Looking at the posts mentioned above, which of these was an "active" position... none... and again, most of these were in the 60s - as a reminder, the Ahmadi persecution started a little after 1974/75.
Khair, I'm not in the mood to argue... I've heard and seen enough people in Pakistan who opposed him in his time.
They were all bleeding active positions you nincumpoop. How can he advise the president whilst not being on duty? Did he use back to the future telepathy to advise during different eras or something?
Also, I wanted to add that the man loved Pakistan, from the core of his heart. Once in Australia, an Austrlian rep at the conference made an offensive remark about pakistan, saying they were good with 'donkey carts', Salaam who was there wasnt happy with that, and never visited australia in his lifetime. He wore a sherwani khussa and pagri to his award ceremony. He didnt even take any credit for himself, and said pakistan is deeply indebted to you for this award.
Chief Scientific Adviser, President of Pakistan (1961-1974)
That was UPTO 1974... you certainly can't decipher a historic timeline... read my posts above before arguing. We're talking post 74 bud when religion trounced all other matters including science, progress and development
In Pakistan, Dr Salam received some recognition at government level but could not visit university and college campuses to address and meet with students as he had wanted to. Certain extremist student organizations had threatened to burn down the halls where he was scheduled to speak
In the latter part of his life, which he mostly spent in England, when he was asked why he was hesitant to come to Pakistan, he gave an honest response by saying that it was Pakistan who was hesitant to receive him. Professor Hoodbhoy while participating in the Salam Day celebrations at Trieste (1997) would corroborate this reality and admit that, “the tragedy is that the biggest theoretical physics institution in the world is named after Dr Salam but in Pakistan, where he was born and raised, not a single scientific or any other institution, not even a landmark, building or a street is named after him. His name neither appears in text books nor is it mentioned by teachers in centres of learning”.
At many instances, Dr Salam was offered citizenship from several countries, including Jordan and Kuwait, who even offered to nominate him as Director-general UNESCO which Zia-ul-Haq failed to do. From Indian, Nehru even wrote to him and said “come on your terms and we will accept”. Even when the British Government informed him that the Queen wishes to grant him Knighthood but as the title of KBE (Sir) can only be granted to British nationals, he politely declined. Dr Salam remained a loyal and proud citizen of Pakistan and selflessly fought many battles for his country.
*To this day hes not regarded as a hero, his name is sadly missing from textbooks, and most people prefer not to bring him into the limelight, as they know this man and his ultimate character was amazing and they would only be seen as fools if they tried to speak out against him. *
true that... and his speech for the Nobel Prize, he quoted the Quran:
"Thou seest not, in the creation of the All-merciful any imperfection, Return thy gaze, seest thou any fissure. Then Return thy gaze, again and again. Thy gaze, Comes back to thee dazzled, aweary." ... he then proceeded to say: *"This in effect is, the faith of all physicists; the deeper we seek, the more is our wonder excited, the more is the dazzlement for our gaze."
It reminds me when Ray Charles was banned in the state of GA when he refused to play before a segregated audience. However, they apologized and made one of his songs the official anthems of the state. Even though Dr. Salam is no longer with us, it would be great to honor the man, introduce him to the students. Despite his amazing accomplishments and feats, our youth, especially the ones in schools now have no clue about him. Dedicating a chapter on him, just like how they have chapters on various personalities in Pakistan, from Pilot Rashid Minhas Shaheed to Ibn-e-Insha, would be a good starting point.
Amazing.. which madarssa did you frequent as part of your getting you degree
Abdus Salam or Abdul Kalam are poles apart - eik gora, eik kala. eik punjabi, eik madrassi, aur eik ke paar lots of beard, eik ke paas lot of hair. Jaan leva kakay, menu dass wei tu kithay rehnda si.. ?
LOL :D It would have taken Dr. Abdus Salam another Ph.D. and 20+ years to help India out with a nuclear bomb- kinda stretch for even geniuses like Albert Einstein. Jaan Leva ji jaan letey hain par damaagh lena bhool jaatey hain!
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