International Physics Olympiads

The International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) is an annual physics competition for high school students. It is one of the international Science Olympiads. The first IPhO was held in Warsaw, Poland in 1967.

Each national delegation is made up of five student competitors plus two leaders, selected on a national level. Observers may also accompany a national team. The students compete as individuals, and must sit for intensive theoretical and laboratory examinations. For their efforts the students can be awarded gold, silver, or bronze medals or an honorable mention.

In Pakistan, National Physics Talent Contest (NPTC) is the oldest science contest in Pakistan which was later enhanced to National Science Talent Contests (NSTC) which is functioning under the umbrella of Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) Careers Project, HEC. Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science is the Home Institution (HI) for Training/Selection Camps for National Physics Talent Contest. Pakistani students have been participating regularly in International Physics Contest (IPhO) since 2001 while earlier participation was as observer. The Coordinator of NPTC is Dr. Shahid Qamar. DCS, PIEAS, Islamabad.

Below is the list of four students of the NPTC-05 contest who represented Pakistan in 32 nd International Physics Olympiad 2001 in Turkey and won Honorable Mention.

S#	Name	Award
1	Yaser Khan	Honerable Mention
2	Jibran Imtiaz	-
3	Asim Sohail	-
4	Muhammad Hanif Sheikh	-

Below is the list of five students of the NPTC-06 contest who represented Pakistan in 33 rd International Physics Olympiad 2002 in, Bali, Indonesia.

S#	Name	Award
1	Abid Hasan Naqvi	Bronze Medal
2	Wasil Intisar Mohar	Bronze Medal
3	Umair Safwan Malik	Honerable Mention
4	Osama K Ahmed	Honerable Mention
5	Murad Tariq	Honerable Mention

Below is the list of five students of the NPTC-07 contest who represented Pakistan in 34th International Physics Olympiads 2003 in Taiwan, Iran.

S#	Name	Award
1	Umair Sadiq	Bronze Medal
2	Talal Bin Akram	-
3	Wajahat Faheem Khan	HonorableMention
4	Ahmed Qureshi	HonorableMention
5	Hamood Zafir Arham	Honorable Mention

Below is the list of five students of the NPTC-08 contest who represented Pakistan in 35th International Physics Olympiads 2004 in South Korea.

S#	Name	Award
1	Amir Ali Abdullah	Honorable Mention
2	Foaad Ahmed Tahir	-
3	Saad Islam Tiwana	-
4	Saad Zaheer	Honorable Mention
5	Sabeen Afaridi	Honorable Mention

Below is the list of five students of the NPTC-09 contest who represented Pakistan in 36th International Physics Olympiads 2005 Salamanca, Spain.

S#	Name	Award
1	Asim Naz	-
2	Dawood Traiq	Honorable Mention
3	Nabeel Rehman Shami	Honorable Mention
4	Shiraz Qayyum	-
5	Syed Ali Abbas Rizvi	-

Below is the list of five students of the NPTC-10 contest who represented Pakistan in 37th International Physics Olympiads 2006 in Singaporen.

S#	Name	Award
1	Awais Sher Bajwa	-
2	Fahad Mahmood	Honorable Mention
3	Nusrah Hussain	Bronze Medal
4	Omer Aftab	-
5	Syeda Saba Zehra Zaidi	-

Below is the list of five students of the NPTC-11 contest who represented Pakistan in 38th International Physics Olympiads 2007 Isfahan, Iran and won two Honorable Mentions.

S#	Name	Award
1	Haroon Masood	-
2	Maham Siddiqi	-
3	Mohammad Sami Tahir	-
4	Mohammad Zeeshan Javed	Honorable Mention
4	Muhammad Suleman Mahmood	Honorable Mention

Below is the list of five students of the NPTC-12 contest who represented Pakistan in 39th International Physics Olympiads 2008 Isfahan, Iran.

S#	Name	Award
1	Ahmad Bilal Asghar	Honorable Mention
2	Aneeq Zia
3	Hamza Aftab	Silver Medal
4	Madiha Hussain	Bronze Medal
5	Syed Waqas Raza	Honorable Mention

Below is the list of five students of the NPTC-13 contest who represented Pakistan in 40th International Physics Olympiads 2009 Merida, Mexico.

S#	Name	Award
1	M. Zain Ul Abideen Ali Khas	Bronze Medal
2	Musab Jilani	Honorable Mention
3	Aamir Ayub	Honorable Mention
4	Harres Bin Tariq	Bronze Medal
5	Anum Jang Sher	-

Below is the list of four students of the NPTC-14 contest who represented Pakistan in 41st International Physics Olympiads 2010 Zagreb, Croatia and won three Honorable Mentions.

S#	Name	Award
1	Ibrahim Ahmed	Honorable Mention
2	Urwa Muaz	Honorable Mention
3	Salman Azmat	Honorable Mention
4	Mohammad Umer	-

Below is the list of five students of the NPTC-16 contest who represented Pakistan in 44th International Physics Olympiads 2013 held at Copenhagen, Denmark.

S#	Name	Award
1	Muhammad Irfan Kaleem	-
2	Muhammad Saad Qureshi	-
3	Muhammad Umair Qazi	-
4	Uzair Akbar	-
5	Zulfiqar Haider Zaidi	-

Below is the list of five students of the NPTC-17 contest who represented Pakistan in 45th International Physics Olympiads 2014 held at Astana, Kazakhstan.

S#	Name	Award
1	Abdul Muiz Ahmed	-
2	Hamza Nadeem	-
3	Hamza Shafique	-
4	Irtaza Sohail	-
5	MR. OSAMA ZISHAN	-
6	Ramish Durab Khan	-

Below is the list of five students of the NPTC-18 contest who represented Pakistan in 46th International Physics Olympiads 2015 held at Mumbai, India.

S#	Name	Award
1	Tabish Saeed	-
2	Bushra Mansoor	-
3	Zahid Hassan Choudry	-
4	Talha Irfan Choudry	Bronze Medal
5	Noor UL Huda	Honorable Mention

Below is the list of five students of the NPTC-19 contest who represented Pakistan in 47th International Physics Olympiads 2016 held at Switzerland.

S#	Name	Award
1	MR. MUHAMMAD SHAYAN HAIDER	-
2	MR. SYED SAAD WAQAR	-
3	MR. MUHAMMAD GOHAR JAVED	-
4	MS. MAIMOON SIDDIQUI	Honorable Mention
5	MR. USAMA AZHAR	-

Below is the list of five students of the NPTC-20 contest who represented Pakistan in 48th International Physics Olympiads 2017 held at Indonesia.

S#	Name	Award
1	BAQIR HASAN JAFRY	-
2	ZORAIZ NAEEM	-
3	MUHAMMAD MUBEEN	-
4	MUZAMMIL ALI SHAIKH	Honorable Mention
5	UBAIDULLAH	Honorable Mention

Performance of Pakistan in International Science Olympiads:

2006	HM	1
2007	HM	2
2008	SM	1	BM	1	HM	2
2009	BM	2	HM	2
2010	HM	3
2011	BM	2	HM	2
2012	BM	1
2013	-	-
2014	-	-
2015	BM	1
2016	HM	1
2017	HM	2

Silver Medal: SM

Bronze Medal: BM

Honorable Mention: HM

Silver Medal= 01

Bronze Medal= 10

Honorable Mention= 26