A new dossier on disgraced nuclear scientist, A Q Khan, which promises startling new revelations on his nuclear proliferation network, has been handed over to the Pakistan government by a leading UK-based think-tank.
Pakistan Foreign Office has got the copy of the dossier "Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A Q Khan and The Rise of Proliferation Networks" by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS).
Islamabad, May 2 (PTI): A new dossier on disgraced nuclear scientist, A Q Khan, which promises startling new revelations on his nuclear proliferation network, has been handed over to the Pakistan government by a leading UK-based think-tank.
Pakistan Foreign Office has got the copy of the dossier "Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A Q Khan and The Rise of Proliferation Networks" by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS).
Researched and documented by the widely-respected British think-tank, the dossier is presumed to contain a lot of evidence to establish the "crimes" of Khan and his "collaborators" within the Pakistani establishment, The News reported.
The dossier will give new details about international gangs running nuclear black markets and Pakistan will not be the only target.
Pakistan's consolation is that the dossier would expose some other important countries and groups at international level believed to be active in selling nuclear weapons and secrets to different countries around the globe, it said.
The IISS Strategic Dossier on nuclear black markets provides a comprehensive assessment of the Pakistani nuclear programme from which the Khan network emerged, the network's proliferation activities, and illicit trade in fissile materials.
In addition, the dossier provides an overview of the clandestine nuclear procurement activities of other states, along with the efforts made both by Pakistan and the international community to prevent the recurrence of further proliferation networks and to secure nuclear technology.
The final chapter assesses policy options for further action, it said. Khan is being held under house detention here. After undergoing a surgery, he is now being allowed to meet some of his old friends.
