Pakistan strikes first gold at science Olympiads, earns bronze as properly

Abdul Raffay Paracha poses for a photograph after profitable a gold medal on the thirty fifth Worldwide Biology Olympiad within the Philippines on July 27, 2025. —APP

It was a landmark 12 months for Pakistan on the Worldwide Science Olympiads, with college students profitable the nation’s first-ever gold and in addition bringing dwelling a bronze from two of the world’s best science contests.

Abdul Raffay Paracha of Siddique Public Faculty received the gold on the thirty fifth Worldwide Biology Olympiad (IBO), held within the Philippines from July 20 to 27, a historic first for Pakistan.

Across the similar time, Daniyal Shahzad Hamid from The Science Faculty, Rawat, Islamabad, clinched a bronze on the fifty fifth Worldwide Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in France, held from July 17 to 25.

The nationwide groups have been sponsored by the STEM Careers Programme, a joint initiative of the Greater Training Fee (HEC) and the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Utilized Sciences (PIEAS). 

College students have been educated and mentored by high scientists from PIEAS and its affiliated institutes.

For the IBO, the group was led by Dr Asma Imran and Dr Asma Rehman from the Nationwide Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), a PIEAS constituent establishment. 

The Pakistani group pose for a bunch photograph after collaborating within the Worldwide Physics Olympiad in France on July 25, 2025. —APP

Ayyan Aslam from Authorities School College, Lahore, earned an Honourable Point out, whereas Sadia Zulfiqar (Siddique Public Faculty, Rawalpindi) and Arooj Fatima (Fusion School, Shakargarh, Narowal) additionally represented Pakistan.

On the IPhO, Muhammad Bilal from Sundar STEM Faculty, Lahore, obtained an Honourable Point out, and Eiman Fatima from Fazaia Inter School, PAF Base Nur Khan, Rawalpindi, was awarded the distinguished Thales Solidarity Award, which features a €5,000 grant and a one-year mentorship.

PIEAS, below the Pakistan Atomic Power Fee (PAEC), organises the annual Nationwide Science Expertise Contest (NSTC) in 4 topics: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Arithmetic. It started because the Nationwide Physics Expertise Contest in 1995 and has expanded to organize college students for worldwide contests.

Since 2001, greater than 380 Pakistani college students have taken half within the Worldwide Science Olympiads, profitable 140 medals. Over 4,500 college students have been educated by means of 240+ STEM coaching camps held throughout the nation.

This 12 months’s achievements mirror Pakistan’s rising concentrate on science schooling and its effort to nurture younger minds for the worldwide stage.