ABDUL QADEER KHAN

Oct. 11, 2021

Abdul Qadeer Khan, the disgraced atomic scientist known as the ‘father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb’ under the clandestine enrichment programme and infamous for his controversial role in nuclear proliferation, died after a brief illness. He was 85.

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Khan, considered as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, is revered at home as a hero. He was also called a man who built the Muslim world’s first atomic bomb.
The nuclear physicist was disgraced in 2004 when he was forced to acknowledge responsibility for nuclear technology proliferation and was forced to live a life of official house arrest.
Khan was accused by the U.S. of sharing nuclear technology with North Korea and Iran.
The U.S. State Department said in 2009 that Khan had run an “extensive international network for the proliferation of nuclear equipment and know-how that provided ‘one stop shopping’ for countries seeking to develop nuclear weapons.” This network’s actions had “irrevocably changed the proliferation landscape and have had lasting implications for international security.

Source : The Hindu