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Father of Pakistan's Nuclear Program Abdul Qadeer Khan Dies, State-Run TV
Says

by Agence France-Presse

   ISLAMABAD --

   Abdul Qadeer Khan, revered as the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb,
   has died at 85, state-run broadcaster PTV reported Sunday.

   The Pakistani atomic scientist, hailed as a national hero for making
   his country the world's first Islamic nuclear power but regarded by the
   West as a dangerous renegade responsible for smuggling technology to
   rogue states, died after being transferred to hospital with lung
   problems, PTV said.