engaging in intellectual discourse with 30 to 40 Nobel laureates and over 600 researchers from 60 countries, says a press release.

It is noteworthy that the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), under the supervision of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission, has been selecting the best and most capable scholars from across the country for this meeting for the past 22 years.

The scholars selected for this year’s meeting include Bisma Khanam (Government College University, Lahore), Mah Jabeen Hassan (H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, Karachi), Dr Bibi Amna (Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad), Dr Tabassum Malik (University of Peshawar), and Palwasha Khan (Comsats University, Lahore Campus).

Published in Dawn, July 3rd, 2025

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