ISLAMABAD: Abdul Qadeer Khan, revered as the “father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb”, has died at 85, authorities said Sunday, having been hospitalised with Covid-19. The atomic scientist was hailed as a national hero for transforming his country into the world’s first Islamic nuclear power, but regarded by the West as a dangerous renegade responsible for smuggling technology to rogue states.
He died after being transferred to the KRL Hospital in Islamabad with lung problems, state-run broadcaster PTV reported.
