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PPP denies Dr AQ Khan's claim of BB's involvement in nuclear proliferation
ISLAMABAD: Spokesperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Farhatullah Babar has strongly rebutted Dr A.Q Khan's assertion that he transferred nuclear materials and technology to two countries on the orders of former prime minister Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.
The assertion of A Q Khan is a belated and desperate attempt to wash the guilt of proliferating nuclear weapons by associating the name of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto to lend a semblance of respectability to a crime that brought huge embarrassment and inflicted incalculable damage on Pakistan, Senator Farhatullah Babar said in a statement here on Saturday.
Farhatullah Babar said that public memory was not so short as to forget the public apology tendered by A.Q Khan on national television in February 2004 in which acknowledging nuclear proliferation and also admitted his guilt thus, "I have much to answer for it".
Expressing "the deepest sense of sorrow, anguish and regret "over what he had done, Dr Khan had also admitted in his infamous TV appearance, "The investigation has established that many of the reported activities did occur and that these were inevitably initiated at my behest".
Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the so-called disclosure by Dr Khan at this point of time was a futile attempt to wash his guilt by seeking to associate Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in his crime.
It is disgusting that almost a decade later Dr Khan should be seeking to restore his image by seeking to lay the blame at the door of Shaheed Bibi when the latter is no longer alive, Senator Babar said.
But while one may pity the twists and turns of a guilt-laden conscience, it should not be forgotten that the stern laws of nature seldom pause for pity, he added.
He said that Dr. Khan would do well to re-read his February 2004 public statement on national television and remember that the words and sentences he uttered on that fateful day can never be recalled.
Senator Farhatullah Babar said that Dr Khan now owed another public apology; this time to the soul of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and to her innumerable followers and admirers for hurling baseless and unfounded allegations against her. (APP)
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