Intermediate students in Karachi who started Amastropak, the first amateur astronomy society in Pakistan back in 1988. I have been involved with and following the astronomy scene in Pakistan for close to thirty years. Given the state of the education and the sciences in the country, it is worth exploring the reasons for this unqualified success. Later this month, the various amateur astronomy societies in the country will gather together to launch a new umbrella organisation, The Astronomical League of Pakistan (ALOP). However, there is currently a thriving amateur astronomy scene in several Pakistani cities, where the love of the sciences and the joy of sharing the knowledge of the night sky are in full display. The current Nature Index for research output places Pakistan at number 52 – just between Georgia and Bulgaria. Pakistan does not have an enviable record in the sciences. Umair Asim of Lahore Astronomical Society (LAST) with his 14-inch telescope.
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