Abdul Qadeer Khan, father of Pakistan's nuclear programme, dies at 85
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"For the people of Pakistan, he was a national icon," Prime Minister Imran Khan said.
KARACHI: Abdul Qadeer Khan, a Pakistani nuclear scientist who acknowledged being part of a nuclear proliferation ring, died on Sunday. He was 85.
Khan was admitted to Khan Research Laboratories Hospital on August 26 after testing positive for COVID-19 and was later moved to a military hospital in Rawalpindi, said the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan.
"He was loved by our nation because of his critical contribution in making us a nuclear weapon state," Pakistan`s Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Twitter.
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