Abdul Qadeer Khan known as brain behind Pakistan’s nuclear programme died
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Abdul Qadeer Khan, known as the brain behind Pakistan’s nuclear programme, has died at 85. He was suffering from Covid.
Abdul Qadeer Khan
The Pakistani atomic scientist was regarded by West as a dangerous renegade responsible for smuggling Nuclear technology to rogue states.
He was accused of illegally sharing nuclear technology with Iran, Libya and North Korea. After a confession on national television, Khan was pardoned by then-president Pervez Musharraf but remained under house arrest for years in his palatial Islamabad home.
