Nuclear scientist’s house arrest eased
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From Times Wire Reports
A.Q. Khan, the scientist who became a national hero for developing Pakistan’s atomic bomb and went on to sell nuclear secrets abroad, can leave house arrest to meet with friends and relatives, officials said.
In his first public statement in years, Khan told the Associated Press that he was recovering from treatment for prostate cancer.
Khan confessed in 2004 to heading a network that supplied sensitive technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya. The ring had been in operation for nearly three decades.
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