Mian Mohammed Sharif (

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and senior bureaucrat. From 1974 until 1981, he served as the surveyor general at the Survey of Pakistan and briefly served as the senior scientist at the

Geological Survey of Pakistan Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) is an independent executive scientific agency to explore the natural resources of Pakistan. Main tasks GSP perform are Geological, Geophysical and Geo-chemical Mapping of Pakistan. Target of these mapping are res ...

for most of his career.

Biography

Hailed from

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, he was educated at the DAV College and went on to attend the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) where he gained his

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's and

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's degree in mathematics. After AMU, he moved to

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...

to attend the Government College University, where he gained a PhD in mathematics from the Government College University and briefly served as postdoctoral researcher at the Aligarh Muslim University. He joined the British Geological Survey (BGS) and opted for

in 1947 where served as research scientist there. At the GSP, his work was mainly involved in extensive studying of

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lines maps of Pakistan. In the 1970s, he was transferred to the Survey of Pakistan, and worked in close coordination with the

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on clandestine atomic bomb project. His work was mainly involved in mathematical studies of the minerals and materials. In 1974–81, he was appointed as surveyor-general and put as the director of the survey of nuclear tests sites program. In 1983, he was transferred to GSP where he continued his research on minerals and materials.

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Survey of Pakistan
1997 deaths 1917 births Pakistani Muslims Pakistani surveyors 20th-century Pakistani mathematicians People from Rawalpindi Aligarh Muslim University alumni Academic staff of the Government College University, Lahore Government College University, Lahore alumni Pakistani civil servants Pakistan Army civilians Project-706 Pakistani geophysicists {{Pakistan-mathematician-stub