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| Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan |
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan is in the list of Pakistan's top scientists. He is known as father of Pakistan's nuclear programme. He is also the founding father of several engineering universities of Pakistan.
Qadeer Khan started his career as an inspector of weight and measures in Karachi just after his graduation. He later resigned from that post and in 1970s he went to work in Netherlands. He gained fame as an accomplished scientist at the nuclear site he worked in. He had special access to the most restricted areas of the URENCO plant.
After returning back to Pakistan, he started his work on building nuclear weapons for Pakistan. After his successful contribution in Pakistan’s nuclear program, he re-organized the Pakistan’s national space agency, SUPARCO. In the late 1990s, the Pakistan’s first Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) project was completed under the leadership of Abdul Qadeer Khan.
Because of his uncountable contributions to the Nation of Pakistan, he is considered among the most reputed personalities of Pakistan.
Qadeer Khan started his career as an inspector of weight and measures in Karachi just after his graduation. He later resigned from that post and in 1970s he went to work in Netherlands. He gained fame as an accomplished scientist at the nuclear site he worked in. He had special access to the most restricted areas of the URENCO plant.
After returning back to Pakistan, he started his work on building nuclear weapons for Pakistan. After his successful contribution in Pakistan’s nuclear program, he re-organized the Pakistan’s national space agency, SUPARCO. In the late 1990s, the Pakistan’s first Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) project was completed under the leadership of Abdul Qadeer Khan.
Because of his uncountable contributions to the Nation of Pakistan, he is considered among the most reputed personalities of Pakistan.
