ISLAMABAD, October 14: The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) organised a condolence reference at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, to pay homage to Late Dr Amir Muhammed, Hilal-i-Imtiaz (H.I.), founding Chairman of PARC, eminent scientist and institution builder.
In recognition of his outstanding services to agricultural research and national development, the Crop Sciences Institute at NARC has been renamed the Dr Amir Muhammed Institute of Crop Sciences.
PARC Chairman Dr Syed Murtaza Hassan Andrabi paid rich tribute to Dr Amir Muhammed for his visionary leadership and pioneering role in strengthening the country’s agricultural research system. He said Dr Amir Muhammed’s vision and leadership laid the foundation of PARC as Pakistan’s apex agricultural research organisation and helped establish institutions that continue to serve scientific progress and national development.
Dr Andrabi said the renaming of the Crop Sciences Institute in his honour was a befitting tribute to his services and a recognition of his enduring legacy, which would continue to inspire coming generations of scientists and researchers.
Dr Amir Muhammed also served as Founding Director of the Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad, Vice Chancellor of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, and Founding Rector of the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST). His tenure as Chairman PARC from 1978 to 1990 laid the groundwork for a coordinated national agricultural research system.
The condolence reference was attended by his daughters and other family members, serving and retired PARC scientists, and representatives of various research institutions. Speakers highlighted his remarkable scientific achievements, farsighted leadership and lasting contribution to Pakistan’s research and higher education sectors.
