- Home
- Technology
- News
Science Minister announces creation of IRADA
Federal Minister Dr. Umar Saif says IRADA will be hosted at NUST and will have an independent board and funding to carry out state-of-the-art research and product development critical for our national security and economy.


Islamabad: Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Umar Saif Friday announced the creation of the first-ever organization IRADA linking defence, industry and academia.
In a tweet, the federal minister stated that “after four months of effort we have finally created IRADA (Pakistan’s equivalent of DARPA), linking the Research and Development needs of the defence sector with our universities and industry”.
IRADA will be hosted at NUST and will have an independent board and funding to carry out state-of-the-art research and product development critical for our national security and economy, the tweet said.

Google Discover feed gets major upgrade with social media posts and shorts
- 5 گھنٹے قبل
Qatar plans ICC case over Israeli airstrike on Doha building
- 4 گھنٹے قبل
Israeli aggression continues in Gaza as 48 more Palestinians martyred
- 4 گھنٹے قبل

ECC approves final Reko Diq agreements
- 5 گھنٹے قبل

Tragic electrocution claims lives of father and son in Karachi
- 4 گھنٹے قبل

Flood threat rises in Sindh as water flow increases at Sukkur and Kotri Barrages
- 7 گھنٹے قبل
Rupee strengthens against dollar in interbank and open markets
- 7 گھنٹے قبل
US-UK sign major technology partnership during President Trump's visit
- 7 گھنٹے قبل
Drone from Yemen crashes near hotel in Israeli city of Eilat
- 3 گھنٹے قبل
50 Sudanese migrants killed as boat capsizes off Lebanon coast
- 7 گھنٹے قبل

Over 140,000 students register for MDCAT 2025
- 4 گھنٹے قبل
Trump says he disagrees with UK on recognising Palestinian state
- 5 گھنٹے قبل