ISLAMABAD – Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani nuclear physicist who founded the uranium enrichment program for Pakistan’s atomic bomb project, has passed away at the age of 81.
AQ Khan, a metallurgical engineer, was hailed by the masses as a national hero and father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb. He was born on April 27, 1936 at Bhopal in central India. From paternal side he belonged to the Turkish origin of Ghauri Tribe, who arrived in India in 12th Century A.D. while from maternal side his lineage belonged to the Mughals.
Khan had also formed his political party, Tehrik-e-Tahafuz Pakistan (TTP) or Save Pakistan Movement, in 2012.
