Islamabad: Abdul Qadeer Khan, respected as “Mr.
Nuclear Bomb Pakistan”, has died at 85, the authorities said Sunday, after being hospitalized with Covid-19.
Atomic scientists are praised as a national hero to change their country into the world’s first Islamic nuclear power, but it is considered by the West as a dangerous rebel responsible for smuggling technology to malicious countries.
He died after being transferred to the KRL Hospital in Islamabad with lung problems, the announcer managed by the Government of PTV reported.
Khan had been treated at the same hospital in August with Covid-19, he said.
After being allowed to return home a few weeks ago, he was transferred back after his condition deteriorated.
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Arif Alvi (@arifalvi) 1633843768000khan was praised for carrying the nation “up to par with Indian Arch-rivals” in the field of atoms and the defense “cannot be penetrated.”.
But he found himself at an international intersection when he was accused of sharing nuclear technology with Iran, Libya and North Korea.
Khan was placed under the capture of an effective house in Islamabad in 2004 after he recognized the proliferation network to the three countries.
In 2006 Khan was beaten with prostate cancer, but recovered after surgery.
The court ended his arrest of his house in February 2009, but the Movement Khan was heavily guarded, and he was accompanied by the authorities every time he left his home in the upper class of Islamabad leafy.