The Committee on Science and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH) of Pakistan is producing a directory of Muslim scientists working on research projects across the world.
The volumes are being published under the editorship of Prof. Dr. Attaur Rahman, coordinator general of COMSTECH and chairman of the Higher Education Commission and Dr. Ahsana Dar. The COMSTECH has so far completed 16 volumes that include the names and details about scientists working in 41 Muslim states. Four volumes of directory covering Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Benin, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Gabon, Gambia, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, Jordon, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon and Libya were published and circulated. In the past few years COMSTECH has added the information on scientists working in Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Morocco, Nigeria, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The contents of the directory include internationally abstracted information in the fields of agriculture, biology, chemistry, environmental sciences, medical technology and other important fields from several thousand leading scientific journals.