Government Work
Usmani returned to Pakistan in 1954, joining the Directorate of Science the same year. He played a vital role and served in several senior administrative positions in Pakistan Government. In 1958, Usmani volunteered to join the newly established nuclear government agency, the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, and personally tasked himself to build the nuclear power program. Dr.Nazir Ahmed (physicist) was the chairman Of the Commission at that time. Usmani played an important role in formulating the nuclear policy for Government of Pakistan. His recommendation and the newly proposed nuclear policy were gladly accepted by the then prime minister of Pakistan Husain Shaheed Suhrawardy and his p0sition in the government was upgraded to Minister of State. In 1959 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who then Energy Minister in Ayub Khan's Cabinet, appointed him as a member of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission.
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