The Metallurgical Laboratory (also known as "Metallurgical Lab"), ( ur, ) is an accredited multi-program national testing institute, established in 1972 to take participation in developing physio-metallurgical aspects of the clandestine atomic bomb projects. It is located in the vicinity of Wah Military District and jointly runs its research program in conjuncture with

Pakistan Ordnance Factory , type = State-owned company , industry = Firearms, Defense, Machinery , fate = , successor = , founded = , founder = , defunct = , hq_location_city = Wah Cantonment, Punjab , hq_location_country = Pakistan , area_served = wo ...

(POF) and the

University of Punjab The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...

. The Metallurgical Lab was established by its chief

physical chemist Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in chemical systems in terms of the principles, practices, and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mech ...

Khalil Qureshi of the

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) (Urdu: ) is a federally funded independent governmental agency, concerned with research and development of nuclear power, promotion of nuclear science, energy conservation and the peaceful usage of nuclea ...

(PAEC) to study the effects and containment of

nuclear fission Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei. The fission process often produces gamma photons, and releases a very large amount of energy even by the energetic standards of radio ...

for the civil purposes. Mubarakmand, Samar, "''A Science Odyssey: Pakistan Nuclear Emergence''", Synopsis written and delivered at the

Khwarizmi Science Society The Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS) ( ur, ) is a Pakistan based non-profit science association aimed at furthering a science culture in Pakistan’s educational insitiutions and in the general public., The News International, October 2013. Retrie ...

of Pakistan at the Centre of Particle Physics of Punjab University, 30 November 1998. Throughout the 1970s, the academic programs at Metallurgical Lab was purely directed by the armed forces engineers and scientists dispatched at the

for defence and security purposes. As of current, the Metallurgical Lab is currently working on civilian programs and is under the control of Pakistan National Accreditation Council of the Ministry of Science and Technology of

Government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government i ...

of Pakistan.

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