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'Father of Pakistan's atomic weapons programme' Abdul Qadeer Khan dies at 85

Oct 11, 2021, at 03:29 am

Islamabad: Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer Abdul Qadeer Khan, who was regarded as the "father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb", died on Sunday in Pakistani capital Islamabad after being hospitalized with Covid-19. He was 85.

Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme architect now kept as a 'prisoner'

May 16, 2020, at 06:02 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's former nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, who had earned international attention in 2004 after publicly confessing his role in global nuclear proliferation, has petitioned in the Supreme Court to say he is being kept as a 'prisoner' by the country's government agencies.