Salam was science advisor to the Ministry of Science and Technology in Pakistan from 1960 to 1974 , a position from which he was supposed to play a major and influential role in the development of the country 's science infrastructure . Salam contributed to developments in theoretical and particle physics . He was the founding director of the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission ( SUPARCO ) , and responsible for the establishment of the Theoretical Physics Group ( TPG ) in the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission ( PAEC ) . As Science Advisor , Salam played a role in Pakistan 's development of the peaceful use of nuclear energy , and may have contributed as well to development of atomic bomb project of Pakistan in 1972 ; for this , he is viewed as the " scientific father " of this programme . In 1974 , Abdus Salam departed from his country , in protest , after the Parliament of Pakistan passed unanimously a parliamentary bill declaring members of the Ahmadiyya movement to which Salam belonged non-Muslims . In 1998 , following the country 's nuclear tests , the Government of Pakistan issued a commemorative stamp , as a part of " Scientists of Pakistan " , to honour the services of Salam
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