ISFAHAN: The Pakistan team won three Bronze medals in the 54th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), held in Isfahan, Iran from July 21 to 28, 2024.
Pakistani students Talha Ashraf (Nixor College, Karachi), Huzaifa Altamash (Lahore Grammar School, Senior Boys Campus, Johar Town, Lahore) and Muhammad Salman Tarar (The Science School, H-9/1, Islamabad) won Bronze Medals while Muhammad Saad Bilal (Siddeeq Public School & College, Rawalpindi) received an Honorable Mention for Pakistan.
The Pakistan team participated in the Physics Olympiad under the sponsorship of the STEM Careers program, which is a joint venture of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) & Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science (PIEAS).
The Physics team was trained at PIEAS, Islamabad by Dr. Muhammad Irfan and Prof. Dr. Aman-ur-Rehman and was led in the competition by Prof. Dr. Najeeb-ur-Rehman, COMSATS, Islamabad, and Dr. Rahmat Ullah COMSATS, Islamabad.
The STEM Careers program office in HEC manages the activities of training camps and their subsequent traveling to ISOs. NIBGE-C (PIEAS) serves as the HI for Biology, the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry at the University of Karachi for Chemistry, COMSATS-Lahore for Mathematics, and PIEAS for Physics.
Pakistan has been participating in the International Physics Olympiad since 2001, the Mathematics Olympiad since 2005, and the Biology and Chemistry Olympiads since 2006. Since the program’s inception, over 365 students have participated in the ISOs, winning 139 medals.
