The University of Health Sciences (UHS) in collaboration with Higher Education Commission (HEC), is organising an International Symposium on Molecular Forensic here on Thursday. The symposium, which is being organised by UHS Forensic Sciences Department, promises to be stimulating and provocative with the theme "Emerging Trends in Molecular Forensic".
The objective of symposium is to stimulate discussion of new ideas and find new perspectives on traditional methods related to molecular forensic biology and its techniques. The scientific programme paves a way to gather idea through presentations and lectures. The international facilitators of the symposium include Dr Dennis Mc Navin, University of Canberra, Australia; Dr Manual Fondevila, forensic expert from Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; and, Dr Mannis Van Oven and Dr Oscar Lao, both from Department of Forensic Molecular Biology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Besides, noted national experts including criminal justice, counter terrorism and police reforms expert, Dr Muhammad Shoaib Suddle and Director General Punjab Forensic Science Agency, Dr Mohammad Ashraf Tahir will also speak on the occasion.