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16 August 2018
Correction 21 August 2018

What Pakistan’s new government means for science

The incoming administration promises to use science to alleviate poverty, but it is facing an imminent economic crisis.

Ehsan Masood

Ehsan Masood

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Pakistan is reeling from a political earthquake — and researchers are both nervous and excited. On 18 August, the former cricket superstar Imran Khan is expected to be sworn in as prime minister. Khan’s win has come as a shock because few expected that his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice, or PTI) party would defeat the country’s former ruling party and the main opposition.

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Nature 560, 419 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05974-5

Updates & Corrections

Correction 21 August 2018: A previous version of this story erroneously stated that the cost of the Pak-Austria Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology would be the equivalent of one-fifth of the total Higher Education Commission research and capital budget for 2018–19. In fact, the cost of the institute will be spread over eight years, so this comparison with an annual budget total is not accurate and has been removed.