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Pakistan cabinet recommends pardon for scientist Qadeer Khan

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, Feb 5, IRNA -- Pakistan Federal Cabinet in its special 
meeting on Thursday asked President General Pervez Musharraf to 
accept top nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer`s `appeal for pardon`. 
"The Federal Cabinet in a special meeting held here on Thursday 
under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali 
reviewed the mercy petition of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan referred by the 
National Command Authority (NCA) on February 4, and decided to forward
its recommendations to the president to pardon the scientist," it 
was officially announced. 
Earlier, the National Command Authority chaired by General 
Musharraf decided to forward the clemency appeal to the cabinet for 
its consideration. 
In his televised confession, the father of Pakistan`s nuclear 
program Dr Qadeer on Wednesday admitted to nuclear proliferation and 
sought pardon from the government and the nation. 
Dr. Khan accepted the responsibility, after his meeting with 
President Musharraf on Wednesday. 
In the light of an International Atomic Energy Agency letter, 
Pakistan conducted `debriefing` of some of the nuclear scientists 
and officials. 
/TSH/BH/210 
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