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Oct 08, 1925 Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan Died on 21 Nov 2011 (aged 86)
Pakistani physicist and Islamic scholar
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About Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi
- Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi (Urdu: ???? ????? ?????; b.
- 8 October 1925 – 21 November 2011; SI), best known as M.
- M.
- Qureshi was a Pakistani physicist and an Islamic scholar who was educated in Lahore and Manchester.
- He earned prestige and notability after authoring important publication on Islam and science and abstract theories to explain the religious phenomenon and events, explained in Koran— a Holy book of Muslims. Previously, he laid the foundation of Desto and served as senior scientist at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), as well as also served as director of Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, He served as professor of physics at the Quaid-i-Azam University.
- He was an eminent science administrator and researcher in the field of classical physics.
- Qurashi served as secretary general of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and the past director general of Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) laboratories in Karachi as well as being a former Director of the National Science Council of Pakistan. He has played pivotal role in establishing Islamic Lunar Calendar and remained member of Central Moon sighting Committee of Pakistan for about three decades.
- He remained heavily engaged in the History and Philosophy of Science where he highlighted the role of Islam and Muslims in development of Science and inter-relationship between Islamic and Scientific principles.
- He remained part of the editorial board of Pakistan Journal of History and Philosophy of Science.
