AQ Khan

Pakistan's atom bomb is seen by the people of that country as their defence against the far superior military might of India. It balanced the power of the two hostile countries.

In this connection, the contribution of Pakistan's nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan cannot be over emphasised. He not only gave Pakistan the defence mechanism that it needed but also made his country one of the members of the elite nuclear club .

India did not like Pakistan's making an atom bomb. The US also did not like it, because the US did not want to see proliferation of nuclear weaponsa phenomenon that is interpreted by Washington in its own way.

In 1981, on the orders and full logistic support from the US, Israel, the US sycophant in the Middle East, bombed and destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor. This year the US has invaded and occupied Iraq killing and maiming hundreds of people, telling lies that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. The US has compelled Libya to abandon its nuclear programme. It is also putting pressure on Iran to follow in the footsteps of Libya. So why should the US spare Pakistan?

At the instigation of the US, the government of General Musharraf has insulted and humiliated their national hero Abdul Qadeer Khan for making atom bomb. The US is dictating Pakistan to do away with its nuclear programme for good.

How ungrateful Pakistan is to nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan! He saved his country from external aggression by making the atom bomb and put Pakistan on equal footing with the US, the UK, China, France, Russia and India as a nuclear power.