Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi

Who was Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi?

Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi, Nuclear Physics. SI, HI, also known as Hafeez Qureshi, was a Pakistani nuclear scientist. Qureshi was most known as the Director-General of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and the Directorate for Technical Development, a secretive institution of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission that was mandate to developed the components necessary in the nuclear weapons technology in 1970s, and had also known for his participation, as Director General of DTD, in Kirana-I on 1983, and the Chagai-I and Chagai-II in May 1998. Qureshi was an expert weapon technology and long-range thermonuclear missiles. Qureshi, under his college mentor and professor dr. Naeem Ahmad Khan, gained expertise in the fields of missile technology, aerodynamics, and nuclear physics. A nuclear physicist by profession, Qureshi made significant contribution in nuclear physics and quantum applied mechanics.

During his career, Qureshi had worked closely with well-known and a prominent Pakistani nuclear engineer Munir Ahmad Khan in weapon development project. At Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Qureshi, along with Munir Ahmad Khan and dr. Samar Mubarakmand, developed a thermonuclear weapons capability for Pakistan's Nuclear weapons and the Integrated missile programme. In 1980s, he had closely worked with another fellow nuclear engineer Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood in thermonuclear reprocessing and enrichment program.