A. Q. Khan, Proliferator

is also accused of enabling some of the world’s most dangerous
governments to pursue their own nuclear dreams. Widely considered the
“father” of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, Abdul Qadeer Khan
died last week at the age of 85. His efforts made him a national hero in
his home country, an icon who made invaluable contributions in the fight to
protect Pakistan from its larger neighbor and allow it to stand tall and
free on the international stage. For many others, however, Khan was a
criminal who enabled nuclear proliferation around the world. A.Q. Khan (as
he was commonly known) was a nuclear engineer, who has born in India and
emigrated to Pakistan after the bloody partition in 1947 that birthed the
two countries. He studied metallurgy and, after doing graduate study in
Germany, joined a Dutch company that enriched uranium for a consortium of
European nuclear-engineering firms. India’s “peaceful nuclear
explosion” in 1974 set off alarm bells in Pakistan, which had a violent
territorial dispute with Delhi over control of Jammu and Kashmir,
predominately Muslim areas that are part of India but claimed by Pakistan.

 Japan Times 15th Oct 2021

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