Khan Returns to Islamabad After Cancer Surgery

Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan yesterday returned to his house in the capital city of Islamabad following prostate cancer surgery last month, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Oct. 3).

“His doctors have reported him to be healthy.  They have allowed him to go back home,” said federal Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani.

The one-time nuclear black market operator underwent surgery on Sept. 9, and then stayed at his sister’s home in Karachi, AP reported.

He “was weak and he walked slowly,” said his sister, Ruzia Hussain Khan (Associated Press/Khaleej Times, Oct. 15).

Khan is again under house arrest following his return, the Dawn newspaper reported (Dawn, Oct. 15).

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