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Nirupama Subramanian
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Asif Ali Zardari assured the U.S. that the government would not release Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan.
Nirupama Subramanian
CHENNAI: Months before he became President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari told the United States Ambassador in Pakistan that if he had his way, he would allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to question Abdul Qadeer Khan, the nuclear scientist accused of running a proliferation racket.
Mr. Zardari is quoted as saying so in a U.S. diplomatic cable dated April 18, 2008( 150415: secret), accessed by The Hindu through WikiLeaks.
In April 2008, a few days after the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) took office, Ambassador Anne W. Patterson and Deputy Chief of the Mission Peter Bodde met Mr. Zardari, the party's co-chairperson, to seek assurances that the new government would not release Dr. Khan. Separately, she sought such an assurance from Lt. Gen. Khalid Kidwai, the head of the Strategic Plans Division (SPD), which is the Pakistan nuclear establishment's top body.
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