Islamabad: Calling Pervez Musharraf an "American stooge", disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan has accused the former President of transferring "very sensitive information" on Pakistan`s atomic programme to the US.
He also confirmed a recent media report which cited an
account provided by him as saying that China provided
Pakistan enough weapons-grade uranium for two atomic bombs and
the blueprint for a simple nuclear weapon in 1982.
"The nation must know that national secrets were
handed over to Washington by the former President (Pervez
Musharraf) who was an American stooge," Khan told `The News`.
Khan said he is ready to record the facts in this
regard in a court.
He also confirmed a media columnist`s observation
that Musharraf was "hell bent" on handing him over to the US.
Former Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali had confided
to the scientist that he was under "severe pressure" to sign
an exit order to hand him over to the US.
However, Jamali refused to do so after taking his
cabinet into confidence, Khan said and claimed that Musharraf
had kept a C-130 military transport aircraft ready to take him
to the US.
Confirming that the Washington Times report on China
providing uranium to Pakistan was true, Khan said it was
based on a letter he had handed over to his daughter Dina
Khan in 2004 as a precautionary measure.
Bureau Report
