Lagatar24 Desk
Pakistan’s greatest nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan died on Sunday morning at the age of 85. He was brought to the hospital on Saturday night after his health started deteriorating. Doctors have said Dr Abdul died after his lungs collapsed.
Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan is considered the father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme. He also made the first atomic bomb of Muslim countries, so he is called the father of Islamic nuclear bomb. He was also accused of selling nuclear technology to several countries.
In May 1998, India tested five nuclear bombs in Pokhran, Rajasthan. As a response to this, Pakistan also conducted nuclear tests under the leadership of Dr.AQ Khan. After this he became a hero not only in Pakistan but in the Islamic world. After this test, Pakistan became the only Muslim country and the seventh country in the world to have nuclear weapons.
Notably, Abdul Qadeer Khan was born on 1 April 1936 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. His family moved to Pakistan at the time of partition. Dr Kadir Khan was the first citizen of Pakistan to be given three Presidential Awards. He was awarded the Nishan-e-Imtiaz twice and Hilal-e-Imtiaz once. Pakistan Defense Minister Parvez Khattak and other federal ministers expressed grief over the passing away of the scientist.
