Islamabad,10/10:Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father and scientist of Pakistan’s nuclear program, has passed away. 85-year-old Dr Khan was admitted to the Research Laboratories Hospital on August 26 after being infected with Kovid. After this he was admitted to an army hospital in Rawalpindi. According to Pakistani media, earlier he was put on ventilator due to increasing infection.
was born in Bhopal
Dr. Qadir was born in Bhopal city of undivided India. After the partition of Pakistan in 1947, Dr Khan came to Pakistan with his entire family. An engineer by profession, Khan has worked for more than a decade in the technology of making nuclear bombs, enrichment of uranium to make missiles, trading of missile components and parts.
Dr. Khan, who had studied and worked in the field of nuclear energy for years in Europe, also knew how to make missiles. He was accused of giving information about nuclear technology to Libya, North Korea and Iran. He emerged as an important name in the nuclear program of these countries.
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