Pakistan nuclear scientist AQ Khan dies at 85
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Nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan
Abdul Qadeer Khan, the founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme, has died at 85, authorities said Sunday.
The atomic scientist, who spent the last years of his life under heavy guard, died in the capital Islamabad, where he had recently been hospitalised with Covid-19.
Khan died after being transferred to the city's KRL Hospital with lung problems, state-run broadcaster PTV reported.
He had been admitted to the same hospital in August with Covid-19.
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