Ghulam Ahmad

Ghulam Ahmad or Ghulam Ahmed (Arabic: غلام احمد ‎) is a male Muslim given name. It can refer to

Ghulam Ahmad (engineer)

Shaikh Ghulam Ahmad (b. Poonch, 23 May 1923 – d. New Jersey, 20 September 2003) was a Pakistani forestry official and later managing director and Chairman of Pakistan Chrome Mines Ltd, the largest and oldest chrome mining company in Pakistan.

In World War II he served in the Royal Indian Air Force as an Engineer Officer, fighter pilot and military engineer.

He also wrote Unique and Everliving, a biography of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. The book was written over a period of five years. The book is published by Ferozeson's Ltd., a book publisher in Pakistan.

Life and education

He was born in the city of Poonch, in Poonch District of Kashmir, on 23 May 1923. He was educated there at a school where his father, Shaikh Ghulam Rasul, was the headmaster. He migrated to Pakistan along with his family, during the independence of Pakistan in 1947. He married Jamila Begum at Rehara, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan on 11 May 1949. He had three sons and two daughters,

He received a B.Sc (honours) degree in Physics and a Masters in Statistics from the University of Punjab in Lahore. He received a Postgraduate Diploma in Natural Resource Development ITC, Delft, Netherlands.