Abdul Qadeer Khan
Abdul Qadeer Khan
Abdul Qadeer Khan, NI, HI, FPAS i/ˌɑːbˈdʊl kɑːdɪər kɑːn/, and known widely as A. Q. Khan, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and a metallurgical engineer, who founded the uranium enrichment program for Pakistan's atomic bomb project. Khan founded and established the Kahuta Research Laboratoriesin 1976, serving as both its senior scientist and Director-General until he retired in 2001. Khan was also an early and vital figure in other Pakistani national science projects, making major research contributions to molecular morphology, the...
NationalityPakistani
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth1 April 1936
CountryPakistan
I am not a madman or a nut.
Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had nothing to do would go mad and start banging their heads against a wall. .
I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.
I am proud of my work for my country.
People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying.
Well, sometimes if I go out to dinner with my family, people will come up to me and put their hand across my plate for me to shake, sometimes when I have a bite of food in my mouth. I find this a bit disturbing
No money on earth can buy the love and affection that has been given to me by a grateful nation.
Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.