Khan Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer

Former top Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who headed a smuggling effort that supplied nuclear weapons technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, July 10).

Pakistan has kept Khan under house arrest since 2004, following the disclosure of his involvement in the nuclear black market.

“The government of Pakistan would like to hold out an assurance that the best specialist medical care is being provided to Dr. A.Q. Khan in consulation with his family and personal doctors,” said an official Information Ministry statement (Munir Ahmad, Associated Press/Biloxi Sun Herald, Aug 22).

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