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385 names۔Dr۔Qureshi remarked that what was remarkable was the fact that the question was not planned and Salam had not been mentally prepared before hand۔Salam had a very critical mind and from a young age, he displayed this in various ways۔He had read widely and avidly۔He was fond of literature, history, religion, philosophy and science۔As a student of FA at Government College, he wrote an article in Urdu Asad Aur Ghalib۔This article was an investigation into the question as to when Ghalib changed his pen name from Asad to Ghalib۔The article was published in the Humayun edited by the late mian bashir ahmad۔After the publication of the article, Salam asked Dr۔Qureshi to accompany him for a courtesy call to the editor۔Dr۔Qureshi told me that the editor was astonished to see that the writer was a mere lad۔"I expected the writer to be a person of mature age- around 50 or so۔" Said the Editor۔Salam deeply respected his father and always obeyed him۔When he graduated from Government College in 1946, he had never gone to the cinema because his father had forbidden him to do so۔His father scolded him for playing chess after which he never played۔He used to say that he owed his success to his father's intense prayers۔Salam had great leadership qualities۔He was elected president of GC student union, and was also the editor of the college magazine "Ravi"۔Those who knew him were well aware that he was magnanimous, arrived at decisions after discussing them, was decisive, quick, and forceful۔In addition, Salam instinctively helped people۔He liked to help them in their careers, and there are no doubt, people all over the world who owe their careers in a greater or smaller measure to Salam۔All these ingredients made for a highly successful administrator۔Salam was one of those rare scientists of stature who combine their supreme creative powers with a great capacity for institution building۔He was, therefore, to use the categorization of the late Prof Baqi Beg, simultaneously a Greek and Roman۔He built the department of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College within a short span as the leading research center after having been installed there professor and department head in 1957۔In 1964 he established ICTP, & in 1983 the Third World Academy of Sciences۔Abdus Salam was the most respected, influential and eloquent spokesman for science in the developing countries۔His great intellectual stature, his mastery over language, his commitment and deep sense of self-respect, his enormous confidence and diplomatic skills made him a People's Emperor of scientists from the developing countries۔His admirers shall mourn his death all over the world۔With his departure, an era has come to an end۔