Pakistan ready to cooperate with int'l nuclear watch dog
PLA Daily 2004-02-11
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 9 (Xinhuanet)-- Pakistan's Foreign spokesman Masood Khan said Monday that the country is ready to cooperate with international community to fight against nuclear proliferation.
The spokesman, at a weekly press conference here, said Pakistanis to share the information with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about the recent investigations on Abdul Qadeer Khan," Father of the Islamic atomic bomb," who has confessed having involved in illegal transfer of nuclear know-how.
Masood Khan, meanwhile, denied that the country is carrying out the investigations under the supervision of the IAEA.
Pakistan, as a responsible nuclear nation, will carry on the proliferation probes in accordance with its own law, the spokesman noted.
He reiterated that there is no governmental involvement in the proliferation scandal, adding that several world powers including the United States have lauded Pakistan's efforts to tackle the leakage of nuclear technology.
The spokesman said the pardon granted to Qadeer Khan is "conditional" and the founder of Pakistan's nuclear program, along with his involved associates, will not be allowed to resume his normal duty.
November last year, Pakistan started investigations on Qadeer Khan and a number of his associates after reports from the IAEA provided evidence of technology aid from Pakistan in Iran's nuclear development.
Earlier this Month, Qadeer Khan admitted the proliferation charge and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf granted him a "pardon" later on.
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