Name: Dr. Muneer Ahmed Khan Positions: Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission.

. Chief Technical Director & Advisor of Pakistan Atomic Energy Program. Leader of Pakistan's delegation to 19 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Conferences. Chairman of the International Atomic Energy Agencys Board of Governors from 1986 to 1987. Member of the IAEA Board of Governors for 12 years.

 Honorary Minister of Science for state. Advisor on Science & Technology to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for life. Achievements: The Technical Father of Pakistans atomic bomb. Establishment & Development of several Nuclear Testing Laboratories from scratch (Kahuta Research labs,Parr-II, Kushab-I, etc). Suggesting to Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto the need for a Pakistani Nuclear Program due to growing threat of Nuclear attack from India. Significantly Contributed to The Rise of Science and Technology in Pakistan. Fore-Founder of International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy. Founder of National Centre for Theoretical Physics & Centre for Particle Physics. Founder of International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics. Founder of Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences.

Awards & Recognitions: Academic Roll of Honor, Government College, Lahore, (1946) An elected fellow of Pakistan Nuclear Society (1992) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (1989) An elected member of Sigma-Xi Research Society of America (19531956) Fulbright Award (1951) Rotary International Fellowship (1951) Munirite-Naturally occurring Sodium Vanadium Oxide Hydrate (1983) Fellow American Nuclear Society (1993) Fellow, Pakistan Institute of Electrical Engineers (1992) Gold Medal, Pakistan Nuclear Society (1999) Minister of State, Government of Pakistan (199091) Founder President and Life Member, Pakistan Nuclear Society (1991) Fellow International Nuclear Academy Member International Consultative Group on Nuclear Energy.

Profile: Dr. Muneer Ahmed Khan(May 26, 1926 April 22, 1999) was born in Lahore. He received his double Bachelors in Physics and Mathematics from Government College, Lahore. Then, he did Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Punjab University and Masters in Nuclear Energy from North Carolina University, USA. After completing his Phd., he Joined the International Atomic Energy Agency as a senior Officer. In 1986, Dr. Khan was elected as the Chairman of IAEA board of Governors. Dr. Khan was the Main Driving Force in the Pakistani Scientific Community which spearheaded the Development of Pakistani Nuclear Energy Program. It will not be wrong to say that Without This Mans unfaltering Determination and Self-belief, Pakistan could not have achieved what it did. He is one of The Greatest Scientific Minds & Patriots this country has ever produced. Dr. Muneer Ahmed Khan is a true Hero of the Muslim Ummah for developing the Muslim Bomb.

Interesting Facts: Dr. Muneer Ahmed Khan and his life-long friend Nobel laureate Dr. Abdus Salam first met when they were Roommates in GCU, Lahore. He was a part of the First ever Nuclear Project, the American Nuclear Program (The Manhattan Project). He was the First South Asian who was appointed at a senior Position in IAEA. He was nicknamed in IAEA as The Reactor Khan due to his extensive expertise in Reactors. There was not one team for building the Nuclear Device but two, One team led by Dr. M.A.Khan favoured a plutonium fueled device and the other team led by Dr. A.Q.Khan wanted to build a uranium fueled Nuclear device. Dr. Khan once prevented a surprise Indian attack on Pakistani Nuclear facilities by conveying a message to the Indian P.M through his Indian counterpart, Dr. Raja Ramana Any
Indian attack on Pakistani nuclear facilities would trigger a possible Pakistan retaliatory strike on Indian nuclear facilities at Trombay, which will result in the release of radioactivity causing a major disaster

The Indian P.M Indira Gandhi, on receiving this message from Dr. Khan called off the attack soon after.

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PAEC Chairman Dr. Muneer Ahmed Khan shaking Hands with P.M Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1972 at the inauguration of Kanupp-I.

Left to Right: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Dr. M.A.Khan, Dr. Abdus Salam.

PAEC Chairman Munir Ahmad Khan receiving Hilal-iImtiaz from President of Pakistan Mr. Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1989.

President Zia-ul-Haq being briefed by PAEC Chairman Munir Ahmad Khan.