As someone who has spent years teaching physics to university students, I often encounter a familiar anxiety in their eyes - an uncertainty about the future, a quiet disillusionment with the state of science in our country, and the nagging question: Does pursuing science in Pakistan even matter anymore?

To them, I offer a powerful answer - not in lecture form, but in the shape of a book: Memoirs of Riazuddin: A Physicist's Journey. It is a book that should be on every student's reading list, not merely for its academic insights, but for the moral and intellectual clarity it offers about the role of science - and scientists - in Pakistan's history.

Dr Riazuddin was one of Pakistan's most distinguished theoretical physicists, known for his profound contributions to high-energy physics and his pivotal role in the country's nuclear and scientific development. A student of Nobel Laureate Dr Abdus Salam, he combined academic brilliance with a deep sense of national service. Beyond........

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