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Pak sleuths trace foreign bank accounts of two nuke experts

Pak sleuths trace foreign bank accounts of two nuke experts

Author: Press Trust of India
Publication: The Hindustan Times
Date: January 26, 2004
URL: http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_547279,00050002.htm

Foreign bank accounts of two senior Pakistani nuclear scientists, who allegedly received money for passing nuclear technology to Iran, have been traced by investigators even as the government ordered all ministries and departments not to invite Dr AQ Khan, the father of the country's atomic bomb, to any official function.

The foreign bank accounts in which the proceeds from the transfer of some nuclear technology to Iran have been deposited were traced back to at least two senior nuclear scientists, unnamed officials were quoted as saying by local daily The News on Sunday.

These accounts were being operated through a Dubai-based bank, which has already provided the required information to Pakistani authorities.

"It is an open and shut case. Their foreign bank accounts swelled by millions of dollars as the sensitive information and some hardware reached Iran," one official said.

For investigation and security reasons, the government sources have not revealed the names of the scientists involved in the deal. On Saturday the same newspaper hinted at Dr Khan and his close associate Dr M Farooq.

The government has also instructed all ministries and departments not to invite Dr Khan to any official function, the newspaper said.

The decision to allow Dr Khan to continue as an Adviser to the Prime Minister on Scientific Affairs would be taken by President Pervez Musharraf who returned from Davos on Sunday after attending the World Economic Forum.
 


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