| Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari• Salam remained associated with the nuclear weapons programme until mid-1974, when he left the country after were declared non-Muslims by the Pakistani Parliament | [ ] Salam was a firm believer that "scientific thought is the common heritage of mankind", and that developing nations needed to help themselves, and invest in their own scientists to boost development and reduce the gap between the , thus contributing to a more peaceful world |
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| Salam had a long-held dream to establish a research institute in Pakistan, which he had advocated for on many occasions | , speech delivered to UNESCO, 27 April 1984 |
His own relations with Prime minister Bhutto fell out and turned into open hostility after the was declared as not-Islamic; he lodged a public and powerful protest against Bhutto regarding this issue and gave great criticism to Bhutto over his control over science.
1| During a visit to the Institute of Physics at in 1979, Salam explained after receiving an award: Physicists believed there are four fundamental forces of nature; the gravitational force, the weak and strong nuclear force, and the electromagnetic force | Abdus Salam lectures on G |
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| Ali, A; Isham, C; Kibble, T; 1994 | We projected him as a hero, a father, and role model for our young scientists |
Even in Pakistan, Salam was the leading driving force in theoretical physics in Pakistan, with many scientists he continued to influence and encourage to keep their work on theoretical physics.
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