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This is an archive article published on April 11, 2004

Pak releases three held during nuke probe

Pakistan on Saturday released two officials of the country’s premier nuclear installation and a businessman months after their detentio...

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Pakistan on Saturday released two officials of the country’s premier nuclear installation and a businessman months after their detention for questioning into nuclear proliferation issue involving top scientist A.Q. Khan. Brig (retd) Iqbal Tajwar and Naseemuddin Ahmed of the Khan Research Laboratory (KRL) and local businessman Aizaz Jaafery, who were taken into custody a few months ago, have been released, Defence Spokesman Major General Shoukat Sultan said. Brig Tajwar was in-charge of the sports department at KRL, while Naseemuddin was its quality controller. Sultan said four scientists of the KRL were still under investigation being conducted in the aftermath of the confession by Khan that he indulged in proliferation of sensitive nuclear technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea. —(PTI)

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