Abdus Salam Chair in Physics

{{Short description|Independent research institute}}

{{infobox institute

| name = Abdus Salam Chair in Physics

| established = 1999

| location = Mall Road, Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

| parent = Government College University (GCU)

| head_label = Salam Professor

| head = Dr. Ghulam Murtaza, Sc.D.

| focus = Research Institute

}}

The Abdus Salam Chair in Physics, also known as Salam Chair in Physics, is an academic physics research institute of the Government College University at Lahore, Punjab province of Pakistan. Named after Dr Abdus Salam, Pakistan's only Nobel Laureate in physics, who was awarded the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics, the institute is partnered with the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). While it is a physics research institute, the institute is dedicated to the field of Theoretical and Mathematical physics.{{cite news |last1=Dawn.com |first1=Nadir Guramani | title=NA resolution passed to rename QAU physics department, not centre for physics |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1405390 |access-date=5 October 2021 |work=DAWN.COM |date=3 May 2018 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=GCU Abdus Salam chair |url=https://gcu.edu.pk/Salam_Chair.htm |access-date=5 October 2021 |archive-date=10 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110214554/http://www.gcu.edu.pk/Salam_Chair.htm |url-status=dead }}

The institute was established in 1999, after it was suggested by Ishfaq Ahmad, by the Government of Pakistan, led by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Its first director, who is designated as Salam Professor, was Dr. Ghulam Murtaza who was appointed in 1999. It also participated with the projects led by the Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) and the Pakistan Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).