Controversial father of Pakistan nuclear bomb dies at age 85
ABC News
Family members say Abdul Qadeer Khan, a controversial figure known as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, has died of COVID-19 following a lengthy illness
ISLAMABAD -- Abdul Qadeer Khan, a controversial figure known as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, died Sunday of COVID-19 following a lengthy illness, his family said. He was 85.
Khan, who launched Pakistan on the path to becoming a nuclear weapons power in the early 1970s, died in a hospital in the capital Islamabad, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad said.
Thousands of people attended a state funeral at the massive white-marble Faisal Mosque in the capital. His body was carried by an honor guard and military and political dignitaries offered funeral prayers.
Flags in Pakistan flew at half-staff.