LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Undergraduate medical research is not an endangered species and why its future is bright in Pakistan?

Madam, I have read Undergraduate medical research: An endangered species1 by Shah et al with interest. They have highlighted the importance of developing and promoting undergraduate medical research in Pakistan. But I feel that the bleak picture about the future of under graduate medical research in Pakistan is not very accurate. First of all I could not find any reference to the statement It is true that researchers have been termed an endangered species. In addition researchers have not been listed as an endangered species anywhere.