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Planet OF STARS….. PAKISTAN!
Abdul Qadeer Khan(physicist), 1 April 1936, also known in
Pakistan as Mohsin-e-Pakistan "Benefactor of Pakistan”. More
popularly known as A. Q. Khan, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist
and a metallurgical engineer, also regarded as the founder of
HEU based Gas-centrifugeuranium enrichment program for
Pakistan's integrated atomic bomb project. He founded and
established the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) in 1976,
being both its senior scientist and the Director-General until
his retirement in 2001, and he is an early and vital figure in
other science projects. He also has made major contributions
in molecular morphology, physical marten site, and its
integrated applications in condensed and material physics.
Mohammad Abdus Salam (physicist) ;29 January 1926 – 21 November
1996 was a Pakistani theoretical physicist who, shared the 1979 Nobel
Prize in Physics for his contribution to electroweak unification, became
the first Pakistani to receive a Nobel Prize and also the second Muslim
to win the prize, after Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and the first Muslim to
win the prize in science.
Dr. Salam was the founding director of Space and Upper Atmosphere
Research Commission (SUPARCO), and responsible for the
establishment of the Theoretical Physics Group (TPG) in Pakistan
Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).
Atta-ur-Rahman (Chemist) ;born 22 September 1942),
PhD, FRS, FPAS, is a Pakistani organic chemist and a
leading scientist in the field of natural product chemistry,
with approximately 983 important publications in the
field of Organic chemistry, including his works referenced
in 155 books largely published by publishers in Europe
and the United States.
Briefly tenuring as a science adviser, he is also credited
for reviving higher education and research practices in
Pakistan.
Ishfaq Ahmad (physicist); born 3 November 1930; D.Sc., Minister of
State, SI, HI, NI, FPAS), is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, emeritus professor
of high-energy physics at the National Center for Physics, and former
science advisor to the Government of Pakistan.
A versatile theoretical physicist, Ahmad made significant contributions in
the theoretical development of the applications and concepts involving
the particle physics, and its relative extension to the quantum
electrodynamics, while working as senior research scientist at the CERN
in 1960s and 1970s. Joining the PAEC in late 1950s, Ahmad served as the
director of the Nuclear Physics Division at the secret Pinstech Institute
which developed the first designs of atomic bombs, a clandestine
project during the post-1971 war. There, he played an influential role in
leading the physics and mathematical calculations in the critical mass of
the weapons, and did theoretical work on the implosion method used in
the weapons
Pervez Amir ali Hoodbhi (physicist); born 11 July 1950, Pakistani nuclear
physicist, essayist, national security analyst and the professor of physics. He is
currently a Distinguished Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Forman
Christian College University in Lahore. Earlier, he had taught for 40 years at
physics department at the Quaid-e-Azam University.
He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with
undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics, a master's in
solid state physics, and a Ph.D degree in nuclear physics. In 1968 he won the
IEEE Baker Award for Electronics, and in 1984 the Abdus Salam Prize for
Mathematics. Dr. Hoodbhi is the author of Islam and Science: Religious
Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality, now in eight languages. He created
and anchored a series of TV programes on Pakistan's education system and two
other series that aimed at bringing scientific concepts to ordinary members of
the public. As the head of Mashal Books in Lahore, he leads a major translation
effort to produce books in Urdu that promote modern thought, human rights,
and emancipation of women.
Samar Mubarakmand (physicist); 17 September 1942; NI, HI, SI,
FPAS, DPhil, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist known for his research
in gamma spectroscopy and experimental development of the
linear accelerator.
He came to public attention as the director of the test teams
responsible for the performing the country's first and successful
atomic tests Chagai-I and Chagai-II. Prior to that, he was the
project director of the integrated missile programe and supervised
the development of Shaheen and Babur missile program. Serving
the founding chairman of Nescom from 2001 until 2007, he was
subsequently appointed by the government to assist the Thar
coalfield project. Mubarakmand did fundamental work on
neutron spectroscopy but later moved onto Institute of Nuclear
Science and Technology (PINSTECH) to do post-doctoral research
and joined the physics department led by dr. Naeem Ahmad Khan
in 1966.In 1967, he joined the "Nuclear Physics Group" (NPG).
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (chemist) ; 19 October 1897 – 14 April 1994),
HI, MBE, SI, DPhil ,FPAS, FRS, was a Pakistani organic chemist,
versatile scholar, and a leading scientist in the natural product
chemistry. He is credited for pioneering the isolation of unique
chemical compounds from the Neem (Azadirachta indica), Rauwolfia,
and various other flora. As the founder director of H.E.J. Research
Institute of Chemistry, he revolutionized the research on
pharmacology of various domestic plants found in South Asia to
extract novel chemical substances of medicinal importance.
In addition to his scientific talents, Siddiqui was also an avid painter, a
poet, and a great connoisseur of Western music. His paintings were
exhibited in the United States, Germany, India, and Pakistan.
Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui (physicist), FPAS, NI, HI, SI, PhD ,8 January
1908 – 8 January 1998), also known as Dr. Razi, was an eminent Pakistani
theoretical physicist and a renowned mathematician who played an
instrumental and an influential role in Pakistan's education system and
Pakistan's integrated nuclear deterrent development. An educationist and a
scientist, Siddiqui had established numerous educational research institutes
and universities in his country.
During the 1940s in Europe, he had made important and advance
contributions in mathematical physics as well as work on the theory of
relativity, nuclear energy, and the Quantum gravity Siddiqui was an eminent
and prominent educationist of Pakistan who dedicated his life for physics and
mathematics in his country. An avid supporter of Science in Pakistan, Siddiqui
attended various conferences for physics, mathematics, and science in
Pakistan and abroad.
He had been the Vice-Chancellor of four Pakistan universities and the first
V.Chancellor of Quaid-e-Azam University and served as the Emeritus professor
of Physics there until his death in 1998.
Riazuddin, (physicist);November 10, 1930 – September 9, 2013, was a renowned and
theoretical physicist, specializing in high-energy physics and nuclear physics. Riazuddin
was one of Pakistan's top scientists and is widely known theoretical physicists in
Pakistan and abroad. Starting his scientific research in physics in 1958, Riazuddin was
one of the senior scientist and considered one of the early pioneers of Pakistan's
nuclear weapons development and atomic deterrence development. He was the
director of the Theoretical Physics Group (TPG) of the Pakistan Atomic Energy
Commission(PAEC) from 1974 until 1984. Riazuddin had remained the only pupil of
Nobel prize winnner in Physics Abdus Salam.
Riazuddin carried out his international and leading-edge research from International
Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC),
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and Daresbury Laboratory where
he published important papers in mathematics and physics. Riazuddin also played an
important role in education in Pakistan, and contributed in the rise of science in
Pakistan. Riazuddin authored several scientific books on particle physics and quantum
mechanics. Later in his life, he joined the National University of Sciences and
Technology (NUST) as a visiting professor of the theoretical physics. From 2004 until his
death, he also served on the Board of Governors of Pakistan Institute of Engineering
and Applied Sciences (PIEAS).
Ishrat Hussain Usmani, ( Physicist) 15 April 1917 – 17 June 1992), best known
as Dr. I. H. Usmani, was a Pakistani bureaucrat and an atomic physicist who
was the second chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
from 1960 to 1972; as well as the associate director of the Space Research
Commission.
During his career, he was also the officiated as the Chairman of the Board of
governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) from 1962 to
1963, and at there played a vital role in country's peaceful development
of nuclear technology to acquire the facilities. To his peer, he is remembered
as one of chief architect of country's nuclear power expansion and also given
co-credited to established country's first nuclear power plant in Karachi in
co-operation with Canada, with Abdus Salam.
As a bureaucrat, he worked for science and development to became part
of national politics and his efforts were also involved sending hundreds of
young Pakistan's students abroad to pursue higher education in the field of
nuclear technology. Due to his long tenure as chairman of the atomic energy
commission, Usmani is colloquially known as father of the "atomic energy
commission", a title given to his peers.
Abdullah Sadiq, (physicist) PhD, SI (born 1940), is a Pakistani physicist and ICTP laureate
who received the ICTP Prize in the honour ofNikolay Bogolyubov, in the fields of
Mathematics and Solid State Physics in 1987 for his contributions to scientific knowledge
in the field of Mathematics and Statistical physics. He is the professor of physics and
current Dean of the Department of Physics of the Air University of the Pakistan Air Force
(PAF).
Sadiq is also a renowned educationist of Pakistan with a specialization in nuclear physics,
solid-state physics, and computer programming. He has been a distinguished professor
of nuclear physics and solid state physics in many universities of Pakistan.
Sadiq also worked as the Rector of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences
and Technology in Topi, Pakistan. He retired in September 2007 and resided in his home
town of Peshawar. Later, he joined Air University at Pakistan Air Force (PAF) as nuclear
physicist and also taught solid state physics and Condensed Matter Physics at there. He
also serves as a dean of physics department Air University.
Hanif Mohammad, born 21 December 1934 is a former Pakistan cricketer. He played
55 Test matches between 1952/53 and 1969/70, with twelve hundreds. At his peak, he
was considered one of the best batsmen in the world. Regrettably, he played for Pakistan
at a time when there was very little Test cricket being played by Pakistan, with just 55
Test matches in a career spanning 17 years.
The highest of Hanif's Test centuries was a famous 337 made against West Indies in a six-
day test at Bridgetown in 1957/58. After Pakistan found itself following on from a first-
innings deficit of 473 runs on the afternoon of the third day, Hanif spent more than
sixteen hours at the crease compiling his runs, allowing Pakistan to draw the game. It
remains the longest innings in Test history (and stood as the longest in all first-class
cricket for over 40 years). It was the only Test match instance of a triple century in a
team's second innings until it was equaled by New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum
against India in 2014. Displays such as this earned him the nickname "Little Master"
Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani ;born 24 July 1947; popularly known as Zaheer Abbas, is a
former Pakistani cricketer, regarded as one of the finest batsman produced by that country.
He is among few professional cricketers who used to wear spectacles. In 1982/1983, he
became the first batsman to score three consecutive centuries in one-day internationals.
Abbas, fondly called the "Run Machine", also had great success in first-class cricket, and was the first
Asian batsman to score one hundred first class centuries. He had a long stint with Gloucestershire
county club; joining the county in 1972, he remained there for thirteen years. During that time he
scored over a thousand runs in the majority of his thirteen seasons. He also made over two thousand
runs in a single season on two occasions for the club (1976 and 1981). During those thirteen years at
Gloucestershire, he played 206 First Class games, scoring over 16,000 runs. He averaged 49.79, hitting
49 hundreds and 76 fifties. Abbas is the only player to have scored a century and double century in a
first-class match 4 times, finishing each of the 8 innings not out.
Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian Test captain, once said while commentating that the Indian players
would often say to Zaheer, "Zaheer Ab-bas karo", which means "Zaheer, stop it now"
in Urdu and Hindi, referring to Abbas' free scoring.
Imran Khan ;born on 25 November 1952 is a Pakistani former cricketer.
Khan played international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth
century .
He was Pakistan's most successful cricket captain, leading his country to
victory at the 1992 Cricket World Cup, playing for the Pakistan cricket
team from 1971 to 1992, and serving as its captain intermittently
throughout 1982–1992. After retiring from cricket at the end of the
1987 World Cup in 1988, owing to popular demand he was requested to
come back by the president of Pakistan Zia ul Haq to lead the team once
again. At the age of 39, Khan led his team to Pakistan's first and only
One Day World Cup victory in 1992. With 3807 runs and 362 wickets in
Test cricket, he is one of eight world cricketers to have achieved an 'All-
rounder's Triple' in Test matches. On 14 July 2010, Khan was inducted
into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Mohammad Javed Miandad ;born 12 June 1957, popularly known as
Javed Miandad is a former Pakistani cricketer and captain who played
between 1975 and 1996. ESPN cricinfo described him as "the greatest
batsman Pakistan has ever produced". He is widely considered as one
of the best batsmen ever. He has served as a captain of the Pakistan
national cricket team. He is widely known for – his historic last ball big
sixer against India in 1986, when 4 runs were required to win –
winning an international game in that fashion for the first time. After
his playing career, he has remained the coach of Pakistan cricket team
at various occasions, as well as held positions in the Pakistan Cricket
Board. He had three coaching stints with the Pakistan national team.
Wasim Akram ;born 3 June 1966 is a former Pakistani cricketer. He is
acknowledged as one of the greatest cricketers of all time. A
genuine left arm fast bowler who could bowl with significant pace
who represented the Pakistan national cricket team in Test cricket
and One Day International (ODI) matches.
In October 2013, Wasim Akram was the only Pakistani cricketer to
be named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary
of Wisden Cricketers' Almanac.
Akram is regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history
of game. He holds the world record for most wickets in List A cricket
with 881 and is second only to Sri Lankan off-spin bowler, Muttiah
Muralitharan in terms of ODI wickets with 502. He is considered to
be one of the founders and perhaps the finest exponent of reverse
swing bowling.
Shahid Afridi ;also popularly known as Boom Boom Afridi, born on 1
March 1980 is a Pakistani cricketer. He is regarded to be one of the
greatest cricketers of all time.He is known for his aggressive batting style,
and previously held the record for the fastest ODI century in 37 deliveries.
He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the
history of ODI cricket, and he hit the longest ever six in the history of
cricket. Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has
taken 48 Test wickets and over 350 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is third on the
list of leading wicket takers in the Twenty20 format. He retained the
captaincy in limited-overs form of the game and led the team in the 2011
World Cup.
Islahuddin Siddique is a field hockey player from Pakistan. He was born on January
10, 1948. right winger from Pakistan, he led Pakistan to Hockey World Cup glory in
1978. Not only did Pakistan win the World Cup in 1978 under his leadership but it
completed a grand slam by winning the Champions Trophy and an Asian Games Gold
medal as well.
Islahuddin Siddiqui played between 1967 and 1978, he was capped 130 times and
scored 117 goals. He won Silver in the 1972 Olympics and Bronze in the 1976
Olympics. Islahuddin won the 1971 World Cup. When he was Captain, Isahuddin was
runner-up in the 1975 and 1978 World Cups.
After his retirement from the sport he has been associated with hockey as a coach
and manager of the National team along with commentator and member of the FIH
rules board. FIH awarded greatest award in hockey services, the diploma of merit, in
recognition of his international hockey services. He was also the captain of the
Pakistan hockey team in 45 test matches (43 matches were won and 2 matches
ended in a draw). Islahuddin Siddique was capped 130 times and scored 137 goals He
was a gold medalist in the 1970 Asian games (Bangkok) Islahuddin Siddique won a
gold medal in the first world cup in Barcelona (1971)
Samiullah Khan; born September 6, 1951, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
is a former field hockey player from Pakistan, who was
nicknamed The Flying Horse because of his great speed. He
played as a left winger for his native country in the 1970s and
1980s.
He was instrumental in Pakistan's bronze medal in the 1976
Summer Olympics in Montreal, and winning gold in Asian
Games in Bangkok in 1978. Khan retired from international
hockey in 1982 while he was a captain of Pakistan. His brother
Kaleemullah Khan also played for the national field hockey team
of Pakistan. He later managed the Pakistani team, quitting in
2005.
Hassan Sardar ;born October 22, 1959 in Karachi, Pakistan is a former field hockey player and
captain from Pakistan, who won the golden medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the
1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Hassan is the best center forward Pakistan has ever produced, he started his international career in
the early 1980s and played his first World Hockey Cup in 1982 held in Mumbai, India. Graceful and
deadly he played in arguably the best forward line Pakistan ever had along with Shanaz Sheikh,
Samiullah, Hanif Khan and Kalimullah. Sardar was declared Man of the tournament for scoring 11
world cup goals and Pakistan took the gold.
In the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, he helped crush India with a hat-trick as Pakistan
triumphed 7-1. He was instrumental in leading Pakistan to a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los
Angeles. He later managed the Pakistani Hockey Team. he also remained the Chief Selector of
Pakistan hockey team.
Shahbaz Ahmad born September 1, 1968 in Faisalabad is a former field hockey
player from Pakistan also known as Shahbaz Ahmad Sr. He is considered to be
among the best forwards in the history of field hockey. He joined the Pakistan
National Hockey Team in 1986, and was captain of the national side, that led his
team to the1994 Men's Hockey World Cup victory.
Nicknamed The Maradona of Hockey he has represented Pakistan in the
Champions Trophy tournaments held in 1986, 1987,1988, 1989; 3rd Asia Cup,
New Delhi 1989; 7th Hockey World Cup, 1990, Lahore, BMW Trophy Amsterdam,
1990, 11th Asian Games Beijing, 1990, 12th Champions Trophy, Melbourne and
Hockey World Cup, Sydney, 1994. He made his world famous run down against
Australia in the same tournament. But in 1994, at the Sydney World Cup, in the
pool match between Australia and Pakistan, Australia had a similar free hit just
outside the Pakistan circle which was intercepted and moved onto Pakistan's
Shahbaz who then executed his famous run with Australia's Ken Wark chasing
him.
Sohail Abbas ; born 9 June 1975 in Karachi
is a Pakistani field hockey defender, penalty
corner specialist and former captain of the
Pakistan Hockey Team. He is the highest goal
scorer in the history of field hockey, with his
current goal tally at 348, as of 9 Aug 2012.
In 1951, when Hashim Khan was in his 30s, the government of Pakistan —
particularly the Pakistan Air Force — sponsored him for the British Squash
Championship. It marked the first time Mr. Khan wore shoes on the court
Khan travelled to the United Kingdom to play in the British Open, and won
the title beating Karim in the final . He again beat Karim in the final in 1952
He won again for the next four consecutive years, beating R.B.R. Wilson of
England in the 1953 final; his younger brother Azam Khan in two tight five-set
finals in 1954 and 1955; and Roshan Khan in the final of 1956. Hashim Khan
was runner-up to Roshan Khan in 1957, and won his seventh and final British
Open title in 1958, when he beat Azam in the final. Khan also won five British
Professional Championship titles, three US Open titles, and three Canadian
Open titles.
Khan settled in Denver, Colorado, and had continued to appear in veterans'
matches at the British Open. The Denver Athletic Club continues to hold a
Hashim Khan squash tournament in his honor every year.
Qamar Zaman (born 1952, in Quetta, Pakistan) is a former squash
player from Pakistan. He was one of the leading players in the game in
the 1970s and 1980s. His biggest triumph was winning the British Open
in 1975.
Qamar won the Pakistan junior squash championship in 1968. On his
first trip to the United Kingdom in 1973, he reached the semi-finals of
the British Amateur championship. In 1974, he won the Australian
Amateur championship.
In the 1975 British Open, Qamar beat the defending-champion Geoff
Hunt of Australia in the quarter-finals, and went on to win the title
beating his fellow Pakistani player Gogi Alauddin in the final.
Subsequently, Qamar reached the British Open final on four further
occasions. He was runner-up to Hunt in 1978, 1979 and 1980, and to
Jahangir Khan in 1984. He was also runner-up at the World Open four
times, losing to Hunt in the finals of 1976, 1979 and 1980, and to
Jahangir in 1984.
Jahangir Khan,born 10 December 1963, in
Karachi, Pakistan. is a former World No. 1
professional squash player from Pakistan, who is
considered by many to be the greatest player in
the history of the game. During his career he won
the World Open six times and the British Open a
record ten times. From 1981 to 1986, he was
unbeaten in competitive play. During that time he
won 555 matches consecutively, the longest
winning streak by any athlete in top-level
professional sports as recorded by Guinness
World Records. He retired as a player in 1993,
and has served as President of the World Squash
Federation from 2002 to 2008, when he became
Emeritus President.
Jansher Khan born 15 June 1969, in Peshawar, is a
former World No. 1 professional Pakistani squash
player. During his career he won the World Open a
record eight times, and the British Open six times.
Jansher won the World Junior Squash Championship
title in 1986. He also turned professional that year. At
the time, the men's professional tour was dominated
by another great Pakistani player – Jahangir Khan.
Jahangir won the pair's first few encounters in late-
1986 and early-1987. jansher then win in the semi-
finals of the 1987 World Open, following which
Jansher claimed his first World Open title by beating
Australia's Chris Dittmar in the final.
Haroon Rahim, (born 12 November 1949) is a Pakistani former tennis player. The
former Pakistan and Asian No. 1, Rahim was the youngest tennis player ever to play
for Pakistan in the Davis Cup at 15 years of age. He was also the highest ranking
Pakistani tennis player ever (a career-high singles ranking of World No. 44 in July
1977).
Haroon Rahim was only the second Pakistani after Khawaja Saeed Hai to make it to
the Wimbledon's main draw. He played in many Grand Slams, in both singles and
doubles. Rahim won two ATP titles, the first at Little Rock against former
Wimbledon runner up, Alex Metreveli of the Soviet Union, and then the second at
Cleveland, against the former record holder of , Australian, Colin Dibley, both in
1976.
Haroon Rahim is the winner of the closest match ever played, he beat Tom Gorman
Pennsylvania Grass Championships, as both players never losing their serve, each
set went to a tie break with Haroon winning the match by just one point.
Aqeel Khan (born 30 January 1980, in Karachi)
is the current Pakistani number two and
National Champion in tennis. His favorite
surface is Grass. He is coached by Pakistani
tennis coach Jamil Khan, who is his father. His
career highlights include helping the Pakistan
Davis Cup team defeat favourites, New
Zealand, in the Davis Cup, by beating Simon
Rea in the fifth rubber; and reaching the Davis
Cup World Group play-offs against Chile in
Santiago.
Aisam-ul-Haq born 17 March 1980, in Lahore, Pakistan is a professional
tennis player from Pakistan. He is currently Pakistan's top player. A top-10
doubles player. He is the only Pakistani tennis player to reach the final of a
Grand Slam, which he did in 2010, competing in both mixed doubles and
men's doubles at the US Open.
As Pakistan no. 1, Qureshi has traditionally led Pakistan's Davis Cup
campaigns. After shocking New Zealand in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
second round play-off in 2004 to survive relegation, he took them to the
World Group Play-Offs for the first time in 2005, before they were beaten
by Chile. He has won the most Davis Cup matches for Pakistan, being the
most successful singles and doubles player from his country ever. He is also
part of the most successful doubles pairing for Pakistan (with Aqeel Khan)
in the country's sporting history.
Nazir Sabiris a Pakistani mountaineer. He was born in Hunza. He
has climbed Mount Everest and four of the five 8000 m peaks in
Pakistan, including the world's second highest mountain K2 also
known as Chogori in 1981, Gasherbrum II 8035m and Broad Peak
8050m in 1982,] Gasherbrum I (Hidden Peak) 8068m in 1992 and
he became the first from Pakistan to have climbed Everest on 17
May 2000[4] as a team member on the Mountain Madness
Everest Expedition led by Christine Boskoff from USA that also
included the Everest famed Peter Habeler of Austria and eight
Canadians.
Nazir started off his climbing career with a Japanese expedition
to the 7284m Passu Peak in Hunza in 1974.
In 1982, Nazir Sabir along with Sher Khan and the famous Italian
mountaineer Reinhold Messner climbed Gasherbrum II 8035m
and Broad Peak 8047m. Both Gasherbrum II and Broad Peak
were done in Alpine style in a period of just one week, the fastest
ascent of two 8000m peaks at the time.
The Australian government made Moosa Firoz, a 13-
year old student from Phalia district of Punjab, a ‘Math
Ambassador’. Moosa had bagged first position in an
online World Mathematics Competition held in
Australia. He secured the first spot among 1.4 million
students across the world. ”Moosa was awarded a
gold medal in Australia recently. He secured 4,405
points and got the first place while another Pakistani
student Hasnain got second position in the
competition with 4,303 points in 11-13 years age
category The math wizard said that he had been trying
to win world math competition since 2009. “I had also
clinched 5th spot in 2011.” Moosa’s father Dr Khaliq
Dad Tararr expressed his joy over his son’s
performance.“I am proud of my son who made
Pakistan proud across the world with his untiring
efforts and hard work.”
• Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa ,2 February 1995 – 14
January 2012 was a Pakistani student and computer
prodigy who, in 2004 at the age of nine, became the
youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). She
kept the title until 2008. Arfa represented Pakistan
on various international forums including the TechEd
Developers Conference. She also received the
President's Award for Pride of Performance. A
science park in Lahore, the Arfa Software Technology
Park, was named after her.She was invited by Bill
Gates to visit Microsoft Headquarters in the U.S.
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  • 2. Abdul Qadeer Khan(physicist), 1 April 1936, also known in Pakistan as Mohsin-e-Pakistan "Benefactor of Pakistan”. More popularly known as A. Q. Khan, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and a metallurgical engineer, also regarded as the founder of HEU based Gas-centrifugeuranium enrichment program for Pakistan's integrated atomic bomb project. He founded and established the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) in 1976, being both its senior scientist and the Director-General until his retirement in 2001, and he is an early and vital figure in other science projects. He also has made major contributions in molecular morphology, physical marten site, and its integrated applications in condensed and material physics.
  • 3. Mohammad Abdus Salam (physicist) ;29 January 1926 – 21 November 1996 was a Pakistani theoretical physicist who, shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to electroweak unification, became the first Pakistani to receive a Nobel Prize and also the second Muslim to win the prize, after Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and the first Muslim to win the prize in science. Dr. Salam was the founding director of Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), and responsible for the establishment of the Theoretical Physics Group (TPG) in Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).
  • 4. Atta-ur-Rahman (Chemist) ;born 22 September 1942), PhD, FRS, FPAS, is a Pakistani organic chemist and a leading scientist in the field of natural product chemistry, with approximately 983 important publications in the field of Organic chemistry, including his works referenced in 155 books largely published by publishers in Europe and the United States. Briefly tenuring as a science adviser, he is also credited for reviving higher education and research practices in Pakistan.
  • 5. Ishfaq Ahmad (physicist); born 3 November 1930; D.Sc., Minister of State, SI, HI, NI, FPAS), is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, emeritus professor of high-energy physics at the National Center for Physics, and former science advisor to the Government of Pakistan. A versatile theoretical physicist, Ahmad made significant contributions in the theoretical development of the applications and concepts involving the particle physics, and its relative extension to the quantum electrodynamics, while working as senior research scientist at the CERN in 1960s and 1970s. Joining the PAEC in late 1950s, Ahmad served as the director of the Nuclear Physics Division at the secret Pinstech Institute which developed the first designs of atomic bombs, a clandestine project during the post-1971 war. There, he played an influential role in leading the physics and mathematical calculations in the critical mass of the weapons, and did theoretical work on the implosion method used in the weapons
  • 6. Pervez Amir ali Hoodbhi (physicist); born 11 July 1950, Pakistani nuclear physicist, essayist, national security analyst and the professor of physics. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Forman Christian College University in Lahore. Earlier, he had taught for 40 years at physics department at the Quaid-e-Azam University. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics, a master's in solid state physics, and a Ph.D degree in nuclear physics. In 1968 he won the IEEE Baker Award for Electronics, and in 1984 the Abdus Salam Prize for Mathematics. Dr. Hoodbhi is the author of Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality, now in eight languages. He created and anchored a series of TV programes on Pakistan's education system and two other series that aimed at bringing scientific concepts to ordinary members of the public. As the head of Mashal Books in Lahore, he leads a major translation effort to produce books in Urdu that promote modern thought, human rights, and emancipation of women.
  • 7. Samar Mubarakmand (physicist); 17 September 1942; NI, HI, SI, FPAS, DPhil, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist known for his research in gamma spectroscopy and experimental development of the linear accelerator. He came to public attention as the director of the test teams responsible for the performing the country's first and successful atomic tests Chagai-I and Chagai-II. Prior to that, he was the project director of the integrated missile programe and supervised the development of Shaheen and Babur missile program. Serving the founding chairman of Nescom from 2001 until 2007, he was subsequently appointed by the government to assist the Thar coalfield project. Mubarakmand did fundamental work on neutron spectroscopy but later moved onto Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH) to do post-doctoral research and joined the physics department led by dr. Naeem Ahmad Khan in 1966.In 1967, he joined the "Nuclear Physics Group" (NPG).
  • 8. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (chemist) ; 19 October 1897 – 14 April 1994), HI, MBE, SI, DPhil ,FPAS, FRS, was a Pakistani organic chemist, versatile scholar, and a leading scientist in the natural product chemistry. He is credited for pioneering the isolation of unique chemical compounds from the Neem (Azadirachta indica), Rauwolfia, and various other flora. As the founder director of H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, he revolutionized the research on pharmacology of various domestic plants found in South Asia to extract novel chemical substances of medicinal importance. In addition to his scientific talents, Siddiqui was also an avid painter, a poet, and a great connoisseur of Western music. His paintings were exhibited in the United States, Germany, India, and Pakistan.
  • 9. Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui (physicist), FPAS, NI, HI, SI, PhD ,8 January 1908 – 8 January 1998), also known as Dr. Razi, was an eminent Pakistani theoretical physicist and a renowned mathematician who played an instrumental and an influential role in Pakistan's education system and Pakistan's integrated nuclear deterrent development. An educationist and a scientist, Siddiqui had established numerous educational research institutes and universities in his country. During the 1940s in Europe, he had made important and advance contributions in mathematical physics as well as work on the theory of relativity, nuclear energy, and the Quantum gravity Siddiqui was an eminent and prominent educationist of Pakistan who dedicated his life for physics and mathematics in his country. An avid supporter of Science in Pakistan, Siddiqui attended various conferences for physics, mathematics, and science in Pakistan and abroad. He had been the Vice-Chancellor of four Pakistan universities and the first V.Chancellor of Quaid-e-Azam University and served as the Emeritus professor of Physics there until his death in 1998.
  • 10. Riazuddin, (physicist);November 10, 1930 – September 9, 2013, was a renowned and theoretical physicist, specializing in high-energy physics and nuclear physics. Riazuddin was one of Pakistan's top scientists and is widely known theoretical physicists in Pakistan and abroad. Starting his scientific research in physics in 1958, Riazuddin was one of the senior scientist and considered one of the early pioneers of Pakistan's nuclear weapons development and atomic deterrence development. He was the director of the Theoretical Physics Group (TPG) of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission(PAEC) from 1974 until 1984. Riazuddin had remained the only pupil of Nobel prize winnner in Physics Abdus Salam. Riazuddin carried out his international and leading-edge research from International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and Daresbury Laboratory where he published important papers in mathematics and physics. Riazuddin also played an important role in education in Pakistan, and contributed in the rise of science in Pakistan. Riazuddin authored several scientific books on particle physics and quantum mechanics. Later in his life, he joined the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) as a visiting professor of the theoretical physics. From 2004 until his death, he also served on the Board of Governors of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS).
  • 11. Ishrat Hussain Usmani, ( Physicist) 15 April 1917 – 17 June 1992), best known as Dr. I. H. Usmani, was a Pakistani bureaucrat and an atomic physicist who was the second chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 1960 to 1972; as well as the associate director of the Space Research Commission. During his career, he was also the officiated as the Chairman of the Board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) from 1962 to 1963, and at there played a vital role in country's peaceful development of nuclear technology to acquire the facilities. To his peer, he is remembered as one of chief architect of country's nuclear power expansion and also given co-credited to established country's first nuclear power plant in Karachi in co-operation with Canada, with Abdus Salam. As a bureaucrat, he worked for science and development to became part of national politics and his efforts were also involved sending hundreds of young Pakistan's students abroad to pursue higher education in the field of nuclear technology. Due to his long tenure as chairman of the atomic energy commission, Usmani is colloquially known as father of the "atomic energy commission", a title given to his peers.
  • 12. Abdullah Sadiq, (physicist) PhD, SI (born 1940), is a Pakistani physicist and ICTP laureate who received the ICTP Prize in the honour ofNikolay Bogolyubov, in the fields of Mathematics and Solid State Physics in 1987 for his contributions to scientific knowledge in the field of Mathematics and Statistical physics. He is the professor of physics and current Dean of the Department of Physics of the Air University of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). Sadiq is also a renowned educationist of Pakistan with a specialization in nuclear physics, solid-state physics, and computer programming. He has been a distinguished professor of nuclear physics and solid state physics in many universities of Pakistan. Sadiq also worked as the Rector of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Topi, Pakistan. He retired in September 2007 and resided in his home town of Peshawar. Later, he joined Air University at Pakistan Air Force (PAF) as nuclear physicist and also taught solid state physics and Condensed Matter Physics at there. He also serves as a dean of physics department Air University.
  • 13. Hanif Mohammad, born 21 December 1934 is a former Pakistan cricketer. He played 55 Test matches between 1952/53 and 1969/70, with twelve hundreds. At his peak, he was considered one of the best batsmen in the world. Regrettably, he played for Pakistan at a time when there was very little Test cricket being played by Pakistan, with just 55 Test matches in a career spanning 17 years. The highest of Hanif's Test centuries was a famous 337 made against West Indies in a six- day test at Bridgetown in 1957/58. After Pakistan found itself following on from a first- innings deficit of 473 runs on the afternoon of the third day, Hanif spent more than sixteen hours at the crease compiling his runs, allowing Pakistan to draw the game. It remains the longest innings in Test history (and stood as the longest in all first-class cricket for over 40 years). It was the only Test match instance of a triple century in a team's second innings until it was equaled by New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum against India in 2014. Displays such as this earned him the nickname "Little Master"
  • 14. Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani ;born 24 July 1947; popularly known as Zaheer Abbas, is a former Pakistani cricketer, regarded as one of the finest batsman produced by that country. He is among few professional cricketers who used to wear spectacles. In 1982/1983, he became the first batsman to score three consecutive centuries in one-day internationals. Abbas, fondly called the "Run Machine", also had great success in first-class cricket, and was the first Asian batsman to score one hundred first class centuries. He had a long stint with Gloucestershire county club; joining the county in 1972, he remained there for thirteen years. During that time he scored over a thousand runs in the majority of his thirteen seasons. He also made over two thousand runs in a single season on two occasions for the club (1976 and 1981). During those thirteen years at Gloucestershire, he played 206 First Class games, scoring over 16,000 runs. He averaged 49.79, hitting 49 hundreds and 76 fifties. Abbas is the only player to have scored a century and double century in a first-class match 4 times, finishing each of the 8 innings not out. Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian Test captain, once said while commentating that the Indian players would often say to Zaheer, "Zaheer Ab-bas karo", which means "Zaheer, stop it now" in Urdu and Hindi, referring to Abbas' free scoring.
  • 15. Imran Khan ;born on 25 November 1952 is a Pakistani former cricketer. Khan played international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century . He was Pakistan's most successful cricket captain, leading his country to victory at the 1992 Cricket World Cup, playing for the Pakistan cricket team from 1971 to 1992, and serving as its captain intermittently throughout 1982–1992. After retiring from cricket at the end of the 1987 World Cup in 1988, owing to popular demand he was requested to come back by the president of Pakistan Zia ul Haq to lead the team once again. At the age of 39, Khan led his team to Pakistan's first and only One Day World Cup victory in 1992. With 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, he is one of eight world cricketers to have achieved an 'All- rounder's Triple' in Test matches. On 14 July 2010, Khan was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
  • 16. Mohammad Javed Miandad ;born 12 June 1957, popularly known as Javed Miandad is a former Pakistani cricketer and captain who played between 1975 and 1996. ESPN cricinfo described him as "the greatest batsman Pakistan has ever produced". He is widely considered as one of the best batsmen ever. He has served as a captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He is widely known for – his historic last ball big sixer against India in 1986, when 4 runs were required to win – winning an international game in that fashion for the first time. After his playing career, he has remained the coach of Pakistan cricket team at various occasions, as well as held positions in the Pakistan Cricket Board. He had three coaching stints with the Pakistan national team.
  • 17. Wasim Akram ;born 3 June 1966 is a former Pakistani cricketer. He is acknowledged as one of the greatest cricketers of all time. A genuine left arm fast bowler who could bowl with significant pace who represented the Pakistan national cricket team in Test cricket and One Day International (ODI) matches. In October 2013, Wasim Akram was the only Pakistani cricketer to be named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanac. Akram is regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of game. He holds the world record for most wickets in List A cricket with 881 and is second only to Sri Lankan off-spin bowler, Muttiah Muralitharan in terms of ODI wickets with 502. He is considered to be one of the founders and perhaps the finest exponent of reverse swing bowling.
  • 18. Shahid Afridi ;also popularly known as Boom Boom Afridi, born on 1 March 1980 is a Pakistani cricketer. He is regarded to be one of the greatest cricketers of all time.He is known for his aggressive batting style, and previously held the record for the fastest ODI century in 37 deliveries. He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket, and he hit the longest ever six in the history of cricket. Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 350 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is third on the list of leading wicket takers in the Twenty20 format. He retained the captaincy in limited-overs form of the game and led the team in the 2011 World Cup.
  • 19. Islahuddin Siddique is a field hockey player from Pakistan. He was born on January 10, 1948. right winger from Pakistan, he led Pakistan to Hockey World Cup glory in 1978. Not only did Pakistan win the World Cup in 1978 under his leadership but it completed a grand slam by winning the Champions Trophy and an Asian Games Gold medal as well. Islahuddin Siddiqui played between 1967 and 1978, he was capped 130 times and scored 117 goals. He won Silver in the 1972 Olympics and Bronze in the 1976 Olympics. Islahuddin won the 1971 World Cup. When he was Captain, Isahuddin was runner-up in the 1975 and 1978 World Cups. After his retirement from the sport he has been associated with hockey as a coach and manager of the National team along with commentator and member of the FIH rules board. FIH awarded greatest award in hockey services, the diploma of merit, in recognition of his international hockey services. He was also the captain of the Pakistan hockey team in 45 test matches (43 matches were won and 2 matches ended in a draw). Islahuddin Siddique was capped 130 times and scored 137 goals He was a gold medalist in the 1970 Asian games (Bangkok) Islahuddin Siddique won a gold medal in the first world cup in Barcelona (1971)
  • 20. Samiullah Khan; born September 6, 1951, Bahawalpur, Pakistan is a former field hockey player from Pakistan, who was nicknamed The Flying Horse because of his great speed. He played as a left winger for his native country in the 1970s and 1980s. He was instrumental in Pakistan's bronze medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and winning gold in Asian Games in Bangkok in 1978. Khan retired from international hockey in 1982 while he was a captain of Pakistan. His brother Kaleemullah Khan also played for the national field hockey team of Pakistan. He later managed the Pakistani team, quitting in 2005.
  • 21. Hassan Sardar ;born October 22, 1959 in Karachi, Pakistan is a former field hockey player and captain from Pakistan, who won the golden medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Hassan is the best center forward Pakistan has ever produced, he started his international career in the early 1980s and played his first World Hockey Cup in 1982 held in Mumbai, India. Graceful and deadly he played in arguably the best forward line Pakistan ever had along with Shanaz Sheikh, Samiullah, Hanif Khan and Kalimullah. Sardar was declared Man of the tournament for scoring 11 world cup goals and Pakistan took the gold. In the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, he helped crush India with a hat-trick as Pakistan triumphed 7-1. He was instrumental in leading Pakistan to a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He later managed the Pakistani Hockey Team. he also remained the Chief Selector of Pakistan hockey team.
  • 22. Shahbaz Ahmad born September 1, 1968 in Faisalabad is a former field hockey player from Pakistan also known as Shahbaz Ahmad Sr. He is considered to be among the best forwards in the history of field hockey. He joined the Pakistan National Hockey Team in 1986, and was captain of the national side, that led his team to the1994 Men's Hockey World Cup victory. Nicknamed The Maradona of Hockey he has represented Pakistan in the Champions Trophy tournaments held in 1986, 1987,1988, 1989; 3rd Asia Cup, New Delhi 1989; 7th Hockey World Cup, 1990, Lahore, BMW Trophy Amsterdam, 1990, 11th Asian Games Beijing, 1990, 12th Champions Trophy, Melbourne and Hockey World Cup, Sydney, 1994. He made his world famous run down against Australia in the same tournament. But in 1994, at the Sydney World Cup, in the pool match between Australia and Pakistan, Australia had a similar free hit just outside the Pakistan circle which was intercepted and moved onto Pakistan's Shahbaz who then executed his famous run with Australia's Ken Wark chasing him.
  • 23. Sohail Abbas ; born 9 June 1975 in Karachi is a Pakistani field hockey defender, penalty corner specialist and former captain of the Pakistan Hockey Team. He is the highest goal scorer in the history of field hockey, with his current goal tally at 348, as of 9 Aug 2012.
  • 24. In 1951, when Hashim Khan was in his 30s, the government of Pakistan — particularly the Pakistan Air Force — sponsored him for the British Squash Championship. It marked the first time Mr. Khan wore shoes on the court Khan travelled to the United Kingdom to play in the British Open, and won the title beating Karim in the final . He again beat Karim in the final in 1952 He won again for the next four consecutive years, beating R.B.R. Wilson of England in the 1953 final; his younger brother Azam Khan in two tight five-set finals in 1954 and 1955; and Roshan Khan in the final of 1956. Hashim Khan was runner-up to Roshan Khan in 1957, and won his seventh and final British Open title in 1958, when he beat Azam in the final. Khan also won five British Professional Championship titles, three US Open titles, and three Canadian Open titles. Khan settled in Denver, Colorado, and had continued to appear in veterans' matches at the British Open. The Denver Athletic Club continues to hold a Hashim Khan squash tournament in his honor every year.
  • 25. Qamar Zaman (born 1952, in Quetta, Pakistan) is a former squash player from Pakistan. He was one of the leading players in the game in the 1970s and 1980s. His biggest triumph was winning the British Open in 1975. Qamar won the Pakistan junior squash championship in 1968. On his first trip to the United Kingdom in 1973, he reached the semi-finals of the British Amateur championship. In 1974, he won the Australian Amateur championship. In the 1975 British Open, Qamar beat the defending-champion Geoff Hunt of Australia in the quarter-finals, and went on to win the title beating his fellow Pakistani player Gogi Alauddin in the final. Subsequently, Qamar reached the British Open final on four further occasions. He was runner-up to Hunt in 1978, 1979 and 1980, and to Jahangir Khan in 1984. He was also runner-up at the World Open four times, losing to Hunt in the finals of 1976, 1979 and 1980, and to Jahangir in 1984.
  • 26. Jahangir Khan,born 10 December 1963, in Karachi, Pakistan. is a former World No. 1 professional squash player from Pakistan, who is considered by many to be the greatest player in the history of the game. During his career he won the World Open six times and the British Open a record ten times. From 1981 to 1986, he was unbeaten in competitive play. During that time he won 555 matches consecutively, the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sports as recorded by Guinness World Records. He retired as a player in 1993, and has served as President of the World Squash Federation from 2002 to 2008, when he became Emeritus President.
  • 27. Jansher Khan born 15 June 1969, in Peshawar, is a former World No. 1 professional Pakistani squash player. During his career he won the World Open a record eight times, and the British Open six times. Jansher won the World Junior Squash Championship title in 1986. He also turned professional that year. At the time, the men's professional tour was dominated by another great Pakistani player – Jahangir Khan. Jahangir won the pair's first few encounters in late- 1986 and early-1987. jansher then win in the semi- finals of the 1987 World Open, following which Jansher claimed his first World Open title by beating Australia's Chris Dittmar in the final.
  • 28. Haroon Rahim, (born 12 November 1949) is a Pakistani former tennis player. The former Pakistan and Asian No. 1, Rahim was the youngest tennis player ever to play for Pakistan in the Davis Cup at 15 years of age. He was also the highest ranking Pakistani tennis player ever (a career-high singles ranking of World No. 44 in July 1977). Haroon Rahim was only the second Pakistani after Khawaja Saeed Hai to make it to the Wimbledon's main draw. He played in many Grand Slams, in both singles and doubles. Rahim won two ATP titles, the first at Little Rock against former Wimbledon runner up, Alex Metreveli of the Soviet Union, and then the second at Cleveland, against the former record holder of , Australian, Colin Dibley, both in 1976. Haroon Rahim is the winner of the closest match ever played, he beat Tom Gorman Pennsylvania Grass Championships, as both players never losing their serve, each set went to a tie break with Haroon winning the match by just one point.
  • 29. Aqeel Khan (born 30 January 1980, in Karachi) is the current Pakistani number two and National Champion in tennis. His favorite surface is Grass. He is coached by Pakistani tennis coach Jamil Khan, who is his father. His career highlights include helping the Pakistan Davis Cup team defeat favourites, New Zealand, in the Davis Cup, by beating Simon Rea in the fifth rubber; and reaching the Davis Cup World Group play-offs against Chile in Santiago.
  • 30. Aisam-ul-Haq born 17 March 1980, in Lahore, Pakistan is a professional tennis player from Pakistan. He is currently Pakistan's top player. A top-10 doubles player. He is the only Pakistani tennis player to reach the final of a Grand Slam, which he did in 2010, competing in both mixed doubles and men's doubles at the US Open. As Pakistan no. 1, Qureshi has traditionally led Pakistan's Davis Cup campaigns. After shocking New Zealand in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I second round play-off in 2004 to survive relegation, he took them to the World Group Play-Offs for the first time in 2005, before they were beaten by Chile. He has won the most Davis Cup matches for Pakistan, being the most successful singles and doubles player from his country ever. He is also part of the most successful doubles pairing for Pakistan (with Aqeel Khan) in the country's sporting history.
  • 31. Nazir Sabiris a Pakistani mountaineer. He was born in Hunza. He has climbed Mount Everest and four of the five 8000 m peaks in Pakistan, including the world's second highest mountain K2 also known as Chogori in 1981, Gasherbrum II 8035m and Broad Peak 8050m in 1982,] Gasherbrum I (Hidden Peak) 8068m in 1992 and he became the first from Pakistan to have climbed Everest on 17 May 2000[4] as a team member on the Mountain Madness Everest Expedition led by Christine Boskoff from USA that also included the Everest famed Peter Habeler of Austria and eight Canadians. Nazir started off his climbing career with a Japanese expedition to the 7284m Passu Peak in Hunza in 1974. In 1982, Nazir Sabir along with Sher Khan and the famous Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner climbed Gasherbrum II 8035m and Broad Peak 8047m. Both Gasherbrum II and Broad Peak were done in Alpine style in a period of just one week, the fastest ascent of two 8000m peaks at the time.
  • 32. The Australian government made Moosa Firoz, a 13- year old student from Phalia district of Punjab, a ‘Math Ambassador’. Moosa had bagged first position in an online World Mathematics Competition held in Australia. He secured the first spot among 1.4 million students across the world. ”Moosa was awarded a gold medal in Australia recently. He secured 4,405 points and got the first place while another Pakistani student Hasnain got second position in the competition with 4,303 points in 11-13 years age category The math wizard said that he had been trying to win world math competition since 2009. “I had also clinched 5th spot in 2011.” Moosa’s father Dr Khaliq Dad Tararr expressed his joy over his son’s performance.“I am proud of my son who made Pakistan proud across the world with his untiring efforts and hard work.”
  • 33. • Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa ,2 February 1995 – 14 January 2012 was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy who, in 2004 at the age of nine, became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). She kept the title until 2008. Arfa represented Pakistan on various international forums including the TechEd Developers Conference. She also received the President's Award for Pride of Performance. A science park in Lahore, the Arfa Software Technology Park, was named after her.She was invited by Bill Gates to visit Microsoft Headquarters in the U.S.