Pakistan Medical Research Council (PMRC), ( ur, ) formerly known as the Pakistan Health Research Council (PHRC) is an autonomous

research Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...

agency of

Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the four provinces, two autonomous territorie ...

under the

Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination ( ur, ; abbreviated as MoNHSRC) is a cabinet level ministry of the government of Pakistan with responsibility for national public health. Organization Healthcare was transfer ...

in the field of

medical Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practic ...

and

health sciences The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to health sciences: Health sciences are those sciences which focus on health, or health care, as core parts of their subject matter. Health sciences relate to multiple a ...

. It was established in 1962.

Management of the Council

The Council is administered by a Board of Governors whose members include:- * President of the Council; * Surgeon General of the

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the Partition of British India, which occurred as a result ...

; * Executive Director of the

National Institute of Health The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late ...

; * the Secretaries of the Health Departments of the respective Provinces and Territories; * Chairperson of the

Pakistan Science Foundation The Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) ( ur, ) is an institution under the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Government of Pakistan. It funds scientific studies, research and development. The Pakistan Science Foundation also operates and a ...

; and * Executive Director of the Council The current Executive Director of the Council is Dr. Syed Atta ur Rehman

References

External links

PMRC official website
Pakistan federal departments and agencies Medical and health organisations based in Pakistan Medical research institutes in Pakistan 1962 establishments in Pakistan Government agencies established in 1962 {{gov-agency-stub