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Supporters of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan in Karachi celebrate his February 2007 release from virtual house arrest.
He was definitely a National Hero of Pakistan and had been honored as such but his drove him to sell Nuclear Technology to other countries like Libya, Iran and North Korea.
Nirupama Subramanian
| Cable reveals the conditions brokered by a Pakistan court between him and the government for his ‘freedom' |
Supporters of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan in Karachi celebrate his February 2007 release from virtual house arrest.
CHENNAI: In return for his “freedom” from de facto house arrest in 2009, Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb who was accused of running a proliferation ring, agreed with the Pakistan government to a stringent set of conditions that restricted his movement and curtailed his interactions, ensuring that his release remained by and large symbolic.
The conditions, never publicised before but much speculated about as they were ordered to be kept secret by a court in Pakistan, are contained in a U.S. diplomatic cable. Obtained by The Hindu through WikiLeaks, the cable also reports Pakistan Interior Secretary Kamal Shah assuring the U.S. Ambassador that the court decision provided legal cover to the government in dealing with the disgraced scientist, as his previous detention had no legal basis.
The document reveals the Pakistan People's Party-led government's tight-rope walk between domestic public sentiment that revered Dr. Khan as a national hero and wanted him freed, and U.S. and international pressure not to release him.
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