Benazir asked me to give nuke know-how's to Iran: A Q Khan.Byline: ANI London, Sep.20 (ANI): In a chilling revelation, it has been disclosed that it was former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto (Urdu: بینظیر بھٹو, IPA: [bɛnɜziɽ botɔ] who had asked disgraced nuclear scientist Dr.Abdul Qadeer Khan Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, NI & BAR, HI (Urdu: عبدالقدیر خان) (born April 1, 1936 in Bhopal, British India) is a Pakistani Scientist and metallurgical engineer widely regarded as the founder of to hand over the nuclear know-how's to Iran. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. The Times, Qadeer had written a letter in which he had mentioned everything about how he was made a scapegoat in the nuclear proliferation Nuclear proliferation is a term now used to describe the spread of nuclear weapons, fissile material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information, to nations which are not recognized as "nuclear weapon States" by the controversy. Qadeer had also sent a copy of the letter to his daughter, Dina, who is settled in London. The letter contained intriguing details of Pakistan's nuclear programme and which Islamabad definitely did not wanted to reach the Western countries, as it could have then seriously impeded Pakistan's relations with the west. "Probably with the blessings of BB (Benazir Bhutto) General Imtiaz (Benazir's defence adviser) asked... me to give a set of drawings and some components to the Iranians...The names and addresses of suppliers were also given to the Iranians," Qadeer said in his letter. The letter also revealed that though former President General Pervez Musharraf showered praise on Qadeer in 2001, the former general didn't like him personally. It has also been disclosed that China was the first customer for one of Pakistan's enrichment plants. It may be noted that China itself had supplied Islamabad with large quantity of highly enriched uranium for two nuclear bombs in 1982. "We put up a centrifuge centrifuge (sĕn`trəfy  j), device using centrifugal force to separate two or more substances of different density, e.g., two liquids or a liquid and a solid. plant at Hanzhong (250km southwest of
Xian).The Chinese gave us drawings of the nuclear weapon, gave us 50kg
of enriched uranium, gave us 10 tons of UF6 (natural) and 5 tons of
UF6," the letter stated. (ANI)
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