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Sa·lam

 (sä-läm′), Abdus 1926-1996.
Pakistani theoretical physicist who shared a 1979 Nobel Prize for helping to develop the theory of the electroweak force, unifying two of the four fundamental forces of nature, the electromagnetic force and the weak force.
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They claim that Abdul Salam Adams is being imposed on them by the national executives without seeking the approval and concerns of the 936 executives from the 104 polling stations in the Constituency.
DUBAI: Saudi King Salman received at his office at Al Salam Palace in Jeddah the former Lebanese Prime Ministers Najib Mikati, Fouad Siniora and Tammam Salam.
Hon Salam made the announcement at a luncheon he hosted in honour of persons with disability in his constituency.
KUWAIT, April 29 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inaugurated the 'Salam Palace' Museum Monday.
So on Tuesday, when Seeb took on the holder, Al Salam, in the final of the 2018-19 Oman Volleyball Association (OVA) First Division League, its fans turned up in large numbers to cheer their club at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, hoping for its club to regain its past glory.
Mumbai Indians' Rasikh Salam bowls during the VIVO IPL T20 cricket match against Delhi Capitals in Mumbai, on Sunday, March 24, 2019.
Salam's book argues that lower-skilled immigrants since 1968 are creating a permanent racialized underclass whose descendants will not rise to the middle or upper classes.
Oscar nominee and Asim Abbasi directed movie Cake won the Best Feature award while the Salam - The First Nobel Laureate won the Best Documentary Feature.
The Aamina Sheikh, Sanam Saeed-starrer won the Best Feature Fiction while Salam won Best Feature Documentary.
Customers still have a chance to win the next $250,000 grand prize draw in September by depositing a minimum of BD50 in their Danat Al Salam account by August 2.
His contributions, too, in contrast with Pakistan's proud son Dr Abdus Salam are little known and according to the students and faculty members the QAU, the government should have set up a separate centre if it wanted to acknowledge the services of Abu al-Fath Abd al-Rahman Mansur al-Khazini instead of slashing the name of one whose role in developing Pakistan's science and nuclear programme is simply incredible.
Mr Safdar has been demanding over the last year for removing the name of Dr Abdus Salam from the centre, which has led to confusion among people who think Friday's resolution was meant to change the name of the physics centre.