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Nuclear scientist wants clemency for leaking secrets
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Nuclear scientist wants clemency for leaking secrets
TOP Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, known as the father of the Islamic world?s atomic bomb, accepted full responsibility for a weapons proliferation scandal yesterday and asked for clemency from President Pervez Musharraf, state television reported.
Khan has been blamed by the government for leaking nuclear weapons secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea, and Musharraf is believed to be considering whether to prosecute the scientist, revered at home for developing Pakistan?s atomic bomb.
?Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, while accepting full responsibility regarding nuclear proliferation activity, has appealed for clemency from President Pervez Musharraf,? state-run Pakistan Television reported after the men met.
Shocked at accusations that the man they revered as a national hero was involved in illegally peddling sensitive nuclear technology abroad, many Pakistanis said the architect of their atomic bomb does not deserve disgrace.
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