Pakistan Institute of Physics
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The Pakistan Institute of Physics (PIP) of the University of Engineering and Technology of Lahore, is a national research institute
Ministry of Science and Technology (Pakistan)
The Ministry of Science and Technology , is a Cabinet-level ministry of government of Pakistan concerned with science and technology in Pakistan and in general, Pakistan's science policies, planning, coordination and directing of efforts to initiate and launch scientific and technological programs...

 in Pakistan. A scientific charity devoted to increase the practice and understanding of physics, the PIP is controlled by the University of Engineering and Technology of Lahore, Punjab Province.

It is the main and the professional body for the physicists in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 and grant research licenses to the physicists to carried out their professional research in the different institutes of Pakistan. Its functions are very similar to Pakistan Engineering Council
Pakistan Engineering Council
The Pakistan Engineering Council is an executive and administrative premier engineering regulatory authority for professional and registered engineers, and technicians in Pakistan. It is located at Islamabad, Pakistan. As a statutory authority it regulates the education and accreditation of...

 (PAEC) to regulates physics research in the institution.

The PIP was established in 1976 by the eminent physicists of Pakistan after the successful establishment of International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs
International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs
The International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs , was founded by Nobel laureate in Physics Dr. Abdus Salam to promote physics and scientific research activities in Pakistan...

(INSC). The main objective of PIP is to promote the advancement and dissemination of the knowledge of physics, pure and applied and the elevation of the profession of physics. In this way PIP is playing its role for the improvement of physics education and research in Pakistan.

Academic Research

Each year, PIP carried out both national and international conferences. The Institute of Physics (PIP) promotes research to the fields of Nano Science and Technology, Laser-Material Interactions, Plasma Physics, materials Science, Quantum Well Devices and Super Conductivity, photovoltaic, Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Medical and Health Physics, Atmospheric Physics, Meteorology and Environmental Physics.

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