Dr Tariq Mustafa was born on 1934 and is a Pakistani mechanical engineer with a first class honors degree from London University specializing in nuclear and space technology.
17 Facts About Tariq Mustafa
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Tariq Mustafa led the establishment of Pakistan's Space and Rocket Technology Program and subsequently, served in high ranking positions in the Government of Pakistan as Federal Secretary of the Ministries of Defense Production, Science and Technology, Public Sector Industry, Petroleum and Natural Resources and Privatization.
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Tariq Mustafa is the founder and current Chairperson of Pakistan's National Paralympics Committee, President of the South Asian Paralympics Committee and the Vice President of the Asian Paralympic Committee.
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Tariq Mustafa has been active in discourse about science and religion and is the author of The Case for God - Based on Reason and Evidence, not Groundless Faith.
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Tariq Mustafa received an Honorary DSc from University of Greenwich in 2013.
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In 1957, Tariq Mustafa attended the first international Reactor School at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell.
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Tariq Mustafa was selected in 1957 by Nobel Laureate Abdul Salam to join the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission.
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Tariq Mustafa was then selected for a Fellowship to the Oak Ridge National Laboratories of the USAtomic Energy Commission.
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In 1961, Tariq Mustafa was appointed to lead the team to establish Pakistan's first rocket range in Sonmiani and the launching of the Rehbar-1 and Shahpar series of rockets after receiving training at the Wallops Island range and Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA.
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Tariq Mustafa closely collaborated with NASA scientists and engineers in the development of solid fuel sounding rockets during the 1960s, particularly the Judi-Dart Sounding Rocket Program.
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Tariq Mustafa associated with NASA's missile and space rocket program under the mutual agreement with the SUPARCO.
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When Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto decided to expand and modernize Pakistan's defense, research and production facilities, Tariq Mustafa was brought in as Joint Secretary of the newly formed Defense Production Division in 1974 where he quickly rose to the positions of Additional Secretary and finally Additional Secretary in charge of the Division in 1979.
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Tariq Mustafa was one of the few non-CSP officers to make it to the most senior level of the Civil Service.
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Over this period Tariq Mustafa guided the establishment of manufacturing facilities for aircraft, tanks, submarines, missile boats and expanded and modernized the production of arms and artillery at their ordnance factories.
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From 1981 to 1986, Tariq Mustafa was appointed Minister Technical at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington DCto look after the technical interface between US and Pakistan in both the areas of defense and civilian industries.
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Tariq Mustafa retired from the government of Pakistan in 1994 as a Senior Federal Secretary.
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Tariq Mustafa has been a 'Searcher' all his life and is working on a project on the future of humankind, as he passionately believes that the existential challenges in the areas of population explosion, climate change, depletion of resources, spread of weapons of mass destruction and the rise of extremism cannot be controlled by business as usual but require a paradigm shift in our way of thinking.