Registration opens for Strategic Research Programme
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved the budget airline, Fly Jinnah, to operate flights from two Pakistani airports. Starting from May 2, the airline gets approval to operate three weekly flights between Karachi and Muscat and two weekly flights between Muscat and Islamabad.
Fly Jinnah or FJ is the lowcost carrier (LCC) owned and operated jointly by Lakson
Group of Pakistan and Air Arabia Group of the United Arab Emirates.
The airline is based in Karachi and currently serves five domestic destinations. The airline started domestic flight operations on October 31, 2022, when its first flight took off from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi and landed at Islamabad International Airport in Islamabad. After completing a year of domestic
The Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MOHERI) along with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources has announced the opening of registration of the Strategic Research Programme until April 30, 2024 in accordance with the approved research priorities of the participating government agencies.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources has announced this year’s researchchallengesas‘preserving Omani frankincense trees and enhancing their products’ added value’, ‘Enhancing inputs in the production of alternative and concentrated animal feed’, ‘Finding effective alternatives to fish meal in fish feed for farmed organisms’, ‘The geography of food and its impact on food safety and quality in the Sultanate of Oman’, and ‘Rainfall water harvesting and maximising its benefits” for the various sectors of the ministry.
The evaluation of research proposals is based on the criteria of research excellence, the criteria for linking to institutional challenges, the impact of the research outputs and their applicability, with the priority be given to research proposals and projects that serve a set of national priorities. flights in October 2023, Fly Jinnah was permitted by the Pakistani government to operate international routes to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. Last week, Fly Jinnah opened its second international route connecting Lahore with Sharjah, a month after its inaugural flight from Islamabad to Sharjah.
Interested applicants can submit their research proposal through the Research Information Management System (RIMS) at the Oman Research Portal.
For further information, interested applicants can contact the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation through e-mail srp@ moheri.gov.om and 22305482.
The Strategic Research Programme aims to focus on national priorities to find scientific and applied solutions through competitive research proposals, enhance constructive cooperation between the parties to the research system (governmental, academic and private sectors), and make recommendations to create or update policies, legislation and general procedures.