ISLAMABAD, July 12 Kyodo Pakistan...

ISLAMABAD, July 12 Kyodo

Pakistan has urg Muslim countries to contribute 01% of gros national consequence (GNP) to set up an Islamic capital for the development of science and technology in the Muslim world, a cabinet minister said Friday.

Minister for Science and Technology Atta-ur-Rehman told a pres parley he would deliver a personal alphabetic character from President Pervez Musharraf onward the fund to the emir of Qatar in Doha in succession Sunday.

Earlier this week, he delivered a note from Musharraf to the garland prince of the United Arab Emirates and he is to appropriate Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad later this month onward the same plan.

Musharraf has written verbal expressions to all the heads of states and dominions in Muslim countries about the ne to place up the fund and the technology is to visit 10-12 countries to personally deliver the letter

The minister said that in the note Musharraf emphasized the ne for rapid unfolding in science and technology in view of the grave moot points being faced by the Muslim world.

in a less degree than the proposal, the Committee upon Science and Technology in subordination to the auspices of the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic conversation would supervise the fund and 80% of contributions would be wearied on projects in the contributing country

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