Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi
| Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi | |
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| Born |
8 October 1925 Gujranwala, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan) |
| Died | 21 November 2011 (aged 86) Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory |
| Residence | Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions |
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Pakistan Academy of Sciences Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Ministry of Defence (MDP) Quaid-i-Azam University (Qau) Institute of Physics (IP) Crystallographic Society of Pakistan (CSP) |
| Alma mater |
University of Punjab University of Manchester |
| Doctoral advisor | Dr. Albert Beaumont Wood |
| Known for | his work in physics, history, crystallographic, crystalline, and operational research and Scientometrics. |
| Notable awards |
Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1991) Pride of Performance (2007) |
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Note: He is the founder of Crystallographic Society of Pakistan.
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Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi (Urdu: مظهر محمود قريشى; b. 8 October 1925 – 21 November 2011; SI), best known as M. M. Qureshi was a Pakistani physicist and an Islamic scholar who was educated in Lahore and Manchester. He earned prestige and notability after authoring important publication on Islam and science and abstract theories to explain the religious phenomenon and events, explained in Koran— a Holy book of Muslims.
Previously, he laid the foundation of Desto and served as senior scientist at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), as well as also served as director of Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, He served as professor of physics at the Quaid-i-Azam University. He was an eminent science administrator and researcher in the field of classical physics. Qurashi served as secretary general of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and the past director general of Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) laboratories in Karachi as well as being a former Director of the National Science Council of Pakistan.
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