Samar Mubarakmand

Samar Mubarakmand is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, born in Rawalpindi on 17 September 1942. He is known for his research in gamma spectroscopy, for developing the charged particle accelerator at the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH), and for his leading role in Pakistan's nuclear deterrent and integrated missile programmes. As of 2026 he chairs the Punjab Mineral Company, leading mineral exploration in the Chiniot district. ¹

He studied at St. Anthony's High School in Lahore, at Government College University, Lahore, and at the University of Oxford, where his doctoral research, under D. H. Wilkinson, was in fast-neutron spectrometry. ¹

On completing his doctorate he was appointed to head the Diagnostic Group of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), the team responsible for measuring the fast-neutron bursts by which nuclear device designs were validated in cold tests through the 1980s. From 1974 to 1977 he was director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Physics at Government College University, Lahore. He headed the Directorate of Technical Development from 1991 to 1994, was its director general from 1994, and served as the PAEC's Member (Technical) from 1995 to 2000. He founded the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM). ^{1 2}

Pakistan awarded him the Sitara-e-Imtiaz (1992), Hilal-e-Imtiaz (1998) and Nishan-e-Imtiaz (2003). ¹