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    July 07, 2011

Pakistani Scientist Says North Korea Paid for Nuclear Technology

   VOA News
   Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, lionised by many in
   Pakistan for being founder of Pakistani nuclear programme, admitted in
   a televised address of selling nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North
   Korea but government pardoned him, (file phot
   Photo: Reuters
   Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, lionised by many in
   Pakistan for being founder of Pakistani nuclear programme, admitted in
   a televised address of selling nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North
   Korea but government pardoned him, (file photo May 8, 2011)

   A U.S. newspaper says the founder of Pakistan's nuclear program has
   provided evidence that North Korea paid top Pakistani military officers
   more than $3 million in exchange for nuclear technology in the 1990s.
   The Washington Post reported that Abdul Qadeer Khan released documents
   detailing the transfer, including a 1998 letter written to him by a
   North Korean official.
   The Post said western intelligence officials think the letter is
   authentic, and that it contains details of sensitive matters known to
   only a "handful of people" in Pakistan, North Korea and the United
   States. The newspaper also quoted a senior U.S. official as saying the
   information is consistent with prior knowledge "of the same events."
   Pakistani officials said the letter is untrue, and that Khan is trying
   to shift blame onto others.
   The North Korean government did not respond to the Post's requests for
   comment.
   Khan has admitted to selling nuclear secrets to Libya, Iran and North
   Korea. He spent five years under house arrest in Pakistan before being
   released in 2009.

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