Global Science is a monthly popular science

Popular science

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 magazine

Magazine

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 published in Urdu

Urdu

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 in Karachi

Karachi

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, Pakistan

Pakistan

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. The magazine has been in publication since january 1998. In the early years, the magazine gained popularity among the students especially by publishing IT

Information technology

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-related articles in Urdu. However, issues now cover more diverse topics, including medicine

Medicine

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, astrophysics

Astrophysics

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, the defence industry and nanotechnology

Nanotechnology

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 along with IT.

The editorial team comprises Aleem Ahmed as the Chief Editor, Waseem Ahmed as the Managing Editor and a number of writers including Suhail Yousuf, Tafseer Ahmed, Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani and Malik Muhammad Shahid Iqbal Prince.

Global Science also publishes books and Urdu Translation of seminal work of Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

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and Haroon Yahya.

The magazine's first article remains 'Ek Nushkha-e-Keemia (The Science in the light of Quran)' written by the Chief Editor, Mr. Aleem Ahmed.

Global science issue number 143 in november 2009 and this is the special issue on islamic technology.