▁is ▁a ▁private ▁educational ▁institution , ▁named ▁after ▁former ▁b ureau c rat ▁and ▁former ▁President ▁of ▁Pakistan ▁Gh ul am ▁I sha q ▁Khan . ▁The ▁project ▁was ▁deleg ated ▁to ▁Pak ist ani ▁scient ist , ▁Dr . ▁Abd ul ▁Q ade er ▁Khan , ▁who ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ing ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁inst itute ▁and ▁was ▁once ▁registered ▁as ▁an ▁associate ▁professor ▁of ▁physics . ▁The ▁gen esis ▁of ▁the ▁Institute ▁can ▁be ▁trac ed ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁when ▁Mr . ▁Gh ul am ▁I sha q ▁Khan ▁( late ) ▁became ▁ac utely ▁aware ▁of ▁Pakistan ' s ▁dependence ▁on ▁foreign ▁expert ise ▁and ▁imported ▁technology . ▁Out ▁of ▁his ▁frequent ▁interaction ▁with ▁the ▁foreign ▁and ▁local ▁exper ts ▁emer ged ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁a ▁center ▁of ▁excell ence ▁in ▁engineering ▁sciences ▁and ▁production ▁technology ▁ought ▁to ▁be ▁established ▁in ▁the ▁country , ▁a ▁center ▁whose ▁standards ▁of ▁education ▁are ▁compar able ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁its ▁counter parts ▁in ▁the ▁advanced ▁countries . The ▁transformation ▁of ▁this ▁idea ▁into ▁a ▁practical ▁proposition ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁when ▁the ▁B ene vol ent ▁Community ▁Care ▁and ▁In fa q ▁Foundation ▁don ated ▁R s . ▁ 5 0 ▁million ▁for ▁setting ▁up ▁an ▁inst itute ▁in ▁the ▁K hy ber ▁Pak ht unk h wa ▁for ▁promotion ▁of ▁science ▁and ▁technology . ▁ ▁A ▁mil estone ▁in ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁the ▁Institute ▁was ▁the ▁registration ▁in