CCBS receives Rs 3.9 million donations

KARACHI: International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi has received a donation of Rs-3.9 million from the University of Karachi (KU) Alumni Association, Houston, USA.

Spokesman of the ICCBS – the University of Karachi on Tuesday said that the KU alumni association intended to support the ICCBS with this financial contribution while they also intend to continue in the future as well. 

In his message, Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Director of International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, and Coordinator General COMSTECH thanked the Alumni Association Houston Chapter. He said, “ICCBS greatly acknowledges the support provided by the KU alumni.”

This financial support is a symbol of patronage and recognition of the high-class research institution of the University of Karachi, he said.

ICCBS management assures that the support provided by KU Alumni has a great symbolic value and will effectively be used to support research at the ICCBS, he mentioned.

Earlier, Future Trust had donated Rs 1.5 million to the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), the University of Karachi for a study on vertical transmission of COVID-19.

The donation is part of Future Trust’s drive to explore long-term solutions towards mitigating the long-term health impact of the coronavirus through medical and technological research and development.

ICCBS Director Prof. Dr. Iqbal Choudhary, in his office, received the cheque from an executive of the Future Trust on Saturday.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Iqbal Choudhary said, “Future Trust is among a few organizations in Pakistan which have realized that medical research will be the basis of long-term management of the ongoing pandemic.”

“The international center looks forward to a long-term working relationship with Future Trust which will pay great dividends to Pakistan with the passage of time”, he said.

Future Trust official said, “We need to look into the dynamics of vertical transmission of the virus in local clinical settings for long-term management of infection in Pakistan.”