The Pakistan Physical Society, also known as Pakistan Physics Society, () is an academic and professional physics society of

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's academicians and physicists, dedicated for the development and research in physics. It is one of the notable society with one of core objectives including to advise the

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on the matters of science and development. Headquartered at the Institute of Physics,

Quaid-e-Azam University Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), founded as the University of Islamabad, is a Public university, public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedicated to postgraduate educat ...

, it is a member of

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, at the University of Engineering and Technology at Lahore, Punjab Province.

History

In 1974, dr.

Abdus Salam Mohammad Abdus Salam Salam adopted the forename "Mohammad" in 1974 in response to the anti-Ahmadiyya decrees in Pakistan, similarly he grew his beard. (; ; 29 January 192621 November 1996) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. He shared the 1 ...

, with the help of

Munir Ahmad Khan Munir Ahmad Khan (; 20 May 1926 – 22 April 1999), , was a Pakistani nuclear engineer who is credited, among others, with being the "father of the atomic bomb program" of Pakistan for their leading role in developing their nation's nuclear we ...

, successfully arranged the International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs at the

Nathiagali Nathia Gali or Nathiagali () is a hill station and mountain resort town located in the Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located at the centre of the Galyat range, where several hill stations are situated. Nathia Ga ...

, North Western Province of Pakistan. This led the creation of

at the University of Engineering and Technology. However, the professional body of scientists was still needed, therefore, physicists from all over the country decided to established a formal body. In 1987, Ghulam Murtaza and Dr.

Abdul Hameed Nayyar Abdul Hameed Nayyar (Born 1945), also known as A.H. Nayyar, is a Pakistani physicist, author, and a freelance consultant on the issues of education, nuclear safety, and energy. His field of specialization is in the physics of condensed matter, a ...

organized the National Symposium on Frontiers in Physics, on the occasion of Professor Salam's birthday. With Abdus Salam coming to visit to Pakistan, physicists from all over the country gathered at the Institute of Physics to attend the symposium, first of its kind, to gather and share the knowledge about latest developments in different areas of interest. With Professor Salam spoke and stressed the importance of physics in the country, the multiple recommendations were sent by leading physicists to Dr. Murtaza and Dr. Nayyar to established this symposium as the professional body of physicists. Both took up the responsibility to establish such kind of society, and in March 1990, the government approved the status of the society and got it registered the same year.

Notable members

†— Life member * Riazuddin— Life member, and director of Theoretical Physics Group * Ghulam Murtaza— founder, director of Plasma Group *

Masud Ahmad Muhammad Masud Ahmad ( Urdu: محمد مسعود احمد), best known as Masood Ahmad, (16 November 1943 – 29 December 2018) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and ICTP laureate known for his work in dual resonance and Veneziano mo ...

— member of Plasma Physics Group *

Ishfaq Ahmad Ishfaq Ahmad (3 November 1930 – 18 January 2018) , was a Pakistani nuclear physicist, emeritus professor of high-energy physics at the National Centre for Physics, and former science advisor to the Government of Pakistan. A versatile theor ...

— director of Particle Physics Group *

Pervez Hoodbhoy Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy (born 11 July 1950) is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and author. He has been considered by many as one of the most vocal, progressive and liberal member of the Pakistani intelligentsia. Hoodbhoy is known for his oppositio ...

— member of Particle Physics Group *

— founder, director of

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group *

Noor Muhammad Butt Noor Muhammad Butt (Urdu: نور محمد بٹ); b. 3 June 1936), , also known as N. M. Butt, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and professor of physics at the Preston University who is known for his research publications in understanding the ...

— former president of PPS, and member of

group *

Abdul Qadeer Khan Abdul Qadeer Khan (1 April 1936 – 10 October 2021) was a Pakistani Nuclear physics, nuclear physicist and metallurgist, metallurgical engineer. He is colloquially known as the "father of Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction, Pakistan's ...

— member of

group *

Asghar Qadir Asghar Qadir ( born 23 July 1946) ''HI'', ''SI'', ''FPAS'', is a Pakistani mathematician and a prominent cosmologist, specialised in mathematical physics and physical cosmology. Nowadays, he is widely considered one of the top mathematician ...

— director of Mathematics Group/ *

Munir Ahmad Rashid Muneer Ahmad Rashid, FPAS (born 1934), also spelled as Munir Ahmad Rashid, is a Pakistani mathematical physicist and emeritus professor of applied and mathematical physics at the Centre for Advanced Mathematics and Physics of the National Un ...

— member of Mathematics Group.

Associated organizations

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) () is a federally funded independent governmental agency, concerned with research and development of nuclear power, promotion of nuclear science, energy conservation and the peaceful use of nuclear techn ...

Kahuta Research Laboratories The Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories (shortened as KRL), is a federally funded research and development laboratory located in Kahuta at a short distance from Rawalpindi in Punjab, Pakistan. Established in 1976, the laboratory is best know ...

American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of ...

References

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