Facts: - residence: islamabad , islamabad capital territory - known for: pakistan 's nuclear deterrent program - fields: nuclear physics - workplaces: pakistan laboratories -lrb- erl -rrb- pakistan institute of engineering & applied atomic sciences -lrb- pieas -rrb- energy commission -lrb- paec -rrb- engineering research - doctoral advisor: dr. stephen murray - awards: hilal-i-imtiaz 2003 -rrb- chagai medal -lrb- 1998 -rrb- -lrb- 1998 -rrb- pride of performance award -lrb- - birth date: 1943 -lrb- 71 years old -rrb- - name: anwar ali - citizenship: pakistan - nationality: pakistani - influenced: dr. rafi muhammad chaudhry - birth place: lahore , punjab , british indian empire - alma mater: government college university university of manchester Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of anwar ali -lrb- scientist -rrb- .
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anwar ali , born : 1943 in hosiyarpur now in indian punjab , british punjab state , british indian empire , -lrb- '' ph.d , hi , pp '' -rrb- , is a pakistani nuclear physicist who served as the chairman of the pakistan atomic energy commission -lrb- paec -rrb- from 2006 till 2009 .anwar ali is widely known for his role in the nuclear deterrent programme , where he was the pioneering member of nuclear physics division -lrb- npd -rrb- .throughout his career , ali is known to worked with both well-known pakistani nuclear scientists dr. abdul qadeer khan and mr. munir ahmad khan in nuclear weapons programme throughout the 1970s and 1980s .