Architect of Pakistan’s nuclear program passed away
Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan is colloquially known as the "father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program". Source: EPA FILES
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The founder of Pakistan's nuclear programme Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan passed away in Islamabad on Sunday morning. 85 years old scientist who held a doctorate in metallurgical engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, offered to launch Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program in 1974. Listen, how the country is mourning his demise.
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