{
  "id": 18863002,
  "title": "‘No suitable candidate’ among nearly 100 applicants for Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research's top post",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/no-suitable-candidate-among-nearly-100-applicants-for-pakistan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T05:01:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2042877/no-suitable-candidate-among-nearly-100-applicants-for-pakistan-council-of-scientific-and-industrial-researchs-top-post"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) has yet to find a suitable candidate for its top post despite receiving nearly 100 applications. The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) has decided to re-employ the previous chairman, Dr. Syed Hussain Imam Abidi, for one year to avoid leaving the position vacant, which could impact the council's administrative and research activities. The decision to re-advertise the post and extend Dr. Abidi's tenure was made after all received applications were scrutinised, but no suitable candidate could be identified.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}