Pakistan’s elite behave like foreign agents: A.Q. Khan
August 13th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 13 (IANS) Pakistan's elite "toe the American line and behave like foreign agents", said disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan who lamented the "current inept and corrupt ... Read more...
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Was India A.Q. Khan’s mysterious fourth customer?
December 22nd, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) A US arms control expert has made the astonishing claim that India may have been the mysterious fourth customer of Pakistan's notorious nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer ... Read more...
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A.Q.Khan’s security demands curbs on his movements
June 8th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 8 (IANS) The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has asked Abdul Qadeer Khan, the disgraced scientist considered the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme, for his response to ... Read more...
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US maintaining tight vigil on A Q Khan’s ‘revived’ nuke proliferation network
August 5th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.5 (ANI): Describing disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan's proliferation network as one of the deadliest, the United States has said it is still keeping a close watch on the ... Read more...
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Court lifts restrictions on A.Q. Khan
May 28th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, May 28 (IANS) The Lahore High Court Friday lifted all restrictions on disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, saying he was free to move anywhere in the country.
"His movements can ... Read more...
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A.Q. Khan offered Saddam nuclear ‘package’ deal: Post
March 10th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 10 (IANS) An agent linked to disgraced Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan had offered Saddam Hussein a $150 million nuclear "package" deal guaranteeing Iraq a weapons-assembly line capable of producing ... Read more...
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Pakistani court orders A.Q. Khan’s medical examination
February 9th, 2010 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, Feb 9 (IANS) The Lahore High Court Tuesday ordered the government to allow disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, whose movements have been restricted, to meet his relatives and friends ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan may have helped North Korea build nuclear bomb’
December 28th, 2009 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS) Pakistan may helped North Korea find a second way to build nuclear weapons as early as the 1990s, the Washington Post reported Monday citing a previously ... Read more...
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AQ Khan says N.Korea possessed nuke weapons capability as far back as 1999
December 28th, 2009 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec. 28 (ANI): Pakistan's disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has revealed that the North Korean Government opened a second way to build nuclear weapons as early as the 1990s.According ... Read more...
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Pakistani military expresses concern over US aid bill
October 8th, 2009 - 2:18 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 8 (DPA) Pakistan's army Wednesday expressed "serious concern" over a US financial aid package that critics say has conditions that compromise the sovereignty of the Muslim country.
The US Congress ... Read more...
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US Congress set to vote on Pakistan aid with ‘no terror’ conditions
September 30th, 2009 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) The US Congress is set to take the final step to triple non-military aid to Pakistan, but with stringent conditions demanding action against extremist groups ... Read more...
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ISI not supporting Pak based Taliban commanders against NATO forces : Musharraf
September 29th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep.29 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has rejected reports that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was lending covert support to the top Taliban commanders based in Pakistan and providing ... Read more...
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Pakistani court reimposes restrictions on nuclear scientist
September 2nd, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 2 (DPA) A Pakistani court Wednesday suspended an earlier ruling that had lifted security restrictions on nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, media reports said.
On Friday, a single-judge bench of ... Read more...
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US to provide Pakistan $3.20 bn in 2009: Envoy
June 17th, 2009 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 17 (IANS) The US is to give Pakistan $3.20 billion during 2009 for various tasks, including industrial aid and the war on terror, the country's envoy here has said.
Of this, ... Read more...
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Pakistan tells US it will control A.Q. Khan’s movements (With US to raise A.Q Khan’s release issue with Pakistan)
February 10th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Pakistan has assured the US it would restrict the movements of rogue nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan after Washington voiced concerns that his release from house arrest could lead ... Read more...
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U.S. skeptical about Pak restrictions on A Q Khan
February 9th, 2009 - 7:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington/Islamabad, Feb.9 (ANI): There has been considerable adverse reaction in the West to the Islamabad High Courts decision to free tainted Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan from five years of ... Read more...
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Gilani rules out IAEA access to A.Q. Khan
January 17th, 2009 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan.17 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that there is no question of giving the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to the disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul ... Read more...
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A.Q. Khan allowed to move within Pakistan
July 21st, 2008 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, July 21 (IANS) The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday allowed disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who pioneered Pakistan's nuclear programme, to move within the country but asked him ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s court relaxes restrictions on A. Q. Khan
July 21st, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Islamabad, July 21 (Xinhua) The high court here relaxed Monday restrictions on controversial Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan under house arrest, saying he could meet all his friends and family members. ... Read more...
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Centrifuge transfers with Musharraf’s consent: A.Q. Khan
July 5th, 2008 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, June 4 (IANS) Pakistan's nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who is under house arrest, Friday said that if any centrifuges were sent to North Korea that would have been ... Read more...
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No direct access to A.Q. Khan, Pakistan tells US (Lead, changing dateline)
June 27th, 2008 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, June 27 (IANS) Pakistan has rejected the demand of US lawmakers for direct access to nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, saying it alone can probe into allegations that he ... Read more...
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A. Q. Khan network may have shared weapon design with Iran, North Korea : Report
June 16th, 2008 - 10:13 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 16 (IANS) An international smuggling ring once led by Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan may have secretly shared blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon with Iran, North Korea ... Read more...
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AQ Khans network had advanced nuclear weapon design: NYT
June 15th, 2008 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 15 (ANI): Electronic blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon were found American and international investigators on computers that belonged to disgraced Pakistan nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.The New York ... Read more...
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Musharraf refutes nuclear scientist’s claim of pressured confession
June 7th, 2008 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Islamabad, June 7 (DPA) Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Saturday blasted the country's disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan for saying that he was forced into confessing that he was the source of ... Read more...
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I am an innocent man: A.Q. Khan (Interview)
May 30th, 2008 - 9:29 pm ICT by admin
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 30 (IANS) Pakistan's disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan insisted Friday that he never sold nuclear technology illegally and that he should have never made a confession to ... Read more...
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Nuke scientist A.Q. Khan seen in public after four years
May 22nd, 2008 - 1:36 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, May 22 (IANS) Disgraced scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who mentored Pakistan's nuclear programme and was later placed under house arrest for proliferating the country's secrets, has made his first public appearance ... Read more...
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Pakistan may lift restriction on A. Q. Khan
April 7th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Islamabad, April 7 (Xinhua) Pakistan Monday hinted it may lift the restrictions on nuclear scientists Abdul Qadeer Khan, under house arrest since January 2004. "I do not want to see his (Khan's) ... Read more...
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Pakistani nuclear scientist hopes freedom under new government
April 2nd, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Islamabad, April 2 (DPA) Pakistan's disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan termed his detention as "illegal" and said he hoped the new government would soon free him, according to an interview published ... Read more...
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A.Q. Khan hospitalised
March 5th, 2008 - 4:46 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Mar.5 (ANI): Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has been hospitalised with a suspected infection, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate said on Wednesday.
Khan, who is widely regarded as the father ... Read more...
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Custom agent who probed AQ Khan is being investigated
December 17th, 2007 - 1:37 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, Dec 17 (ANI): A British customs agent who investigated the nuclear smuggling network of Pakistan nuke scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has now become the target of a British criminal probe.The agent ... Read more...
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