LAHORE: The Governor Punjab Balighur Rehman has constituted a committee to carry out the latest research for the development of quality seeds of rice, wheat and cotton through industry-academia collaboration.

The PU Vice Chancellor on the directions of the Governor has appointed Shahzad Ali Malik, a big name from the rice sector as the convener of this committee as Rice Expert.

While Prof. Dr Muhammad Arshad Javed, Chairman Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics as the plant breeder, Prof. Dr Shakil Ahmad of the Punjab University will act as Secretary and member of this committee.

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