Abdus Salam was the first-ever Muslim to get a Nobel Prize .
He was the first Pakistani and first Muslim to receive a Nobel Prize in science and the second from an Islamic country to receive any Nobel Prize ( after Anwar Sadat of Egypt ) .Salam was a top level science advisor to the Government of Pakistan from 1960 to 1974 , a position from which he played a major and influential role in the development of the country 's science infrastructure .
Abdus Salam