Parvez Butt

Pervez Butt
Born (1942-10-04) 4 October 1942 (age 82)
CitizenshipPakistan
Alma materUniversity of Engineering and Technology
University of Toronto
Known forNuclear power in Pakistan
Awards Nishan-i-Imtiaz (2015)
Hilal-i-Imtiaz (1999)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1998)
Scientific career
FieldsMechanical Engineering
InstitutionsPakistan Atomic Energy Commission
GE Canada
Planning Commission
WebsiteLinkedin profile

Parvez Butt (Urdu: پرویز بٹ; b. 4 October 1942; NI, HI, SI, PE), is a Pakistani mechanical engineer and public official who served as the chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission from 2001 till 2006.[1]

His career is mostly spent at the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission's nuclear power division before chairing the agency, and went to serve in the Musharraf administration as a policy adviser on science as a Federal Secretary, from 2006 until 2008.[2][3] He continued his public service when he joined the Gilani administration as a policy adviser on nuclear energy at the Planning Commission which he served until 2013.[4]

  1. ^ Guinnessy, Paul (1 May 2001). "Pakistan Reshuffles Weapons Program". Physics Today. 54 (5): 28. Bibcode:2001PhT....54Q..28G. doi:10.1063/1.1381095.
  2. ^ staff reporter, dawn (7 April 2006). "Ex-PAEC chief made S&T secretary". DAWN.COM. Islamabad, Pakistan: Dawn Newspaper, 2006. Dawn Newspaper. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Federal Secretaries, Ministry of Science & Technology". www.most.gov.pk. MoST, Govt. of Pakistan. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  4. ^ staff reporter, dawn (10 August 2008). "3 experts inducted into Planning Commission: Preparatory work for 5-year plan to be reviewed". DAWN.COM. Islamabad, Pakistan: Dawn Newspaper, 2008. Dawn Newspaper. Retrieved 11 August 2020.