Islamabad, Apr.8 (ANI): Dr. A.Q. Khan, the founder of Pakistan’s nuclear programme, has said that he confessed to passing atomic secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya four years ago to “save his country”.
Khan,who has been under effective house arrest since confessing on television in 2004 to running a proliferation network, added that the country’s new government had not yet contacted him about his possible release.
It may be recalled that President Pervez Musharraf pardoned him after his confession, but kept him under detention. Musharraf denied any state involvement in Khan’s activities and rejected international requests to quiz the scientist.
“I saved the country for the first time when I made Pakistan a nuclear nation and saved it again when I confessed and took the whole blame on myself,” Dr Qadeer told a foreign news agency during a telephone interview from his Islamabad ...
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Khan,who has been under effective house arrest since confessing on television in 2004 to running a proliferation network, added that the country’s new government had not yet contacted him about his possible release.
It may be recalled that President Pervez Musharraf pardoned him after his confession, but kept him under detention. Musharraf denied any state involvement in Khan’s activities and rejected international requests to quiz the scientist.
“I saved the country for the first time when I made Pakistan a nuclear nation and saved it again when I confessed and took the whole blame on myself,” Dr Qadeer told a foreign news agency during a telephone interview from his Islamabad ...
Full story @ http://www.thaindian.com/
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