Abdus Salam
Abdus Salam (January 29, 1926 - November 21, 1996) was the Nobel Laureate in Physics in 1979, for his work in electroweak theory which is the mathematical and conceptual synthesis of the electromagnetic and weak interactions - the latest stage reached until now on the path towards the unification of the fundamental forces of nature. The validity of the theory was ascertained in the following years through experiments carried out at the Super Proton Synchrotron facility at CERN in Geneva which led to the discovery of the W and Z bosons.Director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, from 1964 to December 1993, Salam died in Oxford in 1996, after a long illness. He was buried in Pakistan where he was born.
One would expect that since he was a Pakistani he would be a pride for the nation, but he belonged to Qadiani sect which is considered a heretical group by most Muslims. Thus, most Pakistanis do not feel pride over a Qadiani Nobel Laureate, and most of the religiously zealous in the country even reproach the prize awarded to the scientist.
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