Parvez Butt
Pervez Butt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 October 1942 |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Alma mater | University of Engineering and Technology University of Toronto |
| Known for | Nuclear power in Pakistan |
| Awards | Nishan-i-Imtiaz (2015) Hilal-i-Imtiaz (1999) Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1998) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mechanical Engineering |
| Institutions | Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission GE Canada Planning Commission |
| Website | Linkedin profile |
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Parvez Butt (Urdu: پرویز بٹ; b. 4 October 1942; NI, HI, SI, PE) is a Pakistani mechanical engineer and public official who served as the chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission from 2001 till 2006.
His career is mostly spent at the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission's nuclear power division before chairing the agency, and went to serve in the Musharraf administration as a policy adviser on science as a Federal Secretary, from 2006 until 2008. He continued his public service when he joined the Gilani administration as a policy adviser on nuclear energy at the Planning Commission which he served until 2013.