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Riazuddin

Pakistani nuclear physicist (1930–2013)

PersonDied aged 82humanQ7322195

Born: November 10, 1930
Died: September 9, 2013
Birthplace: Ludhiana
Place of death: Islamabad
Citizenship: Pakistan
, British Raj
Occupation: physicist
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Education: University of Cambridge
, Government College University
, University of the Punjab
Employer: University of the Punjab

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Riazuddin was a Pakistani theoretical physicist, specialising in high-energy physics and nuclear physics. He is considered one of the early pioneers of Pakistan's nuclear weapons development and atomic deterrence development. Starting his scientific research in 1958, he served as the director of the Theoretical Physics Group (TPG) of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 1974 until 1984. Riazuddin was a pupil of Abdus Salam, a Nobel laureate in Physics.

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