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Thursday, 15 December 2016

Pakistani Universities reluctant to name departments after Abdus Salam

"Abdus Salam- the long ignored and forgotten Nobel Prize Winner"

Salam, the only Pakistani scientist to be awarded with Nobel Prize, selflessly dedicated all of his Nobel Prize money towards the betterment of underdeveloped countries. One scientist below the age of 35 gets selected every year from Pakistan since 1981 as the Abdus Salam scholar to carry out research at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trestie. Interestingly, Pervez Hoodbhoy is the first scholar to win the Salam award. This past week Hoodbhoy was seen expressing his grief over the indifference of the Pakistani Nation to honor the pioneer in a DAWN news program. Our compatriots, like every year, thought it best to remain silent on Abdus Salam's 20th death anniversary. Where the world is still in awe of him, the Pakistanis are in a dilemma regarding how to celebrate their only Nobel Prize awardee.

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