Dr. Prof. Abdul Hafeez was a Pakistani weapon scientist and radiochemist. Hafeez was one of the early pioneer of Pakistan Ordnance Factories at Wah Cantt who made an extraordanary efforts to build and develop medium and high-tech weapons for Pakistan Armed Forces. Hafeez was also a Pan-Islamist and political analyst who had long criticized British imperialism and influence in Muslim world^[1].

He was a distinguished political activist of Pakistan Movement. He published numerous papers and supported Pakistan Movement, critisizing both Andlo-Hindu alliance. After his open-protest, the Her Majesty's Government banned him from entering into India^[2].

Education and Life

Abdul Hafeez recieved his intermediate education from Aligarh, British India, attending Aligarh Muslim University where he studied double majors, recieving B.Sc. with honors in Chemistry and Mathematics from there. He later completed his M.Sc. in Theoretical Chemistry from there. In 1905, he went to Great Britain on a Universty Scholarship and attended University of Birmingham. While at University of Birmingham, he studied and research in the field of Explosive materials and Radiochemisrty^[3].

However, he irritated the Birmingham University officials when he published his Ph.D. thesis in the name of Afghanistan’s Amir Ghazi Habibullah. The University refused to give him the Doctoral Degree. Soon after, Hafeez left Great Britain and moved to Germany where he, then, attended University of Marburg where he was awarded his Ph.D in Radiochemistry and Explosive Chemistry^[4]. He also specialized in weapon technology and explosive materials from there^[5].