CPRDC and AEIRC collaborated together on World Pharmacy Day to host a conference and poster presentation at Jinnah University in Karachi with the theme of Innovations in Pharmacotherapy and Disease Management. Dr. Humera Tariq attended this event on CPRDC’s behalf.

The Canada Pakistan Research & Development Council, with the help of Prof. Shamim, created positions for three doctoral candidates at the University of Toronto with the support of Canadian academics and scientists (two for training in Civil Engineering and one Health Sciences). Candidates for training in civil engineering joined their programs in September 2018.