International publishing house conducted an international survey & rate Pakistan as "Rising Star". Thomson Reuters in its publication Science Watch categorized Pakistan as "Rising Star" in the field of science and engineering. They listed Pakistan in top 12 countries of the world which increased in the citations and publications.

They recognized the efforts of Higher Education Commission in Pakistan. Pakistan got "Rising Star" status in so many fields due to extraordinary progress in the higher education during the last 6 years resulting in the increase of publications and citations by universities and research centers.

In a short period of six years Higher Education Commission has sent 25,000 scholars for PhD studies to different universities worldwide which brought about 400 percent increase in research output. HEC has launched free digital library to provide access to 45000 books, research monographs and 23,000 international journals.

These achievements has been reported by USIAD report and world's top science journal-Nature in an editorial published on August 28.

Prof. Dr Atta-ur-Rehman played an important role in establishing HEC. He is acting as chairman of HEC. He is one of the leading scientist in Pakistan who brought the revolution in the field of science and technology in Pakistan. He has over 644 publications, 93 books of which 59 chapters in books published by European countries. He is Editor-in-Chief/Executive Editor of fifteen leading European chemistry journals. He is the director of H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, Karachi University. This department won the international projects of 35 million US dollars under his guidance. He has got 4 civil awards from Govt. of Pakistan. He has secured UNESCO science prize and many other international awards.

Thanks to all those people who worked for betterment of Pakistan.I personally think this is a great achievement.

1. Science Watch

2.Higher Education Commission