{"id":66706,"date":"2026-08-06T15:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=66706"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:06:16","slug":"paec-chief-parvez-butt-praised-as-silent-hero-mushahid-terms-bomb-project-as-amazing-pakistan-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/paec-chief-parvez-butt-praised-as-silent-hero-mushahid-terms-bomb-project-as-amazing-pakistan-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"PAEC Chief Parvez Butt praised as \u201cSilent Hero\u201d, Mushahid terms Bomb Project as \u2018amazing Pakistan success story\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"ISLAMABAD : 06 Aug 2026 – Commemoration of silent heroes and appreciating the services of unsung heroes is the symbol of the alive nations and Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed has maintained his tradition to pay homage to the personalities who spent their whole life in contributing the best for their motherland. The accomplished nuclear engineer, socientist Pervez Butt Nishan e Imtiaz, Hilal e Imtiaz and Sitara e Imtiaz is one of these gems of persons.<\/p>\n

Mushahid Hussain hosted a special memorial reference for the late Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), Parvez But at Interparliamentarian Congress IPC Islamabad in which the speakers lauded his pivotal contribution to Pakistan\u2019s nuclear programme, terming him a \u201cSilent Hero\u201d. Parvez Butt, who died last week.<\/p>\n

Pervez Butt was acclaimed by a diverse and distinguished audience of friends, family, colleagues, and admirers at the Reference held in the federal capital. Apart from the family of Parvez Butt, former DGs of the Strategic Plans Division (SPD), which oversees the nuclear programme, as well as a large number of engineers, technicians and scientists from PAEC and people from all walks of life participated in the special memorial reference.<\/p>\n

Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, in his keynote address, termed Parvez Butt as a dedicated and competent professional with a \u2018lifelong commitment to the nuclear programme\u2019 and said he was a \u201cSilent Hero\u201d in the Bomb Project since \u2018he did not believe in any self-projection or publicity, given his top-quality professionalism\u2019.<\/p>\n

He said that there were 5 Builders of the Bomb Project, without whose outstanding contributions, Pakistan would never have become a nuclear power.<\/p>\n

\"\"Mushahid mentioned their names :<\/p>\n

@- Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was the architect of the nuclear programme, @- President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, who was head of the committee that oversaw the building of the bomb from 1975-1993,<\/p>\n

@- President General Ziaul Haq, who pursued the bomb project relentlessly during his tenure, and the 2 key scientists, Dr. A. Q. Khan and Munir Ahmed Khan, the latter serving as Chairman of the PAEC for 20 years, during 1972-1992.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Senator Mushahid Hussain said there were 5 key scientists who played the pivotal role in ensuring uninterrupted execution of the decisions regarding the bomb project, including Parvez Butt and Dr. Ashfaq Ahmed, both former Chairmen of the PAEC and both were part of the team that selected the Chaghi nuclear site for the nuclear tests, way back in 1979.<\/p>\n

In his speech, Senator Mushahid Hussain also narrated a number of interesting anecdotes. He mentioned how Foreign Minister Agha Shahi was pressurized by the Americans in October 1979 when the US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance threatened him by saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Foreign Minister, you are entering the Valley of Death by trying to build the bomb, which the United States will never allow\u201d.<\/p>\n

He also mentioned another episode when US Congressman Stephen Solarz threatened Pakistan with sanctions on the nuclear programme, Chairman PAEC Munir Ahmed Khan retorted that such a policy could undermine Pakistan\u2019s support to the US regarding the Afghan mujahideen, as a result of which the US backed off.<\/p>\n

Senator Mushahid Hussain also referred to the remarks of India\u2019s National Security Advisor, Shiv Shankar Menon, who complained in a speech in Delhi on August 312, 2012 that \u201con at least, three occasions before 1998\u201d, the nuclear factor played a role to influence Indian policy, with Senator Mushahid Hussain adding that this changed Indian plans to launch aggression against Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The Chairman, PAEC, Dr. Raza Ali Anwer<\/strong>, in his speech praised Parvez Butt as a mentor to the nuclear scientists and engineers working in PAEC and said that he was a true role model and a leader who led by example.<\/p>\n

Eminent journalist and anchorperson, Hamid Mir<\/strong> said that Parvez Butt has been rightly honoured because he and his colleagues dedicated their lives to making Pakistan\u2019s security impregnable and their contribution would be remembered in golden letters by the people of Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The daughter of Parvez Butt, Dr. Shazdeh Butt,<\/strong> fondly recalled her father as a model father, a model husband and a model grandfather, who never mixed his professional work with his family life and he remained committed to both: a strong family man and a deeply committed professional.<\/p>\n

The special memorial reference was chaired by Dr. Akram Sheikh<\/strong>, who was an old friend of Parvez Butt and he acclaimed the professionalism and competence and commitment of Parvez Butt to the successful building of Pakistan\u2019s nuclear deterrent. He termed Parvez Butt as \u201cgem of a person\u201d adding that Pakistan owes a lot to such professionals.<\/p>\n

The special memorial reference concluded with a vote of thanks by Senator Sitara Ayaz, Secretary of the International Parliamentarians Congress (IPC).<\/p>\n

Dean of diplomatic corp, Ambassador Turkmentistan Atadjan Movlamov, High Commissioner of Rwanda and Ambassador Cuba were also present.<\/p>\n

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