Aq Khan

Abdul Qadeer Khan, revered as the "father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb", has died at 85, authorities said Sunday, having been hospitalised with Covid-19.

A Pakistani lawmaker has called for "thorough investigation" into the country's nuclear proliferation to Iran and North Korea during former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's regime. Pakistan Peoples Party senator Farhatullah Babar said yesterday that the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme AQ Khan had been singled out for nuclear proliferation a...

Pakistan has quietly entered into arrangements with China under which it gets what India gets under the nuclear deal with America and more, but without any of the conditionalities which cripple us under the US deal.

In an unusual move, China's state media today defended Pakistan's nuclear record, saying it was AQ Khan who was responsible for atomic proliferation which was not backed by the government and argued that any exemption to India for NSG entry should also be given to Pakistan.

AQ Khan, the "Father of the Pakistan Bomb", caused something of a flutter among the dovecotes when he declared at a function,on Mondaylast week,to mark the anniversary of the unveiling of Pakistan's nuclear weapon on May 28, 1998, that "Pakistan has the ability to target New Delhi in five minutes".

War is not a solution to problems between India and Pakistan and only "foolish" people would consider such an option, Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit said today, two days after Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan said his country has the capability to hit New Delhi in five minutes.

Nuclear-armed Pakistan has the ability to "target" the Indian capital Delhi in five minutes, the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has said.

Top US lawmakers and experts had expressed concern over Pakistan's proliferation history and its nexus with rogue nations like North Korea in helping them acquire nuclear weapons, a month before Pyongyang successfully conducted its first hydrogen bomb test.

Pakistan's nuclear scientist AQ Khan has said he doubts North Korea will explode an atomic device in its current face-off with the United States and South Korea.

Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan, known for his anti-India stance, has said that Pakistan should improve relations with India in order to counter alleged US plans to divide the country.

Disgraced Pakistan nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has expressed his willingness to contest elections while suggesting the formation of a government of technocrats because politicians have failed to deliver good governance.

U.N. investigators have identified a previously unknown complex in Syria that bolsters suspicions that the Syrian government worked with A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, to acquire technology that could make nuclear arms.

Disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan has said he did Pakistan a favour by making the atomic bomb but was "stabbed in the back by the very people who benefited most" from his work - the army.Khan, who now gets a "special pension" from the Pakistani army, also contended that India and Pakistan have not fought a war since 1971 because both countries p...

Disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan has been allowed by Pakistani authorities to attend public functions after being kept in "protective custody" for the past six years following his acknowledgment that he ran a clandestine proliferation network.Khan attended the convocation of a private university yesterday and was seen sitting on the dais alongs...

Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist A Q Khan on Monday moved the Lahore High Court alleging that the government has reimposed restrictions on his free movement.The High Court had last month lifted restrictions on the 72-year-old Khan's free movement.However, the federal government did not "fully comply" with the court's order due to "immense pres...

Abdul Qadeer Khan, revered as the "father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb", has died at 85, authorities said Sunday, having been hospitalised with Covid-19.

A Pakistani lawmaker has called for "thorough investigation" into the country's nuclear proliferation to Iran and North Korea during former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's regime. Pakistan Peoples Party senator Farhatullah Babar said yesterday that the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme AQ Khan had been singled out for nuclear proliferation a...

Pakistan has quietly entered into arrangements with China under which it gets what India gets under the nuclear deal with America and more, but without any of the conditionalities which cripple us under the US deal.

In an unusual move, China's state media today defended Pakistan's nuclear record, saying it was AQ Khan who was responsible for atomic proliferation which was not backed by the government and argued that any exemption to India for NSG entry should also be given to Pakistan.

AQ Khan, the "Father of the Pakistan Bomb", caused something of a flutter among the dovecotes when he declared at a function,on Mondaylast week,to mark the anniversary of the unveiling of Pakistan's nuclear weapon on May 28, 1998, that "Pakistan has the ability to target New Delhi in five minutes".

War is not a solution to problems between India and Pakistan and only "foolish" people would consider such an option, Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit said today, two days after Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan said his country has the capability to hit New Delhi in five minutes.

Nuclear-armed Pakistan has the ability to "target" the Indian capital Delhi in five minutes, the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has said.

Top US lawmakers and experts had expressed concern over Pakistan's proliferation history and its nexus with rogue nations like North Korea in helping them acquire nuclear weapons, a month before Pyongyang successfully conducted its first hydrogen bomb test.

Pakistan's nuclear scientist AQ Khan has said he doubts North Korea will explode an atomic device in its current face-off with the United States and South Korea.

Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan, known for his anti-India stance, has said that Pakistan should improve relations with India in order to counter alleged US plans to divide the country.

Disgraced Pakistan nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has expressed his willingness to contest elections while suggesting the formation of a government of technocrats because politicians have failed to deliver good governance.

U.N. investigators have identified a previously unknown complex in Syria that bolsters suspicions that the Syrian government worked with A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, to acquire technology that could make nuclear arms.

Disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan has said he did Pakistan a favour by making the atomic bomb but was "stabbed in the back by the very people who benefited most" from his work - the army.Khan, who now gets a "special pension" from the Pakistani army, also contended that India and Pakistan have not fought a war since 1971 because both countries p...

Disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan has been allowed by Pakistani authorities to attend public functions after being kept in "protective custody" for the past six years following his acknowledgment that he ran a clandestine proliferation network.Khan attended the convocation of a private university yesterday and was seen sitting on the dais alongs...

Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist A Q Khan on Monday moved the Lahore High Court alleging that the government has reimposed restrictions on his free movement.The High Court had last month lifted restrictions on the 72-year-old Khan's free movement.However, the federal government did not "fully comply" with the court's order due to "immense pres...