12-22-2003, 05:22 PM
<b>Father of Pakistan bomb questioned over Iran link</b>
ISLAMABAD, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, is being questioned about reports of possible links between the Pakistani and Iranian nuclear programmes, the government said on Monday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood Khan told Reuters that A.Q. Khan was being questioned in connection with "debriefings" of several scientists working at his Khan Research Laboratories.
"He is too eminent a scientist to undergo a normal debriefing session," he said. "However, some questions have been raised with him in relation to the ongoing debriefing sessions."
ISLAMABAD, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, is being questioned about reports of possible links between the Pakistani and Iranian nuclear programmes, the government said on Monday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood Khan told Reuters that A.Q. Khan was being questioned in connection with "debriefings" of several scientists working at his Khan Research Laboratories.
"He is too eminent a scientist to undergo a normal debriefing session," he said. "However, some questions have been raised with him in relation to the ongoing debriefing sessions."
