Dr Khan who helped Pakistan become the first world’s Islamic nuclear power has died of covid.
The 85 year old “father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb” died after being taken to hospital diagnosed with covid.
Known as AQ Khan, the scientist was instrumental in setting up Pakistan’s first nuclear enrichment plant at Kahuta near Islamabad. By 1998, the country had conducted its first nuclear tests.
The fact AQ Khan could be described as one of the most dangerous men in the world by Western spies but also be lauded as a hero in his homeland tells you much about not just the complexity of the man himself but also how the world views nuclear weapons.
Source: BBC
