Original: ( Urdu : ) ( January 29 , 1926 ; Jhang , Punjab , British Raj ( present-day Pakistan ) & ndash ; November 21 , 1996 ; Oxford , England ) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist , astrophysicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his work in Electro-Weak Theory .
Simplified: Abdus Salam ( January 29 , 1926 ; Santokdas , Sahiwal Punjab -- November 21 , 1996 ; Oxford , England ) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his work in Electro-Weak Theory .