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Syed Ali Nawab
Hilal-i-Imtiaz (military) 1979
Sitara-e-Basalat
Tamgha-i-Pakistan
Other workConsultant for Pakistan Government.

Engineering Research Laboratories (ERL) in the 1970s.[2]

In 1979, in recognition of Nawab's contributions, head of the nuclear weapon's program,

Zia ul Haq
to a gold plated, largely ceremonial award, given without all the expensive irrigated land allotments reserved for recipients of gallantry awards and heroes of Pakistan that accompanied the original medal.

His engineering career is associated with research work at

computer numerical control (CNC) machines that he worked on throughout his career.[2] Earlier in his career, he was posted twice as the military liaison officer at the High Commission of Pakistan in London in the United Kingdom, to the British Army.: 23 [3] Later, as a General officer
in the Pakistan Army, he used his knowledge of engineering and connections developed during his stay in Britain to establish a network and enable the import of critical engineering hardware, equipment and supplies from Europe that were used at ERL.

Among his colleagues at

electric power production and quality assurance at the Ministry of Defense Production of Government of Pakistan for many years.[4]

Biography

Early life and career in military

Syed Ali Nawab was born in

Kakul, graduating top of his class of engineering.: 58–59 [5]

In 1949, Nawab was

Pakistani military to attend Loughborough University where he gained a diploma in mechanical engineering in 1951.[6] From 1951 to 1952 he trained in UK at workshops in Aldershot, Woolich, Ashford, Sterling, Borden and Arborfield.[6] He then passed the exam for "MIMechE:" at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) in the United Kingdom.[7]

Upon returning to Pakistan in 1954,

Army GHQ as a controller of inspection and technical development.[7]

In 1954–56 Major Nawab was directed to attend the

machine design components on the military vehicles. Then in 1960, Nawab was sent to attend the Aberdeen Proving Ground, United States Army facility, located in Maryland.: 44 [8] At Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, Major Nawab attended the Ordnance Officer Career Course in the US Army Ordnance School, and qualified as an ordnance specialist.[8]

In 1960–64,

Army GHQ.: 44, 99 [8]
In 1961 he completed training at US Army's Management Engineering Training Agency at Rock Island Illinois.

In 1965,

second war
with India, responsible for managing military ordnance and inspections of the military vehicles.

In 1965,

third war with India.[10][9]

Postwar career

In 1974, Nawab was promoted by

Prime Minister Bhutto to two star or Major General. As such, he became the ranking officer of the EME Corps
.

Nawab's first appointment as a Major General was in the Ministry of Defense, where he worked directly with the Secretary of Defense, Mr Ghulam Ishaq Khan who was running Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. Nawab was later transferred as Director General

Engineering Research Laboratories (ERL); and for procuring metallurgical equipments, elemental ores, and metalworking that was crucial for scientific and research work at the ERL.[12]

As DG EME Nawab used his British connections to the

computerized numerical control machines from the United Kingdom that were installed in the ERL.[12]

At ERL, Nawab established the

KRL as a senior engineer and researcher while partially completing the engineering staffing composed of EME army officers.: 157–158 [14]

Major-General Nawab also used his influence as DG EME in carefully selecting and deputing EME officers posted as military liaison officers and staff at the Office of Military Procurement (PALTO) that was used by ERL at the High Commission of Pakistan in the United Kingdom.[2] All this was done clandestinely, without Dr A.Q. Khan knowing that Nawab was actually DG EME to maintain deniability. Brigadier Islamullah Khan who incognito represented himself as DG EME to Dr. A Q Khan assisted in maintaining the clandestine aspect of this operation and in building ERL. Brigadier Islamullah Khan as well as other EME officers who assisted in the operation were recommended by Nawab and later promoted to the rank of Major General.

In 1977 Major-General Nawab was appointed as

Zia was instructed by Secretary Defence, Ghulam Ishaq Khan to recommend this transfer. Nawab used his appointment at POFs to make additional personnel allocations to ERL and to procure ores of uranium in the country, and relocating them at a secure location for the expansion of nuclear infrastructure.[15]

In 1978, during

Zia; and Nawab's boss Defense Secretary Ghulam Ishaq Khan
was transferred out of the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of Finance. Subsequently, however, Ghulam Ishaq Khan brought General Zia up to speed on details of Nawab's role in the ERL project and convinced Zia to give Nawab an extension as well as award him the original Hilal e Imtiaz Military in 1979 with all its accompanying, valuable land allocations reserved for heroes of Pakistan. Immediately after this medal was awarded to Nawab, the format of the medal was changed by General Zia to a gold plated ceremonial award, given without all the expensive irrigated agricultural land allocations, reserved for heroes of Pakistan. This prevented arousing suspicion and attracting unwarranted attention to these generous land allocations made by the state of Pakistan to Nawab.

In 1981, Major-General Nawab again provided a crucial technical support when he assisted the KRL scientists in redesigning, and eventually machining of the

Uranium enrichment.: 157–160 [14]

Later life

In 1981, Major-General Nawb was again posted by the

retirement from his military service with the Army in 1983.[4]

After his retirement, Nawab founded the small

nuclear power generation to the Ministry of Finance as he opined: "Evaluating Public Manufacturing Enterprises: An experimental monitoring system".[4] In addition, the contributions of Nawab's and his firm, the EAC, to industrialization of Pakistan were recognized by the World Bank and IMF in the 1983 World Development Report.[17]

He later consulted the Ministry of Defence Production on product safety and quality assurance for many years, until living a quiet live in Karachi in 1990.[18]

On 22 February 1994, Nawab died at his estate in

KRL was not known to the public and details of his work was kept well hidden until the memoirs were published by Dr. AQ Khan in 2009.[6]

According to the various admission, Nawab often used the codename: Anis Ali Syed and Anis Nawab, to hide his identity while working on classified works at the ERL. For example, when he reportedly met with journalist Peter Griffin to discuss the issue of industrialization in Pakistan.[19][20] Also in Chapter 9, on page 64, in the book “Last Days of Bhutto” by Kausar Niazy [21]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c Khan, A.Q. (20 October 2014). "Unsung heroes: Random Thoughts (Part - XVI)". www.thenews.com.pk. Islamabad: News International, AQ Khan. The News International. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ^ A Year Book of the Commonwealth. H.M. Stationery Office. 1983.
  4. ^ a b c d e Hartman, Arntraud; Nawab, Syed Ali (1985). "Evaluating Public Manufacturing Enterprises in Pakistan: An experimental monitoring system". Finance & Development. 22 (3): 27–30.
  5. ^ a b c d "Aligarh Muslim University - Alumni Directory". Scribd. Alumni Directory. pp. 58–59.
  6. ^ a b c Khan, A.Q. (25 August 1925). "Unsung heroes: Random Thoughts (Part - VIII)". www.thenews.com.pk. Islamabad: The News International, AQ Khan. The News International. Retrieved 7 November 2017. Col Qazi was one of the early batches sent by the army to Loughborough University for Engineering. His colleagues were Gen Saeed Qadir, Gen Ali Nawab, Gen Shabbir H Shah and others.......
  7. ^ a b c The Chartered Mechanical Engineer: The Journal of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. London, UK: The Institution of Mechanical Engineering. 1954. p. 104.
  8. ^ a b c The Chartered Mechanical Engineer. Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited. 1960. p. 44.
  9. ^ a b The London Diplomatic List. H.M. Stationery Office. 1970. p. 43.
  10. ^ a b A Year Book of the Commonwealth. H.M. Stationery Office. 1983. p. 23.
  11. ^ Army Museum. "DIRECTOR GENERALS OF EME". www.pakarmymuseum.com. Pakistan Army Museum. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  12. ^ a b c Khan, AQ (2 February 2015). "An indomitable man: Ghulam Ishaq Khan". www.thenews.com.pk. News International. News International. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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  15. ^ a b Khan, AQ (14 October 2015). "RANDOM THOUGHTS: Unsung Heroes (Part XV)". South Asian Pulse. www.sapulse.com. The News International. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
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  17. ISBN 0195204328
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  18. ^ Levy, Adrian and Catherine Scott-Clark, Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons. New York. Walker Publishing Company. 1977: page 112. Print.
  19. ^ Levy, Adrian and Catherine Scott-Clark, Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons. New York. Walker Publishing Company. 1977: pages 101-102. Print.
  20. ^ Levy, Adrian and Catherine Scott-Clark, Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons. New York. Walker Publishing Company. 1977: page 39. Print.
  21. ^ http://www.millat.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/bhutto/ENG/Last%20Dayf%20of%20Premier%20Bhutto.pdf [bare URL PDF]

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