Pakistan projects its 'Atoms for Sustainable Development' agenda.

ISLAMABAD -- During the ongoing 63rd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Pakistan organized a side-event and displayed an exhibition stall on 'Atoms for Sustainable Development' to showcase the work it has undertaken in peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology.

Pakistan continues to utilize the enormous potential of nuclear technology for the socio-economic development of the country and in order to realize the UN Sustainable Development Goals, said a foreign ministry statement.

Nuclear technology applications are being used in diverse areas of electricity generation, health, agriculture, hydrology, industry, environment and basic sciences.

The delegation of Pakistan participating in the IAEA General Conference, led by the Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), highlighted that 18 PAEC cancer hospitals in Pakistan were providing facilities in nuclear medicine to nearly one million patients annually and contributing to SDG 3 on 'good health and well being'.

For SDG2 on 'zero hunger', the agri and biotech institutes of PAEC had developed 111 different crop varieties and million of acres had been treated through Integrated Pest Management.

For...