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Pak N-scientist Qadeer Khan says he is fine - daily

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, Feb 1, IRNA -- Founder of Pakistan nuclear program Dr. 
Abdu Qadeer Khan was quoted in comments published on Sunday as saying 
that he has left his case to Allah Almighty. 
Urdu daily Nawa-i-Waqt quoted Mr Khan as saying that he is fine and
at home. 
Qadeer was removed yesterday from his post as adviser to the prime 
minister on strategic program. He was sacked after the Nuclear Command
Council reviewed a probe into the alleged illegal sale of nuclear 
technology outside Pakistan. 
Pakistan Military Spokesman Shaukat Sultan has said that security 
for Qadeer Khan has been tightened following his dismissal. 
Khan had held the post of scientific adviser since retiring as head
of the country`s top nuclear institution in 2001. 
More than 15 people from the country`s premier nuclear enrichment 
facility, Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), have been questioned so 
far and five scientists and officials are still in the custody of the 
authorities, reports said. 
The family of Dr Khan, a man who has always enjoyed financial and 
bureaucratic support from the establishment, says the scientist - now 
in effect `under house arrest` in the capital - is being made a 
"scapegoat". 
The man who until recently was regarded as the father of Pakistan`s
nuclear bomb was dismissed from his post by a simple notification. 
He was appointed to the largely ceremonial post after he retired as
the head of KRL. 
An official statement said Khan had been relieved of his 
responsibilities to allow a fair investigation into the nuclear 
proliferation allegations. 
TK/TSH/212 
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