Does anyone that the only woman involved in this scientific team is a Pakistani American Parsi woman from karachi? She was born in Karachi, did her schooling there but did further studies in the US. She is a Professor of astrophysics in MIT and won a grant for $500 000 to do research in this area.
Scientific breakthrough: Pakistan-born scientist played part in discovery - The Express Tribune
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yay
our second noble prize in physics in on the way. 
Re: Pakistani born scientist played crucial role in discovery of gravitational waves
You can watch Professor Malvalvala’s lecture here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5axL8Eu2ss
Re: Pakistani born scientist played crucial role in discovery of gravitational waves
The life story of Nergis Mavalvala slightly echoes Albert Einstein's. Einstein fled intolerance and bigotry prevalent at that time in his native Germany, finding refuge in the United States. In USA he lived feely, and could think, say and do as he pleased. And he did. He even turned down an offer, extended by David Ben-Gurion no less, to become the president of Israel. USA was his home. And he loved this great country deeply.
Like Einstein, Dr. Mavalvala too has made America her home, availing opportunities to pursue her career and passions and finding acceptance in the US. Because just as anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany made it impossible for a person like Albert Einstein of Jewish heritage to live in Germany, such is the extent of homophobia currently in Pakistan-- and maybe even in India for that matter--that it would be hard, if not impossible, for Dr. Nergis Mavalvala to live with her partner and raise a family in Pakistan. In contrast, she mentioned in an interview that she fell in love with a woman and that her girlfriend would sometimes even visit her at her lab at MIT but her colleagues never made her feel uncomfortable. So in the United States not only can she be an exceptionally accomplished scientist but also enjoys the freedom to be herself: a Parsi woman who happens to be gay. That last aspect of her identity must be important to her or else she wouldn't have mentioned it in multiple interviews, even the one with Dawn.
Of course Nergis Mavalvala is also Parsi, a fast declining minority group in Pakistan. Almost the entire Parsi community of Lahore has migrated elsewhere and only a few hundred Parsis remain in Sindh. That said, Sindh was historically one of the most pluralistic regions of the Indian Subcontinent and therefore Parsis did quite well in Sindh despite being a minority. They also gave back, serving as educators, philanthropists and mayors of Sindh's largest city. Even today Mama Parsi School's a topnotch school in Karachi and one of a few private schools in Pakistan that aren't for-profit moneymaking ventures. So the insecurity affecting not just Parsis but also Sindhi Hindus, minority sects, and heck Sindhis themselves in Sindh is a relatively recent phenomenon, one that emerged after Sindh became part of Pakistan. Hopefully though things will get better.
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There is no doubt that Pakistan has enormous talent and they can do big things in fewer resources. As Pakistani scientist women play important role in discovery of gravitational waves. The youth is future of Pakistan and it is the responsibility of the government of Pakistan to provide free scholarships to youth.