Education
Born in Gujranwala, British State of Punjab, British India. At age 16, Butt was admitted to University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, with a full engineering scholarship. In 1962, Butt graduated and received his B.S. in Mechanical engineering from University of Engineering and Technology. After his graduation, Butt was employed in Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), and joined PAEC-Lahore Center, where he did his post-graduate research at Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission. Butt was awarded the PAEC scholarship in 1964 by the PAEC chairman dr. I. H. Usmani, and fled to Canada on the advice of dr. Ishfaq Ahmad. He was enrolled in Engineering School of the University of Toronto, where he completed and received his M.S. in nuclear engineering from the University of Toronto in 1965.
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