Daughter of the Father of the Islamic Bomb Speaks Out

(Abdul Qadeer Khan with President Musharraf.)

Dina Khan, the daughter of the disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan, has criticised claims made by President Pervez Musharraf in his autobiography, says the BBC.

“In her first statement since her father’s arrest in 2004, said she wanted to set the record straight.

“Dr Khan was put under house arrest after admitting passing nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya.

“In his book, President Musharraf said that Dr Khan sent a letter to his daughter, Dina, asking her to ‘go public on Pakistan’s nuclear secrets’ through British journalists.

“Now, Dina Khan has hit back. In a statement provided to the BBC, she says that Gen Musharraf’s claims are ‘ludicrous’.

“Dina Khan also says she was questioned by the British security service MI5 about the document but they were satisfied she had not committed any crimes and was not in possession of any important information.”

While you can read the rest of the story at the BBC website, the million dollar question is why the US and the CIA are tackling the whole issue with soft gloves.

The Father of the Islamic Bomb, now under house arrest in Pakistan, “knows a lot of secrets about the country, including who at the top might have known about his illicit activities passing on technology.

“It has long been assumed that one of the reasons he has never been put on trial – or interrogated by the CIA – was because of who he might be able to implicate.”

So the case becomes curiouser and curiouser. Now the daughter of the Father of the Islamic bomb fears for the life of her father. If something happens to AQ Khan then the mystery and the dirty deals would then be buried along with him.