Riazuddin (physicist)

(1930-2013)

Pakistani nuclear physicist

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Riazuddin, also spelled as Riaz-Ud-Din (Urdu: رياض الدين;‎ 10 November 1930 – 9 September 2013), was a Pakistani theoretical physicist, specialising in high-energy physics and nuclear physics. Starting his scientific research in physics in 1958, Riazuddin was considered one of the early pioneers of Pakistan's nuclear weapons development and atomic deterrence development. He was the director of the Theoretical Physics Group (TPG) of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 1974 until 1984. Riazuddin was a pupil of the winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics, Abdus Salam.

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Born	10 November 1930 Ludhiana, State of Uttar Pradesh British India, Present-day Republic of India
Died	9 September 2013 (aged 82) Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory
Zodiac	Scorpio
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