Background
Waqar, Mohammad Anwar was born on June 15, 1941 in Batala, India. Son of Haji and Sardar Khanum (Mian) Mohammad-Din.
Waqar, Mohammad Anwar was born on June 15, 1941 in Batala, India. Son of Haji and Sardar Khanum (Mian) Mohammad-Din.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan, 1963. Master of Science, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Flinders University South Australia, 1972.
Senior research fellow, Pakistan Council Science and Industrial Research, Lahore, 1965-1967;
assistant science officer, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Lahore, 1967-1969;
postdoctoral fellow department biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972-1976;
cancer research scientist I department medical viral oncology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, 1976-1978;
cancer research scientist II department cell and tumor biology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, 1978-1980;
cancer research scientist III, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, 1980-1986;
professor and department chairman biochemistry, The Aga Khan U. Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, since 1986;
board graduate studies, The Aga Khan U. Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, since 1991;
university marshall faculty health science, The Aga Khan U. Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, since 1992. Member selection board Institute Biochemistry, U. Balochistan, Quetta, member board studies. Member technical committee biological science National Science Research and Development Board, University Grants Commission, Islamabad.
Nutrition advising committee Palm Oil Research.Inst. of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Member Pakistan Universities Coordination Council, University Grants Comm., Islamabad. Board of trustees Pakistan Academy Med.Scis., 1993.
Advising committee BCCI fast chair in microbiology/molecualr biology/genetic engineering U. Karachi, since 1993. Panel experts Institute Fundamental Studies.
Fellow Chemical Society Pakistan, Pakistan Institute Chemists (executive council), 3d World Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biology, Pakistan Academy Medical Science. Member Pakistan Biological Sciences Society (vice president since 1990), Zoological Society Pakistan, Bio-chemical Society London, International Union Elementologists, Medical Research Society Pakistan, Pakistan Society Biochemists, Pakistan Society Advancement of Science, Pakistan Association Scientists and Science Professions, Pakistan Physiological Society, Pakistan Pharmacol.
Married Kalsoom Akhtar Malik, January 16, 1976. Children: Saima Naheed, Mohammad Atif, Mohammad Adil, Sadaf Huma.