ISLAMABAD  - Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH), a subsidiary of Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF), and Beijing Museum of Natural History (BMNH) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the areas of natural history.
The MoU was signed in Beijing during PMNH Director General, Dr Syed Azhar Hasan and Senior Operational Manager, Muhammad Akhtar Javed’s recent visit to BMNH.
These officers visited BMNH recently, under Pakistan-China 17th Science and Technology Protocol to find out the areas of cooperation between the two museums.
PMNH Director Museums, Zameer Ahmad Awan and counsellor (Technical Affairs), Embassy of Pakistan, Beijing were also present on the occasion.
The areas of cooperation covered under the MoU will include joint scientific research activities, exchange of researchers, students, scientific publications and collection of specimens, reciprocal information and cooperation in exhibition.
This interaction between the two museums will greatly help in up-gradation of research and public education standard. The delegation also visited several other museums in Beijing.
Dr Hasan said under the MoU, PMNH will arrange an exhibition of Pakistan’s endemic species in China this year and later on Beijing Museum will arrange a similar exhibition in Pakistan.