Munir Ahmad Khan
| Munir Ahmad Khan منير احمد خان |
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Munir Ahmad Khan (1920–1999), NI, HI.
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| Born | 20 May 1926 Kasur Punjab |
| Died | 22 April 1999 (aged 72) Vienna, Austria |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistan |
| Fields | Nuclear Engineering |
| Institutions |
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission International Atomic Energy Agency Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology Government College University National Centre for Theoretical Physics |
| Alma mater |
Government College University North Carolina State University Illinois Institute of Technology Argonne National Laboratory |
| Academic advisors |
Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry Professor George B. Hoadley Walter Zinn Norman Hilberry |
| Known for |
Pakistan's atomic deterrent program Pakistan's nuclear energy program Work on reactor physics |
| Notable awards |
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (1989) Nishan-e-Imtiaz (2012) |
Munir Ahmad Khan (Urdu: منير احمد خان; b. 20 May 1926 – 22 April 1999; NI HI), was a Pakistani nuclear engineer and a nuclear physicist, who served as the chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 1972 to 1991. He is credited among the persons who are called as "father of the Pakistan's atomic bomb project", for their role in Pakistan's integrated atomic bomb project— the clandestine Cold war program. Khan was technical director of the programme to develop nuclear weapons, which led to the Chagai-I nuclear testing in May 1998 in Balochistan.
A technical adviser to the newly created PAEC since 1958, Khan used that position in IAEA for lobbying for country's industrial nuclear power development. A proponent of an arm race with India, he remained associated with his country's various strategic science projects for more than four decades until his death in 1999. After securing the chairmanship of the Board of Governors of the IAEA from 1986–87, he made a strong case for Pakistan's peaceful development on nuclear energy. Serving till 1999 as visiting professor of physics at the Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences in Islamabad, he was instrumental in establishing the International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs. He also made critical contributions on the development of the nuclear fuel cycle including setting up the plutonium program as well as the establishment of reprocessing plants. In 1986, he entered into a comprehensive civil nuclear energy agreement with China, which led the established the C-1 reactor at the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant.
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