Ghulam Ahmad (forester)

Shaikh Ghulam Ahmad (b. Poonch, 23 May 1923 – d. New Jersey, 20 September 2003) was a Pakistani forestry official[1] and later managing director[2] and Chairman of Pakistan Chrome Mines Ltd, the largest and oldest chrome mining company in Pakistan.[3]

For the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam, see Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.

Ghulam Ahmad
Born23 May 1923
Poonch, Poonch district, Kashmir and Jammu, British India
Died20 September 2003(2003-09-20) (aged 80)
New Jersey, United States
NationalityPakistani
CitizenshipPakistan : United States
Known forEnvironmental Sciences
Spouse(s)Jamila Begum
ChildrenRehana Kausar
Khalid Adnan
Khalida Yasmin
Tariq Ahmad
Mobashir Ahmad
Scientific career
FieldsEngineer
InstitutionsPakistan Forest Service (PFS)
Colorado Department of Military Affairs (DMA)
Pakistan Chrome Mines Ltd (PCM)
Military Engineering Service (MES)

In World War II he served in the Royal Indian Air Force as an Engineer Officer, fighter pilot and military engineer.

He also wrote Unique and Everliving, a biography of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. The book was written over a period of five years. The book is published by Ferozeson's Ltd., a book publisher in Pakistan.[4][5]

This book widely available in Libraries in the United States including the Library of Congress[6]

Career
Ghulam Ahmad Royal Indian Air Force

He joined the Royal Indian Air Force as a Fighter Pilot in the No. 1 Squadron, Indian Air Force. He fought against the Japanese Imperial Army in Burma during World War II, flying in a Hawker Hurricane fighter plane.

He was selected for the Forest Service after World War II and trained at the Forest Research Institute at Dehradun, India. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947 he joined the Pakistan Forest Service, becoming the Chief Conservator of Forests and Director of the Aerial Survey Project in Peshawar, Pakistan, where he surveyed the North-West Frontier Province for a Natural Resources Survey from 1965–1969. He introduced hybrid poplars in Pakistan, including Azad Kashmir, and especially Rawalakot, changing the living conditions of the rural population.

He supervised an aerial survey of the Indus River Basin for the development of natural resources. He emigrated to the United States in August 1971 to complete a PhD in Civil Engineering at Colorado State University, and joined the Colorado Department of Military Affairs, where he helped to draft the Emergency Response Plan for the State of Colorado. From 1983 until 1999 he was the Managing Director of Pakistan Chrome Mines Ltd.

References
  1. Report on Panjkora Valley forests Ghulam Ahmad - 1968 The Pakistan journal of forestry - Volume 22 - Page 71 Asad Ali Anvery (Saiyald), Pakistan Forest Institute - 1972 "No. F. 2(l5)/70-BG/1498 - dated 24th June, 1971. Mr. Ghulam Ahmad, P.F.S.I. Conservator of Forests, Aerial Forest Inventory Project, Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar is granted l3 days earned leave from 7th June, 197l to 19th June, 1971, ..."
  2. E & MJ international directory of mining - Page 554 1992 "AHMAD, GHULAM, Pakistan Chrome Mines Ltd. "
  3. Mining Industry in Pakistan 1952. Department of Mineral Concessions. Page 46
  4. National Library of Australia
  5. OPEN LIBRARY
  6. http://www.worldcat.org/title/unique-and-everliving/oclc/53360638
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