Professor Abdus Salam (1926-1996) was one of the
leading scientists of his generation and his outstanding contributions to the
world of theoretical physics were widely recognized, including by way of the Nobel Prize for Physics, 1979. He made
seminal contributions to the development of science and technology in his own
country-Pakistan- and yet, Pakistan as a nation has not given its due to him,
thanks to his unwavering personal faith in the messages of the Promised Massih Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as)
of Qadian. In a country that has legalised intolerance and the persecution of
people and systemically prosecute the Ahmadi Muslims for their essential personal
convictions, the memory of the great scientist is sought to be erased even from
his tombstone!
For the benefit of
our readers, we reproduce below an article written by columnist Mohammad Ahmed in the Pakistani newspaper The
News on November
21, 2012 on the 16th death anniversary of Professor
Abdus Salam.
Unmourned
in his own country
Today is the death anniversary of one of
Pakistan’s ablest sons, Dr Abdus Salam. Unfortunately, his achievements and
services remain unacknowledged in his own country, where he was made an alien
because of the belief into which he was born, although they are celebrated
around the world.