Mubashir Hassan
| Mubashir Hassan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
22 January 1922 Panipat, East Punjab, British India, (present day Haryana, India) |
| Residence | Lahore |
| Nationality |
Indian, (1922-1947) Pakistani 1947- Present |
| Fields | Civil Engineering |
| Institutions | University of Engineering and Technology |
| Alma mater |
Punjab University Columbia University Iowa State University |
| Doctoral students | Shamsul Mulk |
| Known for | co-founded Pakistan Peoples Party Help created the Science Ministry established the Kahuta Project |
| Influenced | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
Indian, (1922-1947)
Mubashir Hassan (Urdu: مبشر حسن; 22 January 1922) PhD, is a Pakistani civil engineer and science administrator known for his work in Hydraulics and his political role in the development of the atomic bomb project.
In 1967, Hassan co-founded the Pakistan Peoples Party— a democratic socialist political force— with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and J.A. Rahim. In 1972, Hassan helped Bhutto establish the Ministry of Science, where he financially assisted large number of Pakistan's academic scientists in the application of Science in warfare. During the 1970s, Hassan emerged as effective public policy maker and was in effect as third Prime minister's science adviser, and was seen as a strong vocal and proponent of democratic technocracy and of the centrality of technological innovation and entrepreneurship for both economic and geopolitical security. However, after removal of Prime minister Bhutto, Hassan became troubled, and was successfully silenced by the military government of General Zia-ul-Haq.
Born in Panipat, Punjab, Hassan attended the Punjab University in 1947 prior to establishment of Pakistan, gaining BSc in civil engineering. In the 1950s, Hassan travelled to United States where he gained MSc in civil engineering from Iowa State University, and finally gaining doctorate in civil engineering after submitting his doctoral thesis on fundamental problems and their solution on Hydraulic engineering, a sub-discipline of civil engineering.
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