Pakistan is the one of the few countries in the world to have a critical Nuclear Technology. The history of pursuing nuclear medicine goes back to 1956, when the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) was established under the executive order of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. The PAEC, the scientific body who is responsible for establishing the nuclear power plants in the country, has sat up a Nuclear Medicines laboratory. The PAEC also sat up the nuclear medicines lab and facilities throughout the country to fight against Cancer. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission had provided the facilities of diagnosis and treatment of cancer and allied diseases to the patients from all over the country employing Nuclear Techniques at its Medical Centres. PAEC also sponsered the research program in the field of radiochemistry and biochemisty. PAEC also sat up the research institutes all over the country, some of them are below:
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| National laboratories |
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| Research and testing | ||
| Fuel extractions | Uranium reserves (Tuman Leghari reserves • Kirthar Uranium reserves • DI Khan Uranium site) Plutonium extraction (Pindi reserves mine• Jauharabad Plutonium site) | |
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| Projects and nuclear tests | ||
| Government public policies | ||
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