Ansar Pervaiz

Ansar Pervaiz
Ansar Pervaiz
Born	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma mater	Punjab University; Quaid-e-Azam University; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;
Known for	Nuclear power programme
Awards	Hilal-i-Imtiaz (1998)
	Scientific career
Fields	Nuclear Engineering
Institutions	Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission; International Atomic Energy Agency; Institute of Nuclear Engineering; Institute of Engineering and Applied Science; Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology; Purdue University;

Ansar Pervaiz, also spelled as Ansar Parvez, HI, is a Pakistani scientist and a nuclear engineer who was the former chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), and former chairman of the Board of Governors of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Pervaiz is widely given credit for establishing the nuclear engineering, nuclear physics and nuclear technology institutes within Pakistan.

Pervaiz is a strong supporter for peaceful civilian-used nuclear technology in Pakistan whereas he is also supervising the construction of second atomic power plant, Karachi nuclear power plant-II, in Karachi. Pervaiz also established Nuclear medicines centres and cancer research centres in PAEC.