"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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