Unsung heroes
It is customary for countries keep records of important events and of the people who have played prominent roles. These records mention their achievements and contributions to the national cause.…
Unsung heroes
In my previous column I mentioned the extra-ordinary work of mechanical engineer, Mr Ejaz Ahmad Khokhar, a colleague and close friend at KRL. As a mechanical engineer, he had his…
Unsung heroes
In this column, I give more details about the problems faced in setting up the project and the people who facilitated. My wife, two daughters and I came to Pakistan…
Unsung heroes
In my earlier column I wrote about some of the events encountered in the early stages of our work at Kahuta. What I am going to write about here still…
Unsung heroes
After taking charge, I immediately started searching for a suitable site to build the plant. My criterion was that it should be within a 50 km radius from Islamabad in…
A historic day
This is a continuation of my last two columns containing facts about our nuclear programme. Here I am producing the second part of Ghulam Ishaq’s letter. “Some foreign countries, with…
Budgeting for a knowledge economy
The budget is looming ahead, and the million-dollar question is whether our government, particularly the finance minister, has a plan to transition our country from a low value added agriculture…
N-sector reforms
The nuclear sector (PAEC) has been in news recently for its NPP K2 siting proposal/decision within the city limits of Karachi. A lot of criticism has been made (including by…
Salam, Abdus Salam
Four days from now, on January 29, much of Pakistan will forget – or refuse to remember – Dr Mohammad Abdus Salam on what would have been his 88th birthday.…
The anti-nuclear lobby
Last November, Nawaz Sharif performed the ground-breaking ceremony of Pakistan’s largest nuclear power project, Kanupp-II and Kanupp-III. China will provide the two reactors, as well as a concessional loan of…
