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  • Samar Mubarakmand
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  • Samar Mubarakmand, NI, HI, SI, FPAS (Urdu: ثمر مبارک مند; born 17 September 1942), is a Pakistani nuclear physicist known for his research in gamma spectroscopy and experimental development of the linear accelerator.[citation needed]
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Birth Date
  • 1942-09-17
Name
  • Samar Mubarakmand
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  • As many as nineteen steps were involved in the making of a nuclear weapon ranging from exploration of uranium to the finished device and its trigger mechanism.The technological and manpower infrastructure for eighteen out of these nineteen steps were provided by the PAEC under the leadership of Munir Ahmad Khan who led it for nearly two decades from 1972 to 1991. Today all the major key scientific organizations linked to the country's security like the PAEC, the Kahuta Research Labs and the strategic production complex were run and operated by Pakistani professionals produced by the policies of the PAEC both under him and Usmani of producing indigenous trained manpower. Pakistan's nuclear capability was confirmed the day in 1983 when the PAEC carried out cold nuclear tests under the guidance and stewardship of late Munir Ahmad Khan. The tests however, were not publicly announced because of the international environment of stiff sanctions against countries, which sought to acquire nuclear capability....
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  • Samar Mubarakmand , May 1998.
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  • Samar Mubarakmand, (Eulogizing Munir Khan's and PAEC's role on the development of the atomic bomb project)
  • Samar Mubarakmand, (commenting on Abdul Qadeer Khan's role in atomic bomb project)
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  • Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, British Indian Empire
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  • Pakistan
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  • Samar Mubarakmand, NI, HI, SI, FPAS (Urdu: ثمر مبارک مند; born 17 September 1942), is a Pakistani nuclear physicist known for his research in gamma spectroscopy and experimental development of the linear accelerator.[citation needed] He came to public attention as the director of the team responsible for the performing the country's first and successful atomic tests (see Chagai-I and Chagai-II) in the Chagai weapon testing laboratories, located in the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Prior to that, he was the project director of the integrated missile programme and supervised the development of first Shaheen-I missile program in 1995. He was also the founding chairman of Nescom from 2001 until 2007. He was subsequently appointed by the government to assist the Thar coalfield project.